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NASA, SpaceX Update Crew-10 Launch, Crew-9 Return Dates

By |2025-02-11T16:31:00-05:00February 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The official portrait of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members with (from left) Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos; Pilot Nichole Ayers and Commander Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). Photo credit: NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return [...]

NASA 2025: To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

By |2024-12-27T19:09:20-05:00December 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Preparing to orbit and do science on the Moon, investigating how solar wind interacts with Mars, and demonstrating quiet supersonic flight are just a FEW of the milestones we have planned for 2025. To learn more about the missions mentioned in this highlight video, take a deep dive into these links: [0:09] Artemis II Mission: [...]

NASA Adjusts Crew-10 Launch Date

By |2024-12-17T15:32:00-05:00December 17th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 now is targeting no earlier than late March 2025 to launch four crew members to the International Space Station. The change gives NASA and SpaceX teams time to complete processing on a new Dragon spacecraft for the mission. The new spacecraft is set to arrive to the company’s processing facility in Florida [...]

Views of Starship Flight 6 from International Space Station

By |2024-12-03T19:09:26-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

While orbiting approximately 250 miles above Earth, external cameras aboard the International Space Station captured the sixth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship after liftoff at 4 pm CST on Tuesday, November 19. For Artemis III, the first crewed return to the Moon in over 50 years, NASA is working with SpaceX to develop Starship as [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Spacecraft Relocates to New Port

By |2024-11-03T07:37:00-05:00November 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members freed up space for an upcoming arrival to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, pilot, transferred their Dragon spacecraft from the forward-facing port of the Harmony module to the Zenith port at the orbiting laboratory on Nov. 3. The [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronaut Returns to Houston

By |2024-10-26T13:35:00-04:00October 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

After an overnight stay at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida, the NASA astronaut was released and returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Saturday. The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members. As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, the astronaut was one of [...]

NASA Provides Update on Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Health

By |2024-10-25T13:37:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

After safely splashing down on Earth as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission Friday, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida. After medical evaluation at the hospital, three of the [...]

NASA Provides Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Update

By |2024-10-25T08:08:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The following is attributed to Cheryl Warner, news chief, NASA’s Office of Communications: “Following NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission’s safe splashdown and recovery off Florida’s coast early Friday morning, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation. The crew exited [...]

Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Returns Safely to Earth

By |2024-10-25T03:37:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. EDT, returning Crew-8 to Earth. Photo credit: NASA TV. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, splashed down safely in [...]

Dragon Deorbit Burn Complete; Next Up, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown

By |2024-10-25T02:49:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members return to Earth on Oct. 25, 2024. Next to him is NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Dragon is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at [...]

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