151; -- Even astronauts in orbit use Facebook. Alexander Gerst ... from space to take place on the social network. Gerst, who is German, has also been actively tweeting and sharing photos from ...

Alexander Gerst, on Twitter @Astro_Alex, is the latest astronaut to capture global attention with his stunning photographs of Earth from space. Can the German geophysicist outdo his predecessors?

The German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst returned to Earth safely after 197 days in space. The Soyuz capsule landed on schedule in the Kazakh steppe at 6:02 Central European Time (CET). On 3 October ...

And as for re-entry, wind and weather feel great after so long in zero gravity. German astronaut Alexander Gerst brought one central message back from the International Space Station (ISS): the ...

German astronaut Alexander Gerst has been selected for a second six-month mission to the International Space Station(ISS) which starts in May, 2018, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General ...

Alexander Gerst, a German astronaut orbiting Earth from 250 miles up, has a warning for humans on the planet below him. "Watch out, America!" Gerst, who joined the crew of the International Space ...

In a special performance, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst played a virtual synthesizer ... After his first song, Gerst addressed the crowd in German, subtitled in the ESA video, ...

On Wednesday, German astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted what he described as the “saddest” photo he’d ever taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The photo gives us an aerial view ...

German astronaut Alexander Gerst posts many extraordinary views from his lofty perch in the International Space Station. Now, he's posted a rare view of Australia's spectacular natural red rock ...

On Wednesday, German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Sergei Prokopyev and Serena Aunon-Chancellor will fly to the International Space Station (ISS). The "Horizons" mission will be Gerst's second mission.

Astronaut Alexander Gerst will become the first German for six years to travel to space when he joins the team on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. That makes him The Local’s ...

according to the German astronaut who has been tapped to become his country's first commander of the International Space Station. Alexander Gerst said the space station offers a unique opportunity ...