NASA’s Artemis II rocket and its four-person crew are all making progress toward a launch pad meet up in April. Engineers are targeting 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19, to start rolling the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 3:54 p.m. EDT. It was Williams’ first spacewalk and Meir’s fourth.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams began a spacewalk at 8:52 a.m. EDT to prepare the 2A power channel for the future installation of new roll-out solar arrays. Once installed, the arrays will provide additional power for the orbiting laboratory, supporting critical systems and its safe, controlled deorbit.
Live coverage is underway as two NASA astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to last about six and a half hours.
Due to quicker than expected completion of close-out activities, NASA now may roll out the Artemis II rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, on Thursday, March 19. A final decision on start time will be made on Wednesday, March 18. The rollout was originally scheduled for March 19, but engineers identified an electrical harness on the flight termination system of the core stage of […]
Tuesday brought the final preparations for tomorrow’s spacewalk where two NASA astronauts will exit the International Space Station and enter the vacuum of space for space station solar array upgrade work. The Expedition 74 crew members prepped spacesuits and reviewed procedures while working in some time for maintenance and science activities.
Teams are now targeting no earlier than Friday, March 20, to roll NASA’s Artemis II rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building out to Launch Pad 39B, maintaining the opportunity for a Wednesday, April 1, launch attempt. Over the weekend at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers were completing closeout activities ahead of rollout, […]
Two sounding rockets are scheduled for liftoff between March 17 and March 23 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility launch range in Virginia. The launch window each day is from 8 p.m. to midnight EDT. No real-time launch status updates or livestream will be available. NASA Wallops provides services such as vehicle tracking, data telemetry, and range safety from NASA’s only owned and operated launch […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface. The flyby allowed the spacecraft to conduct measurements of the solar wind and solar activity, contributing to our understanding of how the Sun’s atmosphere […]
Spacewalk preparations and the undocking of a cargo spacecraft kicked off the week for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station.
