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    NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility

    Image of NASA Crew-9 mission patch

    NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. This adjustment allows more time for mission managers to finalize return planning for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test currently docked to the orbiting laboratory. Starliner ground teams are taking their time …

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    From Science to Swimming: A Conversation on Resilience

    NASA’s Solar wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale Dynamics (SHIELD) science center is hosting a webinar on Aug. 19, 2024, at 2 p.m. EDT. Anyone can tune in virtually and hear how space exploration can learn from the groundbreaking athlete Diana Nyad. NASA is celebrating the Heliophysics Big Year, highlighting how the Sun …

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    Cygnus Arrives at Station, Astronauts Unpack New Science

    The Cygnus space freighter is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after its capture delivering 8,200 pounds of science and supplies to the orbital outpost. Credit: NASA TV

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft has arrived at its new home for the next six months and the International Space Station residents have begun unloading some of its 8,200 pounds of science and supplies. NASA Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick captured Cygnus with the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 3:11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday following its automated …

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    Fernanda Henderikx-Freitas: Scanning the Hawaiian Seas

    Fernanda Henderikx-Freitas, assistant professor at University of Hawaii, is the lead principal investigator of the PACE validation team called the Hawaii Ocean Time-series program for validation of the PACE Mission in oligotrophic waters (HOT-PACE). The group is one of many in a campaign set out to gather data around the world to check the accuracy …

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    Cygnus Spacecraft Installed to Space Station; Cargo Ops Underway

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station's Unity module on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft installation on the International Space Station is complete at 5:33 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft carried 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory for Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply mission for NASA. The mission launched at 11:02 a.m. Aug. 4 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space …

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    Cygnus Spacecraft Installed to Space Station; Cargo Ops Underway

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station's Unity module on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft installation on the International Space Station is complete at 5:33 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft carried 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory for Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply mission for NASA. The mission launched at 11:02 a.m. Aug. 4 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space …

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    Live NASA Coverage of Cygnus Installation Underway

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station's Unity module on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA’s coverage is underway for the installation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, X, Facebook, and the agency’s website. At 3:11 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International …

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    Live NASA Coverage of Cygnus Installation Underway

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station's Unity module on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA’s coverage is underway for the installation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, X, Facebook, and the agency’s website. At 3:11 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International …

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    NASA Astronauts Capture Cygnus With Robotic Arm; Installation Soon

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm, moments after NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick maneuvered the robotic arm to capture the spacecraft ahead of installation to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. Credit: NASA TV

    At 3:11 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm as the station was flying about 260 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean. Mission control in Houston will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to position Cygnus to …

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    NASA Astronauts Capture Cygnus With Robotic Arm; Installation Soon

    Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is pictured attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm, moments after NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick maneuvered the robotic arm to capture the spacecraft ahead of installation to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. Credit: NASA TV

    At 3:11 a.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm as the station was flying about 260 miles over the South Atlantic Ocean. Mission control in Houston will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to position Cygnus to …

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