Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft and create content based on the experience. The Psyche mission will journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is scheduled to lift off at 10:38 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 5, on a …
Two rockets on opposite sides of the world will launch to the International Space Station delivering cargo and a new crew this week. The first spaceship will launch from Kazakhstan Tuesday night hauling supplies to replenish the Expedition 69 crew. The second will launch from Florida sending four new crew members to the orbital lab. …
Two rockets on opposite sides of the world will launch to the International Space Station delivering cargo and a new crew this week. The first spaceship will launch from Kazakhstan Tuesday night hauling supplies to replenish the Expedition 69 crew. The second will launch from Florida sending four new crew members to the orbital lab. …
The Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a planned liftoff at 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT today, …
Progress 83P Undock: Sunday afternoon, the Russian Cargo Vehicle Progress 83P, which provided cargo and propellant to the ISS, undocked from the Service Module (SM) Aft port at 6:50 PM CDT. Following departure from the ISS, the vehicle’s thrusters fired to maneuver 83P into a deorbit trajectory to send it into the Earth’s atmosphere where it …
The Expedition 69 crew is gearing up for cargo and crew vehicles headed to the International Space Station this week. The seven orbital residents are also continuing critical space research while preparing for September’s crew departure activities. An extra port on the orbital outpost is open following the departure of the Roscosmos Progress 83 cargo …
Editor’s Note: This post highlights data from Webb science in progress, which has not yet been through the peer-review process. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope obtained images of the Ring Nebula, one of the best-known examples of a planetary nebula. Much like the Southern Ring Nebula, one of Webb’s first images, the Ring Nebula displays intricate …
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 83 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 7:50 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 20. Loaded with trash, Progress will be deorbited by RSC-Energia flight controllers over the Pacific Ocean after spending six months at the station. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on …
The crew that will soon launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission arrived Sunday at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to start final preparations for liftoff. Crew members NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, pilot; and mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace …
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members now are en route to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final launch preparations. Crew-7 crewmates NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, commander; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, pilot; and mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, departed by …
