In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to lift off at 12:25 p.m. EDT aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission …
In less than four hours, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to lift off at 12:25 p.m. EDT aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission …
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are being outfitted in their Boeing spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations continue for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The Boeing Starliner suits are specifically tailored for this …
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are being outfitted in their Boeing spacesuits inside the crew suit-up room at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations continue for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The Boeing Starliner suits are specifically tailored for this …
NASA’s coverage of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. For the first time in history, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Butch Wilmore, commander, and …
NASA’s coverage of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. For the first time in history, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Butch Wilmore, commander, and …
The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft arrived at the space-facing port of the orbiting laboratory’s Poisk module at 7:43 a.m. EDT on June 1. The spacecraft launched at 5:43 a.m. EDT (2:43 p.m. Baikonur time) May 30, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft delivers about three tons of food, fuel, …
NASA is now providing coverage of rendezvous and docking on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft launched at 5:43 a.m. EDT (2:43 p.m. Baikonur time) May 30, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, …
After two holds in the countdown to the launch attempt, Rocket Lab has waived off the second launch for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. Rocket Lab will assess the situation and provide more information and a new launch date when it is available. Continue checking NASA’s small satellite missions blog …
After a 20 minute hold, the countdown has resumed for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. This second satellite about the size of a shoebox waits on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket for liftoff on the mission’s second and final launch. The launch, named “PREFIRE and Ice” by Rocket Lab, is …
