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    Mammoth Artemis I Rocket Boosters Stacked on Mobile Launcher

    The Space Launch System boosters are stacked on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.

    Leerlo en español aquí. Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission. Over several weeks, workers used one of five massive cranes to place 10 booster segments and nose assemblies on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in …

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    Astronauts Relax as Station Science Command Celebrates 20 Years

    Payload controllers are pictured working inside the Payload Operations Integration Center, the science command post for the space station located at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

    Five astronauts from the Expedition 64 crew are relaxing today after supporting a pair of spacewalks last week. The two cosmonauts from Roscosmos were on duty running science and maintaining systems in the International Space Station’s Russian segment. NASA Flight Engineer Kate Rubins led both spacewalks to install modification kits to ready the orbital lab …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2021

    United States On-orbit Segment (USOS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #72 – ISS Upgrades III: Today, EV1 Kate Rubins and EV2 Soichi Noguchi performed a 6 hour 56 minute EVA and completed the following tasks during the ISS Upgrades III EVA: 4B ISS Roll Out Solar Array (IROSA) Mod Kit Installation 2B IROSA Mod Kit Modification Worksite …

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    U.S., Japanese Astronauts Conclude Solar Array Mods Spacewalk

    (From left) Astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi work to install a solar array modification kit during the fourth spacewalk of both of their careers. Credit: NASA

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi concluded their spacewalk at 1:33 p.m. EST, after 6 hours and 56 minutes. In the fourth spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, the two astronauts successfully completed the installation of modification kits required for upcoming solar array upgrades. The duo …

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    Astronauts Begin Spacewalk for Solar Array Modifications

    Astronaut Soichi Noguchi is pictured during a spacewalk that took place over 15 years ago during the STS-114 space shuttle mission to the space station on August 1, 2005.

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi have begun their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to complete the installation of modification kits in preparation for upcoming solar array upgrades. The spacewalkers switched their spacesuits to battery power at 6:37 a.m. EST to begin the spacewalk, which is expected to …

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    NASA TV Begins Live Coverage of Spacewalk for Solar Array Mods

    Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi are conducting the fourth spacewalk of their careers today.

    NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 64 are preparing to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk expected to begin around …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/04/2021

    Payloads Exploration Environmental Control and Life Support System: Brine Processor System (BPA): The crew installed the BPA hardware. The Exploration ECLSS: BPA is designed to improve water recycling on the ISS and boosts the efficiency of water recycling for the Artemis generation. Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The crew performed a …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Spacewalk for Solar Array Mods on Friday

    The International Space Station is orbits Earth in October 2018.

    NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi are scheduled to exit the International Space Station’s Quest airlock Friday for a spacewalk to complete the installation of solar array modification kits, which were started during the Feb. 28 spacewalk in preparation for solar array upgrades. The pair will set their spacesuits …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/03/2021

    Payloads Exploration Environmental Control and Life Support System: Brine Processor System (BPA): The crew routed the power cable to the BPA hardware. The BPA is designed to improve water recycling on the International Space Station and boost the efficiency of water recycling for the Artemis generation. Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D (DOSIS-3D): The …

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    Green Run Update: Engineers Repair Valve for Mid-March Hot Fire Test

    Propellant barges docked near the B-2 Test Stand

    Engineers have successfully repaired a liquid oxygen valve on the Space Launch System rocket’s core stage with subsequent checks confirming the valve to be operating properly. The team plans to power up the core stage for remaining functional checks later this week before moving forward with final preparations for a hot fire test in mid-March …

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