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    Dragon Crew Ship Moving to New Port Live on NASA TV

    The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience is pictured during a relocation maneuver on April 5, 2021, carrying astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi.

    NASA coverage is underway as four crew members aboard the International Space Station take a short trip inside their SpaceX Dragon to relocate the spacecraft from one docking port to another. Undocking is scheduled at 7:10 a.m. EDT with redocking planned at 7:53 a.m. Relocation activities will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and …

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    Dragon Crew Ship Changing Ports, Cosmonauts Cleanup After Spacewalk

    Four Expedition 69 flight engineers aboard the International Space Station pose for a portrait in the pressure suits they will wear when they relocate the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship.

    Four Expedition 69 crew members are reviewing the procedures they will use when they move the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to a new port on Saturday morning. The rest of the crew aboard the International Space Station is cleaning up after completing a spacewalk earlier this week. NASA Flight Engineers Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg …

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    Cosmonauts Move Experiment Airlock and Complete Spacewalk

    Spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the space station to install an experiment module on the Nauka science module with assistance from the European robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin concluded their spacewalk May 3 at 11:11 p.m. EDT after 7 hours and 11 minutes. Prokopyev and Petelin completed their major objectives, which included relocating an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module with assistance from European robotic arm operator cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. This …

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    Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk to Move Experiment Airlock

    Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work to remove a radiator from the space station's Rassvet module during a spacewalk on April 19, 2023.

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began a spacewalk at 4:00 p.m. EDT to relocate an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module with assistance from European robotic arm operator cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Prokopyev is wearing an Orlan spacesuit …

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    Axiom Mission 2 No Longer Targeting Early May Launch

    The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour carrying four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts approaches the space station above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco on April 9, 2022.

    NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are working together to identify the best availability opportunity to launch the Axiom Mission 2 to the space station; we are no longer targeting opportunities in early May. More information on the updated target launch date will be shared soon. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on …

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    Cosmonaut Spacewalkers Exiting Station Soon to Move Airlock

    Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev (left) and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin (right) are conducting their fifth spacewalk together today.

    NASA Television coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. The duo, with assistance from European robotic arm operator cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, will relocate an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module on the International Space Station. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, …

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    Crew Preps for Spacewalk and Dragon Relocation During Research

    The space station's Nauka science module, Prichal docking module, and Soyuz MS-23 crew ship are pictured as the orbital lab soared 259 miles above north Africa.

    Two cosmonauts are getting ready to exit the International Space Station on Wednesday to conduct the year’s fifth spacewalk. The rest of the Expedition 69 crew spent Tuesday preparing to relocate the SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship, setting up robotic free-flyers, and working on life support maintenance. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin of …

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    Cosmonauts Prep for Wednesday Spacewalk as Astronauts Relax

    Spacewalkers (from left) Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi work on the space station's starboard truss structure during a seven-hour and one-minute spacewalk on April 28, 2023.

    The Expedition 69 crew is getting ready for its second spacewalk in less than a week at the International Space Station. In the meantime, several astronauts are relaxing today following last week’s power upgrades spacewalk. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both from Roscosmos, spent Monday configuring the Orlan spacesuits they will wear …

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    Astronauts Wrap Up Spacewalk for Station Power Upgrades

    The Earth begins illuminating during an orbital sunrise as spacewalkers (lower right) Sultan Alneyadi and Stephen Bowen work outside the space station. Credit: NASA TV

    NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi concluded their spacewalk at 4:12 p.m. EDT after 7 hours and 1 minute. Bowen and Alneyadi laid cables and installed insulation on mounting brackets on the starboard truss of the station for the installation of the next pair of International Space Station Roll …

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    Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Upgrade Station Power

    Astronauts (from left) Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi try on and test out the their spacesuits ahead of a spacewalk planned for Friday, April 28.

    NASA astronaut Steve Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi began a spacewalk at 9:11 a.m. EDT to prepare for future installation of upgraded solar arrays on the starboard side of the station’s truss. The astronauts will then retrieve S-band antenna equipment and bring it inside the space station for refurbishment. The spacewalk …

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