NASA and its industry partners, Boeing and SpaceX, are planning target launch schedules for upcoming commercial crew missions to the International Space Station. Target Launch Manifest NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test: NET July 21, 2023 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7: NET mid-August 2023 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8: NET February 2024 NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1: NET Summer 2024 Here [...]
The Starliner team works to finalize the mate of the crew module and new service module for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test that will take NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams to and from the International Space Station. Photo credit: Boeing/John GrantNASA and Boeing now are targeting no earlier than Friday, [...]
The four SpaceX Crew-6 members joined the seven Expedition 68 crew members aboard the space station expanding its population to 11. Credit: NASA TVNASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, have [...]
The four SpaceX Crew-6 members (from left) Andrey Fedyaev, Woody Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and Sultan Alnedayi, are pictured inside the Crew Dragon Endeavour prior to launching.NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, [...]
From left, are SpaceX Crew-6 Commander Stephen Bowen, Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, and Mission Specialists Sultan Alneyadi and Andrey Fedyaev,. Credit: SpaceXNASA Television and the agency’s website are providing live continuous coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission carrying NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) [...]
NASA’s SpaceX crew members Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Sultan Alneyadi, and Andrey Fedyaev soar into the early-morning Florida sky, blasting off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, 2023. Photo credit: NASA/Frank MichauxThe SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, commander; Warren Hoburg, pilot; and [...]
SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft separates from the second stage during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Photo credit: NASAThe Dragon Endeavour spacecraft has separated from the second stage. The spacecraft is traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour.
The positive call came in from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Commander Stephen Bowen that trajectory is nominal. The first stage has started its descent.
Max Q, or the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket, has been reached.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, 2023. NASA/Frank MichauxThe Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft roared off of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]