Kimiya Yui, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), took some stunning photos of constellations during his first trip to the International Space Station in 2015.

A trio of astronauts including Kimiya Yui from Japan reached orbit successfully after being launched early Thursday on a Soyuz ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

With Soyuz TMA-17M commander Oleg Kononenko at the controls in the descent module's center seat, flanked on the left by flight engineer/co-pilot Kimiya Yui and on the right by NASA astronaut Kjell ...

Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, staying at the International Space Station, renewed his resolve to successfully dock the Konotori cargo transport to the ISS using robotic arms — one of his main ...

Cardman will command Crew-11, which could launch as soon as July. Joining her are NASA colleague Mike Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos ...

When Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui heads to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, he will have two new skincare items in his bag that are especially designed for the rigors of space travel.

Astronaut Kimiya Yui, who spent five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last year, met with Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hiroshi Hase on Feb. 22 ...

Soyuz TMA-17M crewmembers Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui peer out of Soyuz TMA-17M before closing the hatch to return home to Earth.

Astronaut Kimiya Yui of Japan posted this photo of the spacecraft after capturing it by robotic arm. Kimiya Yui / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency via Twitter "HTV-5 capture was successful!" ...

Update at 5:20 p.m. ET: Space Lettuce Tastes 'Awesome' Monday morning on the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren and astronaut Kimiya Yui of Japan sampled ...