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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission on Track for Saturday Launch

    Image of NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference for the NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 two-man crew is ready for their mission to the International Space Station. NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference on Sept. 27 and the 1:17 p.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 28, liftoff remains on schedule from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch weather officers with …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission on Track for Saturday Launch

    Image of NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference for the NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 two-man crew is ready for their mission to the International Space Station. NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference on Sept. 27 and the 1:17 p.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 28, liftoff remains on schedule from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch weather officers with …

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    NASA, SpaceX to Discuss Crew-9 Mission

    Image shows SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

    In less than 24 hours, Crew-9 crew members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station. Leading up to liftoff, NASA and SpaceX plan to host a prelaunch news conference from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 …

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    NASA, SpaceX to Discuss Crew-9 Mission

    Image shows SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

    In less than 24 hours, Crew-9 crew members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station. Leading up to liftoff, NASA and SpaceX plan to host a prelaunch news conference from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 …

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    NASA Hosts Crew-9 Space Station 101 Social Panel

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 logo with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

    NASA will host an International Space Station 101 panel livestream at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept 27. Agency experts will provide an overview about the space station, operations, science, living and working in space, and take questions from reporters and social media. Participants in the livestream panel include: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Robyn Gatens, director, …

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    NASA Hosts Crew-9 Space Station 101 Social Panel

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 logo with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

    NASA will host an International Space Station 101 panel livestream at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept 27. Agency experts will provide an overview about the space station, operations, science, living and working in space, and take questions from reporters and social media. Participants in the livestream panel include: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Robyn Gatens, director, …

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    Orion’s Artemis III European Service Module Joined with Crew Module Adapter

    Teams began connecting the European Service Module 3 to the crew module adapter.

    Teams have joined the Artemis III European Service Module and crew module adapter for NASA’s Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the completion of the Integration Readiness Review on Sept. 17. The ESA (European Space Agency)-provided European Service Module is assembled …

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    SpaceX Crew-9 Nears Launch During Station Upkeep Duties

    Hurricane Helene is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico heading toward Florida's Gulf Coast in this photograph from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

    Two SpaceX Crew-9 crewmates are counting down to a Saturday launch, weather permitting, and beginning a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, crew departure preparations and lab maintenance duties were ongoing for the Expedition 72 orbital residents on Thursday. Commander Nick Hague of NASA and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos are at …

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    NASA, SpaceX Complete Launch Rehearsal, Falcon 9 Static Fire

    To prepare for NASA’s Crew-9 mission, SpaceX fired the nine Merlin first-stage engines of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket during a routine static fire test on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The successful static fire test allows NASA and SpaceX to move forward with launch …

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    Fueling Complete on NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft

    Technicians completed loading propellants in the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on Sunday, Sept. 22, inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Housed in the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, Europa Clipper’s propulsion module is an aluminum cylinder 10 feet (3 meters) long and 5 …

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