Published on May 7, 2017
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview July 17 with KDVR-TV in Denver. Swanson, who is a native of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, arrived on the station in late March, became station commander in May and will remain in orbit until mid-September when he will return to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.