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Tonight’s mission to the International Space Station will be a first for some of the members of Crew-10.  Born in Spokane, Washington, this is NASA astronaut Anne McClain’s second spaceflight to the space station since becoming an astronaut with the agency in 2013. During her first mission, McClain spent 204 days as a flight engineer […]

NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, boarded their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.  Over the next 45 minutes, the crew will conduct communication checks with mission control, check their spacesuits for any leaks, and rotate their seats […]

NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, just arrived at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Since the late 1960s, pads A and B at NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 have supported […]

Following successful spacesuit checks, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members walked out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to greet family and friends before their mission to the International Space Station.  Customized vehicles, with a security escort, will drive NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch operations are underway to send four crew members to the International Space Station. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.   Time              Event  (All times subject to change) 3:48 p.m.      Suit donning and checkouts 4:28 p.m.     […]

NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, continue prelaunch operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  The crew members are undergoing spacesuit checks inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters, where they have quarantined since March 7. […]

Efforts to reestablish communications with NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer have continued since mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC lost contact with the small satellite Feb. 27, one day after launch.

Good afternoon and welcome to NASA’s coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.  In four hours, NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket […]

Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a greater-than-95% chance of favorable weather conditions at Launch Complex 39A for tonight’s launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission at 7:48 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with […]