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  • NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Live Mission Coverage Underway

    Image of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is seen during sunrise on the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, ahead of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.

    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.  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 Suni Williams, pilot, will launch aboard …

  • Weather 90% ‘Go’ for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

    Weather is looking beautiful for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for a liftoff, scheduled for 10:52 a.m. EDT.  Boeing’s Starliner …

  • Weather 90% ‘Go’ for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

    Weather is looking beautiful for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to send two of the agency’s astronauts to the International Space Station. Launch weather officers with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for a liftoff, scheduled for 10:52 a.m. EDT.  Boeing’s Starliner …

  • Liftoff for PREFIRE and Ice!

    A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from the pad amid an overcast sky.

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 3:15 p.m. NZST Wednesday, June 5 (11:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 4), on the second of two launches of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.  The PREFIRE mission will help close a gap in our understanding …

  • Rocket Lab’s Electron Rocket ‘Go’ for Launch!

    The mission team has called out “go for launch” for Rocket Lab’s PREFIRE and Ice launch, with the second of two launches of NASA’s PREFIRE mission now just minutes away!  The CubeSat – about the size of a bread loaf – is set to launch aboard the company’s Electron rocket, from Launch Complex 1 at …

  • NASA’s Second PREFIRE Launch Coverage Now Underway

    Live coverage of the second and final launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission is underway. Rocket Lab is targeting Wednesday, June 5 at 3:15 p.m. NZST (11:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 4) for launch of “PREFIRE and Ice,” which will send the agency’s CubeSat to low Earth orbit to …

  • NASA’s Second PREFIRE Mission: Small Satellites, Big Science

    NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission will fly a pair of shoebox-size cube satellites, or CubeSats, that will measure the amount of heat Earth radiates into space from two of the coldest, most remote regions on the planet – Earth’s polar regions.  At the heart of the PREFIRE mission is Earth’s …

  • NASA’s Second PREFIRE Mission: Weather 80% Favorable for Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket called "PREFIRE and Ice” is vertical on the pad in Mahia, New Zealand ahead of launching the second of two PREFIRE CubeSats for NASA on May 29, 2024.

    Rocket Lab successfully conducted a Delta Launch Readiness Review yesterday for the second launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission and is ready to proceed to launch.  The launch, named “PREFIRE and Ice” by Rocket Lab, is targeted for Wednesday, June 5, at 3:15 p.m. NZST (11:15 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 4).  …

  • Spacewalk Preps Continue as Cosmonaut Reaches Milestone

    An aurora swirls above the Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 266 miles above Earth.

    Spacesuits and eye checks filled the schedule on Tuesday as the Expedition 71 crew gears up for a trio of spacewalks planned for this month. The International Space Station residents also kept their research and lab maintenance duties while unpacking a new cargo ship. NASA Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt started their morning …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/04/2024

    Payloads: Astrobee/AstroSee-2: The crew relocated stowed items out of the experiment area and assisted with the performance of an AstroSee session. AstroSee demonstrates technology for autonomous spacecraft docking using the Astrobee free-flying robot platform. More information on this investigation can be found here. Immunity Assay: The crew gathered the experiment hardware and set up the …