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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-30: Launch Coverage Underway

By |2024-03-21T16:35:00-04:00March 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands in a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in preparation for the 30th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. NASA and partner research flying aboard [...]

NASA Welcomes Crew-7’s Return to Earth After Safely Splashing Down

By |2024-03-12T05:51:00-04:00March 12th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 5:47 a.m. EDT, returning Crew-7 to Earth. Photo credit: NASA TV.NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut [...]

Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn; Crew-7 Readies for Splashdown

By |2024-03-12T05:10:00-04:00March 12th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members return to Earth on March 12, 2024. Next to her is ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen. Dragon is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 5:47 a.m. [...]

Carrying Crew-7, SpaceX’s Dragon Prepares for Deorbit Burn

By |2024-03-12T04:52:00-04:00March 12th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA is providing live coverage as Crew-7 crew members NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov return to Earth inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft, named Endurance, is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico [...]

Dragon Undocks From Station, Crew Headed Back to Earth

By |2024-03-11T11:33:00-04:00March 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft carrying the Crew-7 quartet approaches the International Space Station for docking on August 27, 2023, as it soared 261 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Photo credit: NASAThe SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, [...]

Dragon Hatch Closed; Crew Readies for Undocking From Station

By |2024-03-11T11:28:00-04:00March 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Four Expedition 70 crewmates pose in the pressure suits they will wear when they return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon “Endurance” spacecraft. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mohgensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. The quartet arrived at [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station

By |2024-03-04T00:55:00-05:00March 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on March 3, 2024, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission into orbit for a mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASANASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission [...]

Dragon Endeavour Reaches Orbit, News Conference at 12:15 a.m. EST

By |2024-03-03T23:26:00-05:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission launches from Kennedy Space Center at 10:53 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Photo credit: NASA TelevisionThe SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps along with Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station has safely [...]

Falcon 9 Second Stage Engine Shuts Down

By |2024-03-03T23:03:00-05:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

After about nine minutes of flight, the Falcon 9’s second stage has shut down and the Dragon spacecraft now is in orbit, where it will soon separate from Falcon 9’s upper stage and continue its journey to the International Space Station. Momentarily, the rocket’s first stage will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 [...]

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