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    Artemis I Core Stage Being Readied for Shipment to Kennedy

    Artemis Logo - red rocket trail, blue arch that represents earth, ARTEMIS text, gray half sphere on a white background

    The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage Green Run team has reviewed extensive data and completed inspections that show the rocket’s core stage and engines are in excellent condition after the full-duration Green Run hot fire test on Mar. 18. This test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi allowed the team …

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    Trio Nears Departure During Space Harvest and Crew Orientation

    NASA Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Michael Hopkins install temporary sleeping quarters inside the Columbus laboratory module from the European Space Agency.

    Three Expedition 64 crew members reviewed departure procedures today as they get ready to leave the International Space Station at the end of the week. Meanwhile, there was a harvest onboard the orbital lab today while three new crewmates get used to life in space. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins joined Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/12/2021

    Payloads AC Touch: Per standard procedure, the crew touched both the coated and uncoated coupons for this long-term investigation.  Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings tests an antimicrobial coating on several different materials that represent high-touch surfaces. Some microbes change characteristics in microgravity, which could create new risks to crew health and spacecraft systems as well …

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    Crew Swaps, Safety and Space Research Keeping Crew Busy

    This long-duration photograph from the space station shows the Milky Way above the Earth's horizon with an aurora near the bottom right.

    The three newest International Space Station crew members are getting used to life in space after a near three-and-a-half hour ride to the orbital lab late last week. There will be 10 people in space until Friday night when another three-person crew returns to Earth. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/09/2021

    64 Soyuz Launch/Dock:  64S successfully launched at 2:43 AM CT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Oleg Novitskiy, Petr Dubrov, and Mark Vande Hei on board. The vehicle docked at MRM1 at 6:21 AM CT. The ISS crew complement has increased to 10 crewmembers and will remain so until 63S undock on April 17. Payloads Astrobee/Gecko: …

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    Fueling Underway For Artemis I Launch

    A view of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Teams with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Exploration Ground Systems and primary contractor, Jacobs, are fueling the Orion service module ahead of the Artemis I mission. The spacecraft currently resides in Kennedy’s Multi-Payload Processing Facility alongside the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System (ICPS), the rocket’s upper stage that will send Orion to the Moon. After servicing, these …

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    Hatches Open, 10 Crew Members Occupying Station

    The newly-expanded 10-member station crew gathers in the Zvezda service module for a welcoming ceremony with family members and mission officials on Earth. Credit: NASA TV

    The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz spacecraft officially opened at 9:20 a.m. EDT as they flew 270 miles above the South Pacific. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people already aboard for Expedition 64 temporarily increases the station’s population to 10. They have arrived …

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    Soyuz Crew Ship Docks to Station With Expedition 65 Trio

    The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship is pictured on final approach to its docking port on the space station's Rassvet module.

    The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station at 7:05 a.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying about 262 miles above northern China. When the hatches between the two spacecraft are opened following standard pressurization …

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    Station Crew Blasts Off on Short Ride to Station

    The Soyuz MS-18 rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying three Expedition 65 crew members to the space station. Credit: NASA TV

    Nearly nine minutes after a successful launch at 3:42 a.m. EDT of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos safely reached orbit. They have begun a two-orbit, three-hour flight to reach the International Space Station and join the Expedition 64 …

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    NASA TV is Live Covering Soyuz Rocket Launching Station Crew

    (From top to bottom) Expedition 65 crew members Pyotr Dubrov, Oleg Novitskiy and Mark Vande Hei wave bye before boarding their Soyuz MS-18 rocket for a liftoff to the space station.

    Live launch coverage is underway on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app for the targeted lift off at 3:42 a.m. EDT (12:42 p.m. in Baikonur), of a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov of the …

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