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    Flight Crew Takes Historic Steps at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 crew members during walkout

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crew members are about to walk out of the double doors below Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way out to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft. Before taking a ride to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, the crew …

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    Live Broadcast for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch Has Begun

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 rocket and spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center

    Coverage is underway on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website for launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 science expedition mission to the International Space Station. Crew-6 marks the sixth crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system, and its sixth flight with crew, to the space station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. …

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    Crew-6 Mission Features Innovative NASA Research

    The countdown clock for NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 science mission includes cutting edge research aimed at keeping astronauts and spacecraft safe during deep space exploration, and studies that could lead to improved medical treatments for humans back on Earth. Experiments include studies of how particular materials burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on heart, brain, and cartilage functions, and an …

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    Watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Flight Crew Suit Up for Launch

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission crew members in the suit-up room

    Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website starting at 8:45 p.m. EST to watch NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, suit up for launch. The crewmates are preparing for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station inside …

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    Welcome to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Launch Coverage!

    NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission

    Good evening and a hearty welcome from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida! At 12:34 a.m. EST, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission will launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s historic Launch Complex 39A. Weather is looking great, as officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict a 95% chance …

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    Weather Looking Good for March 2 Launch Attempt

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad

    NASA and SpaceX teams just concluded a weather briefing with the decision to proceed with launch countdown. Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for Crew-6 launch, with the flight through precipitation rule serving as the primary weather concern. Conditions along …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/01/2023

    Payloads: Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air-2 (ANITA-2): Science modules were removed from the Columbus European Physiology Module (EPM) and the ANITA-2 hardware was installed. The ANITA-2 is a compact gas analyzer which can analyze and quantify 33 trace contaminants in the atmosphere aboard the ISS automatically. ANITA-2 can also detect the presence of unknown substances …

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    NASA, SpaceX Move Forward with March 2 Launch to Space Station

      NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is ‘Go’ for launch to the International Space Station following completion of a launch readiness review, weather briefing, and mission management meeting on Feb. 28. Launch is targeted at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A from NASA’s …

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    NASA, SpaceX Eying Thursday for Crew-6 Launch

    The flight crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station is targeted to launch no earlier than 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will be from Launch Complex 39A. Mission management teams are meeting late Tuesday to review launch …

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    Light-Duty Day on Station Ahead of Crew-6 Launch

    The four SpaceX Crew-6 members (from left) Andrey Fedyaev, Stephen Bowen, Warren "Woody" Hoburg, and Sultan Alneyadi, pose for a portrait at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

    Four Expedition 68 astronauts took the afternoon off on Tuesday at the International Space Station while three cosmonauts focused on cargo transfers and lab maintenance. Meanwhile, the SpaceX Crew-6 mission is counting down to its launch at 12:34 a.m. EST on Thursday. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio handled the orbital plumbing duties inside the Tranquility module. Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan …

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