Mike HopkinsVerified account

@Astro_illini

NASA Astronaut, Crew 1 Dragon Resilience Commander, Expedition 64 Flight Engineer

Houston, TX
Joined April 2012

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  1. Ed Gibson’s suit from Skylab 4 at the NASA experience . Crew 1 had a chance to talk with Ed on our recent mission to ISS.

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  2. Having a blast celebrating the grand opening of The NASA Experience, the new visitor center at in Oakland, CA.

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  3. 8 May 2021

    The last week has been spent getting used to 1g again & life during a pandemic-Crew 1 received our 1st vaccine shot today

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  4. 2 May 2021

    Feels great to be back on Earth! I might miss the views outside of my Resilience room window tonight, but I’m happy to be home.

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  5. 1 May 2021

    Said goodbye to our crewmates and the . Time to buckle up for our ride back home. Go Crew-1!

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  6. 1 May 2021

    Coming home soon! It’s been a great mission with great teams both on the ground and on . Here are some of my favorite memories from the past 6 and a half months on-orbit…

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    Research Crew-1 conducted aboard the could help develop better fire safety codes, grow plants on future long-duration space missions, better understand muscle loss, develop new disease treatments, and more!

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  8. Resilience welcomed her sibling Endeavor to the . Perfect docking and great to have 11 crew members on board. Welcome, Crew 2!

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  9. I’m convinced I have the best view in the galaxy! Out of all of the planets in the universe, Earth is by far my favorite. Looking forward to coming home in a week.

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  10. Had a visitor yesterday checking out Crew Dragon Resilience. Making sure the capsule is in good shape for our return to Earth in a few weeks.

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  11. I didn’t think the views could get any better, then my crewmate took this night timelapse from Resilience and I was blown away.

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  12. 8 Apr 2021

    Stunning. I don’t know how else to describe the nighttime views from the eyes of spaceship Resilience, located at her new home on “top” of .

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  13. 6 Apr 2021

    Successfully relocated the penthouse suite of yesterday! Resilience is viewing the world from a new perspective.

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    Soft capture confirmed of the Crew Dragon to the space-facing port of the Harmony module.

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  15. 1 Apr 2021

    Slipped back into our spacesuits for the upcoming port relocation of Crew Dragon Resilience on Monday. We'll take a short ride in Dragon to move from the Harmony forward port to the Harmony zenith port in order to make room for our new crewmates!

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  16. Stop and smell the flowers! Checking in on the Pak Choi that I've been growing on . This is part of Veggie - an experiment studying crop production in microgravity that could help astronauts become more self-sufficient on long-duration missions to the Moon or Mars.

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  17. Here are some long exposures of the flying going over 's campus this past week and weekend. Looking forward to speaking with you guys today! Watch live at 3:55 p.m. ET: .

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  18. Sometimes on a day off, you just have to stare at the clouds. Beautiful views from Crew Dragon Resilience.

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  19. Views from this weekend’s spacewalk with where we completed tasks to upgrade the 's cooling system and communications gear…aka more WiFi in space!

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  20. Crew Dragon Resilience watched as ground controllers released a pallet that will eventually burn up in the atmosphere.

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