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    U.S. Spacewalk Update

    NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt are pictured training for spacewalks at the Johnson Space Center's Neutral Bouyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas.

    NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt are back inside the International Space Station after U.S. spacewalk 90 ended early Monday due to a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit on Dyson’s spacesuit. The crew members were not in any danger as result of the leak. Dyson and Barratt set their suits to battery power at …

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    Watch GOES-U Science Briefing, Prelaunch News Conference

    NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch activities for the NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. NASA and NOAA officials will provide a mission overview during a science briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 24. Coverage of the briefing will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television media channel, …

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    Spacewalk Cancelled Due to Spacesuit Cooling Unit Water Leak

    NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps (center) is pictured assisting NASA astronauts Mike Barratt (left) and Tracy C. Dyson (right) inside the Quest airlock. Credit: NASA TV

    U.S. spacewalk 90 was cancelled Monday at the International Space Station due to a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit on NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson’s spacesuit. Dyson and Mike Barratt set their suits to battery power at 8:46 a.m. EDT and opened the hatch to the space station’s Quest airlock before …

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    NASA Astronauts Preparing for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV

    Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt, both NASA astronauts, pose for preflight portraits at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

    NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, YouTube, the NASA app, and the agency’s website as two astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin after the crew sets their suits to internal battery power ahead of exiting the airlock. The spacewalk is set to …

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    NASA, Boeing Adjust Timeline for Starliner Return

    An aurora streams below Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the forward port on the Harmony module as the International Space Station soared 266 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia.

    NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft with agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station. The move off Wednesday, June 26, deconflicts Starliner’s undocking and landing from a series of planned International Space Station spacewalks while allowing mission teams time …

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    NASA, Boeing Adjust Timeline for Starliner Return

    An aurora streams below Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the forward port on the Harmony module as the International Space Station soared 266 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia.

    NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft with agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station. The move off Wednesday, June 26, deconflicts Starliner’s undocking and landing from a series of planned International Space Station spacewalks while allowing mission teams time …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/21/2024

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The crew performed CFT Departure Preparation and crew conferences with the ground team to prepare for CFT undock. Systems: Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector A (LEE A) Survey:The ground team is in the process of completing a survey of LEE A using remote commanding. The …

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    Spacewalking Team Relaxes Ahead of Monday Excursion

    The seven Expedition 71 crew members gather with the two Crew Flight Test members for a team portrait aboard the space station. In the front from left are, Suni Williams, Oleg Kononenko, and Butch Wilmore. Second row from left are, Alexander Grebenkin, Tracy C. Dyson, and Mike Barratt. In the back are, Nikolai Chub, Jeanette Epps, and Matthew Dominick.

    Relaxation and a host of lab maintenance tasks filled the end of the day for the dual crews living and working aboard the International Space Station. Four NASA astronauts, all Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, are taking Friday and Saturday off in space following several days of spacesuit checks and spacewalking procedure reviews. Tracy C. Dyson …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/20/2024

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew completed a variety of systems activities to assist the ISS crew. They completed a PMM Endcone scavenge activity, a Chotherm Remove and Replace (R&R), a Crew Provisions Refresh, Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Wring Collector (COT) R&R, and CST-100 Stowage Audit and Seat Adjustments. Payloads: Astrobee: The …

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    NASA Completes Flight Readiness Review for GOES-U Mission 

    NASA, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), SpaceX, and GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U) mission managers met on June 20 to conduct a Flight Readiness Review at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the review, teams provided an update on the mission status and certified the readiness to proceed with final launch preparation activities.  Teams …

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