Happy birthday, astronaut Michael Hopkins!

Michael Hopkins, born December 28, 1968 in Lebanon, Missouri, has been in space twice.  

His first flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-10M in September 2013 to the International Space Station.  He participated in Expeditions 37 and 38.  He remained on board for over 166 days and returned to Earth in March 2014.

His second and current trip started in November 2020 aboard SpaceX Crew-1 as commander to the International Space Station.  He is participating in Expedition 64 and will participate in Expedition 65 before returning to Earth in May 2021.

Happy birthday, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky!

Sergey Ryazansky, born November 13, 1974 in Moscow, Russia, has made two trips to the International Space Station. 

His first trip to the ISS was aboard Soyuz TMA-10M in September 2013 has part of  Expeditions 37 and 38.  He conducted 3 EVAs during his stay before returning to Earth in March 2014 after spending over 166 days in space.

His second trip was aboard Soyuz MS-05 in July 2017 as part of Expeditions 52 and 53.  He made one more EVA during his stay during which he deployed 5 nano-satellites.  He returned to Earth after over 168 days in December 2017.

His grandfather Mikhail Ryazansky was involved in the Sputnik program.

Happy birthday, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano!

Luca Parmitano, born September 27, 1976 in Paterno, Sicily, is an astronaut with the European Space Agency.  He went into space on board Soyuz TMA-09M, launched May 2013 to the International Space Station with Fyodor Yurchikhin and Karen Nyberg.  He was part of the crew of Expeditions 36 and 37. 

He returned to Earth in November 2013.