NASA, SpaceX, and international partners polled “go” to continue preparing for the agency’s Crew‑13 launch to the International Space Station following today’s Flight Readiness Review at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew-13 mission remains targeted to launch no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 1, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from […]
Four Expedition 75 crew members are nearing the end of their stay aboard the International Space Station and are awaiting the crew that will replace them next week.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft today fired its thrusters for XX mins, XX seconds boosting the International Space Station’s orbit.
NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data once science operations begin by early 2027. Observing the far reaches of the cosmos wouldn’t be possible without a network of ground stations strategically located around the world serving as […]
NASA and SpaceX managers, along with international partners, are meeting today at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the agency’s Crew-13 Flight Readiness Review. During this critical review, teams will finalize preparations for SpaceX’s 13th crew rotation mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Over the next several hours, the review will focus […]
Four crew members from three space agencies will launch to the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2027 for a long-duration science expedition as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-14 mission. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Chris Birch will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Makoto Suwa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut […]
Advanced health research, including ultrasound scans, blood tests, and exercise studies, using the latest technology in microgravity was on Thursday’s schedule for the Expedition 75 crew. The orbital residents also continued their ongoing cargo operations and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station.
An engineering model of NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) descent probe passed a key test that ran from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, showing it can survive the extreme temperatures of Venus. The DAVINCI team took the engineering model to a furnace at Rex Heat Treat in Bedford, […]
Ultrasound scans using augmented reality and artificial intelligence topped the health research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 75 crew also collected blood and saliva samples to study how the immune system adapts to weightlessness. The orbital residents are now preparing for a crew swap as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission announces a launch date.
Award: The American Geophysical Union’s Eugene Shoemaker Lecture is presented annually and recognizes excellence in planetary exploration. Awarded to: Kelsey Young, Artemis II lunar science lead, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Young works on the integration of science into human spaceflight — inspired in part by Eugene Shoemaker’s trailblazing work in […]
