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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Meets Dragon, Tests Equipment Ahead of Launch

    Image shows four astronauts in spacesuits inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

    The four crew members who will fly aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission got an up-close look on Monday, Feb. 17, at their Dragon spacecraft during the crew equipment interface test inside the new SpaceX Dragon processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test is one of the last steps in the crew’s […]

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    NASA, SpaceX Update Crew-10 Launch, Crew-9 Return Dates

    Editor’s note: This blog was updated on Feb. 12, 2025, to add the target launch time. NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from the International Space Station. The agency’s Crew-10 launch now is targeting 7:48 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, March 12, pending mission …

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    NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 now is targeting no earlier than late March 2025 to launch four crew members to the International Space Station. The change gives NASA and SpaceX teams time to complete processing on a new Dragon spacecraft for the mission. The new spacecraft is set to arrive to the company’s processing facility in Florida …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Spacecraft Relocates to New Port

    The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Station's Harmony module.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members freed up space for an upcoming arrival to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, pilot, transferred their Dragon spacecraft from the forward-facing port of the Harmony module to the Zenith port at the orbiting laboratory on Nov. 3. The …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronaut Returns to Houston

    The mission patch for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

    After an overnight stay at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida, the NASA astronaut was released and returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday. The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members. As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, the astronaut was one of …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronaut Returns to Houston

    The mission patch for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

    After an overnight stay at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida, the NASA astronaut was released and returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday. The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members. As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, the astronaut was one of …

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    NASA Provides Update on Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Health

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    After safely splashing down on Earth as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission Friday, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida. After medical evaluation at the hospital, three of the crew …

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    NASA Provides Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Update

    The mission patch for NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

    The following is attributed to Cheryl Warner, news chief, NASA’s Office of Communications: “Following NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission’s safe splashdown and recovery off Florida’s coast early Friday morning, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation. The crew exited …

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    Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Returns Safely to Earth

    he SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. EDT, returning Crew-8 to Earth.

    NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, splashed down safely in their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. EDT, completing a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Teams on the SpaceX recovery ship, including two fast boats, are …

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    Dragon Deorbit Burn Complete; Next Up, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown

    NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members return to Earth on Oct. 25, 2024. Dragon is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. EDT.

    After 236 days in space, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, are less than an hour away from returning to Earth on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn as expected ahead of splashdown targeted for approximately 3:29 a.m. …

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