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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Coverage Starts Now!

    NASA's Space-X Crew-5 on launch day at Kennedy Space Center

    Good morning and welcome to live coverage of today’s NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch – a science expedition mission to the International Space Station. Crew-5 marks the fifth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system, and its sixth flight with astronauts, to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Here at NASA’s Kennedy …

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    NASA, SpaceX Proceeding to Crew-5 Launch

    SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop

    Note: This blog was changed to update the name of the SpaceX representative in the post-launch news conference. NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. Crew-5 launch remains targeted for noon EDT Wednesday, Oct. 5, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy …

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    Mission Specialist Assigned to Crew-6 Space Station Mission

    United Arab Emirates astronaut, Sultan AlNeyadi.

    The final crew member for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission, currently targeted to launch to the International Space Station in spring 2023, has been announced. The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) named Sultan Alneyadi to spend approximately six months aboard the space station as part of Expeditions 68/69. Mission Specialist …

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    NASA, SpaceX Provide Crew-5 Hardware Operations Status

    SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon

    NASA and SpaceX are preparing for the fifth crew rotation mission of the company’s human space transportation system to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Sept. 29, 2022, to the microgravity laboratory for a science expedition mission …

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    NASA Updates Astronaut Assignments for Boeing Starliner Test Flight

    United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner

    NASA will fly two astronaut test pilots aboard the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station, where they will live and work off the Earth for about two weeks. CFT commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, whom NASA assigned to the prime crew in October 2020, will join NASA astronaut Suni Williams, who will …

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    NASA to Purchase Additional Commercial Crew Missions

    NASA

    NASA intends to issue a sole source modification to SpaceX to acquire five additional crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract. The additional crew flights will allow NASA to maintain an uninterrupted U.S. capability for human access to the space station with two unique commercial …

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    Crew Returns to Space Science Day after Starliner Lands

    Boeing's Starliner spacecraft descends to Earth underneath parachutes for a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

    The seven Expedition 67 crew members are resuming their normal schedule of science and maintenance activities following Wednesday’s departure of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The orbital residents focused on vein scans, robotics, and a host of other space research onboard the International Space Station today. NASA and Boeing completed its Orbital Flight Test-2 mission on Wednesday. …

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    Starliner Lands in New Mexico, Completes Station Mission

    Boeing's #Starliner crew ship parachutes to a landing in New Mexico completing the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Credit: NASA TV

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed its touchdown at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, wrapping up the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner settled gently onto its air bags following a parachute-assisted landing that helps set the stage for future crewed landings. The landing …

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    Starliner Fires Engines, Returning to Earth for Landing

    Boeing's Starliner crew ship approaches the space station on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission on May 20, 2022.

    NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website continue to provide live coverage of the landing of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. At 6:05 p.m. EDT, the spacecraft began its deorbit burn that puts Starliner on the right path to land at 6:49 p.m. White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. The service module has successfully separated from the crew module containing Rosie …

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    Starliner Nearing Return to Earth

    This view from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship shows Boeing's Starliner crew ship moments away from docking to the station.

    NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website are providing live coverage of the return to Earth for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The uncrewed Starliner is expected to land at 6:49 p.m. EDT White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. If all conditions are “go” for Starliner’s return, the deorbit burn will be conducted at 6:05 p.m. Within minutes, …

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