NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has completed a key milestone, bringing its instruments into precise alignment and moving the observatory another step closer to science operations. “Roman requires exquisite alignment because it has to be at least ten times more stable than our Hubble or Webb space telescopes to conduct the science it’s setting […]
Space botany and biomedical research filled the scientific schedule aboard the International Space Station at the end of the week. Expedition 75 is also continuing to load a U.S. cargo spacecraft before its upcoming departure and return to Earth.
Expedition 75 had a busy shift on Thursday primarily focusing on packing a U.S. cargo craft for its upcoming departure and cleaning a pair of spacesuits. Thursday’s research topics aboard the International Space Station included space agriculture and super intelligence.
Seasoned pilots, aerospace engineers, and U.S. military veterans, NASA’s X-59 test pilots bring decades of service, technical expertise, and flight experience to the agency’s Quesst mission. NASA X-59 pilots Jim “Clue” Less and Nils Larson served in the U.S. Air Force, while Mike Lippert served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Today, the three pilots continue […]
Microbiology and spacesuit maintenance kept the Expedition 75 crew busy aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The orbital residents are also preparing for upcoming cargo missions at the orbital outpost.
Expedition 75 kicked off the week processing microbe samples and swapping spacesuits for return to Earth soon inside a U.S. cargo craft. The International Space Station crew members also studied breathing in microgravity and photographed Earth landmarks.
The seven Expedition 75 crew members cleaned up after a spacewalk, conducted biomedical assessments, and maintained orbital systems to wrap up a busy week aboard the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:35 p.m. EST.
CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon began a spacewalk at 8:36 a.m. EST outside the International Space Station airlock to install and deploy the eighth and final IROSA on the 3B channel of the space station, completing the power augmentation upgrades,
NASA is streaming live coverage as two astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. EST and last about more than six and a half hours.