NASA and SpaceX teams completed the final major review – the Launch Readiness Review – for the agency’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, with mission leaders polling “go” to proceed into the launch count. The four crew members of Crew-11 are scheduled to liftoff no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July […]
The Expedition 73 crew is readying a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for return to Earth while a new crew on the ground is preparing to launch aboard another Dragon to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, exercise research, lab maintenance, and Earth observations rounded out the day aboard the orbital outpost.
Muscles and robotics topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday to keep astronauts fit and assist crews on long-duration missions. Meanwhile, four Expedition 73 crewmates continue preparing for their departure next month as another crew on Earth nears its launch to the orbital outpost this week.
The seven-member Expedition 73 crew is gearing up to welcome four new crewmates at the end of the week. Shortly after that another quartet that has been living and working aboard the International Space Station since March will return to Earth.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission moved closer to launch, as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft slated to take the four-member crew to the International Space Station rolled to the pad and the crew participated in a dry dress rehearsal on Monday, July 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Zena […]
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon crew spacecraft atop, for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission rolled out to the launch pad early Sunday, July 27, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket was raised to vertical position at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, awaiting lift off no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT […]
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed shortly after 1:10 p.m. EDT at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following a two-hour flight from Houston. Watch Crew-11’s remarks on NASA Kennedy’s social media and […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members are in the air and on their way to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov departed from Ellington Field aboard […]
After meeting for several hours today, NASA, SpaceX, and international partner teams polled “go” to continue launch preparations following conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 remains targeted to launch no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 31, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
The Expedition 73 crew is turning its attention to the arrival of a new crew next week then getting ready to split up shortly afterward. In the meantime, human research, robotics, and lab maintenance wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers from NASA and station Commander […]
