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    Expedition 69 and Ax-2 Working Together on Space Biology

    The Axiom Mission-2 (Ax-2) and Expedition 69 crew members pose for a portrait together aboard the space station. In the center front row, is Expedition 69 crew member Sultan Alneyadi flanked by (from left) Ax-2 crew mates Peggy Whitson, Ali Alqarni, John Shoffner, and Rayyanah Barnawi. In the back (from left) are, Expedition 69 crew mates Dmitri Petelin, Stephen Bowen, Andrey Fedyaev, Sergey Prokopyev, and Woody Hoburg. Not pictured is astronaut Frank Rubio.

    The Expedition 69 and Axiom Mission-2 (Ax-2) crews worked throughout Thursday conducting a multitude of space research aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the orbiting lab’s three cosmonauts started unpacking a new cargo ship and worked on the European robotic arm controller. Science is moving full speed ahead aboard the orbital outpost as four Expedition …

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    Resupply Cargo Craft Docks to Station

    Progress 84 approaches space station before docking at 12:19 EDT on May 24, 2023.

    The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 12:19 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24, following launch on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. (5:56 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress is delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the space station …

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    Resupply Cargo Craft Docking to Station Live on NASA TV

    The Progress 81 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station on June 3, 2022 for a docking to the Zvezda service module's rear port.

    NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website now are providing live coverage of the rendezvous and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. An automatic docking to the Poisk module is planned at 12:20 p.m. EDT. The uncrewed Progress 84 launched on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. EDT …

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    Progress Cargo Craft Successfully Launches to Resupply Crew

    The Progress 84 cargo craft is safely in orbit and headed to the station following a successful launch on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

    The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 8:56 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24 (5:56 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply spaceship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned, on its way to meet …

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    Station Resupply Mission Launching Live on NASA TV

    The Progress 76 resupply ship is pictured approaching the station in July of 2020 packed with nearly three tons of food, fuel and supplies.

    NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Progress 84 is scheduled to lift off on a Soyuz rocket at 8:56 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 24 (5:56 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome …

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    Station Welcomes Axiom Astronauts and Preps for Next Cargo Mission

    The SpaceX Freedom Dragon crew ship with four Axiom Mission-2 private astronauts aboard is pictured approaching the International Space Station.

    11 crew members are living aboard the International Space Station with four spaceships now docked to the orbiting lab. A fifth spaceship is due to launch Wednesday and arrive a few hours later with cargo to replenish the Expedition 69 crew. Two SpaceX Dragon crew ships are docked adjacent to each other on the station’s …

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    Mission Specialist Assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Mission

    Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

    Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has been selected as a mission specialist for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission – the agency’s seventh rotational mission to the International Space Station. Furukawa joins NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, who will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. An additional crew member will …

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    Four Axiom Mission-2 Private Astronauts Enter Station

    The four Axiom Mission-2 crew members join the seven-member Expedition 69 crew aboard the station and gather for a crew greeting ceremony.

    Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) astronauts Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi now are aboard the International Space Station following Dragon’s hatch opening at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22. Ax-2 docked to the orbital complex at 9:12 a.m. on the second mission with an entirely private crew to arrive at the orbiting …

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    Four Axiom Mission-2 Astronauts Dock to Station

    Four spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Freedom crew ships and Roscosmos' Soyuz MS-23 crew ship and Progress 83 resupply ship.

    Axiom Mission 2 astronauts Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi arrived at the International Space Station at 9:12 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22, on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Live coverage continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website for hatch opening and the welcome ceremony. Live coverage continue on NASA Television, …

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