In honor of Asian-American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize astronauts with Asian roots who have flown to the International
Asian-American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize astronauts with Asian roots who have flown to the International Space Station and contributed to its assembly, operations and research activities. Other pioneers preceded them into space.
Far left: The International Space Station as it appeared in 2003. Second from left: NASA astronaut Edward T. Lu runs on the treadmill he helped to install during STS-106. Second from right: Lu takes Earth photographs from the Zvezda module. Far right: Lu plays the keyboard while wearing one of his signature Aloha shirts.
Left: NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao works on a colloid physics experiment in the Destiny module. Middle: Chiao, right conducts an ultrasound examination on Russian cosmonaut Salizhan S. Sharipov. Right: Holiday season aboard the space station during Expedition 10. Left: The station’s robotic arm lifts the P5 truss segment out of Discovery’s payload bay. Middle: NASA astronaut Roman L. Polansky, middle row, left, with his STS-116 crewmates and the Expedition 14 crew. Right: Polansky prepares breakfast burritos in Discovery’s middeck.
Left: NASA astronaut Daniel M. Tani, upper left, with his STS-120 crewmates and the Expedition 16 crew. Middle: Tani during his fourth Expedition 16 spacewalk. Right: Tani works with the SPHERES experiment in the Destiny module. Far left: NASA astronaut Sunita L. Williams participates in the Boston Marathon. Middle left: Williams during the handover between Expedition 14 and 15. Middle right: Williams with her Expedition 15 crewmates and the STS-117 crew. Far right: The space station from the departing STS-117, showing the significant reconfiguration that occurred during her stay.
Left: NASA astronauts Sunita L. Williams, left, and Barry “Butch” E. Wilmore suited up for a training session in the Boeing Starliner simulator. Right: Wilmore, left, and Williams arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for their launch.’s first flight into space began on July 22, 2015, with a launch aboard Soyuz TMA-17M with Russian veteran cosmonaut. They joined the Expedition 44 crew.
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