At 2:45 a.m. EDT, over 5,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the company’s 33rd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission launch attempt for Sunday, Aug. 24, will be rescheduled to a later date due to cloud cover and continued high sea states in the recovery area. The teams are evaluating a new launch attempt for the upcoming week. The window for the mission runs through Sept. 3.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo craft atop has rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida counting down to a launch targeted for no earlier than 2:45 a.m. on Sunday.
Running with updated onboard fault protection software that improves its ability to operate farther from the Sun than originally designed, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has entered the longest hibernation phase of its mission. At 4:12 a.m. EDT on Aug. 7, flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, verified that […]
Ultrasound heart and vein scans dominated the research activities aboard the International Space Station on Thursday helping doctors monitor and protect astronaut cardiovascular health. The Expedition 73 crew also serviced spacesuit gear, conducted lab hardware inspections, and kept up its Earth observation tasks.
Aug. 21, 2025: The Salter Test Flight launched at 9:21 a.m. EDT (7:21 a.m. MDT) Thursday, Aug. 21 from the agency’s balloon launch facility, marking the first successful balloon flight of the campaign. The balloon and payload reached a float altitude of 124,000 feet, and flew for a total of 5 hours, 4 minutes. The hardware test flight reported a healthy balloon and flight systems, and requirements were met before successful termination. Several smaller payloads, or piggyback missions, rode along to support science and technology development, including numerous student experiments. Recovery efforts are underway.
The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission is now targeting no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 24, for the first launch attempt due to high sea states in the recovery area from Hurricane Erin.
A significant piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis II mission arrived on Aug. 19 to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete final stacking operations. A semitrailer transported NASA’s Orion stage adapter nearly 700 miles from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA Marshall built and tested the Orion stage adapter […]
Maintaining sense of balance and protecting immunity in space were the top human research experiments aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 73 crew members also practiced medical emergency procedures, continued more Earth observations, and finished packing a cargo craft.
