ESA, NASA, Russian astronauts to join SpaceTweetup

It’s confirmed!

Crews from Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission – including ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori – and ISS Expedition 27 – including ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli – will take part as special guests in the joint ESA/DLR SpaceTweetup to be held 18 September, Cologne, Germany.

Photo below: ESA’s Roberto Vittori, NASA’s Mark Kelly (@ShuttleCDRKelly), Mike Fincke (@AstroIronMike), Gregory Johnson (@Astro_Box), Greg Chamitoff (@Astro_Taz) and Andrew Feustel. Credits: ESA – S. Corvaja, 2011

In this image, taken by NASA astronaut Ron Garan on 23 May, Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman give a final wave as they prepare to enter the orbital module of their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft. In the foreground Soyuz Commander Dmitri Kondratyev. The three have been in the International Space Station for nearly 6 months and returned to Earth in the early hours of 24 May. Credits: NASA