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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Remains on Schedule, Launch Less Than 10 Minutes Away

By |2024-03-03T22:45:00-05:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission launch on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Photo credit: NASA TelevisionFuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Suits Up for Launch

By |2024-03-02T19:38:00-05:00March 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist. Photo credit: SpaceXNASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist [...]

A Look at Key Milestones for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

By |2024-03-02T19:25:00-05:00March 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad ahead of launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA TelevisionBelow are some of the key milestones leading up to the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, as well as some critical [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Coverage is Underway!

By |2024-03-02T18:34:00-05:00March 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo credit: SpaceXGood evening and welcome to live coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission – the eighth crew rotation flight and the ninth [...]

Weather 40% Favorable for Saturday Crew-8 Mission Launch

By |2024-02-29T20:34:00-05:00February 29th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A colorful sunset serves as the backdrop for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Photo credit: SpaceXLaunch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict [...]

NASA, SpaceX Target Saturday, March 2, for Crew-8 Launch

By |2024-02-29T00:43:00-05:00February 29th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from left to right, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Michael Barratt, pilot; Matthew Dominick, commander; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; are photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a dress rehearsal on Monday, Feb. 26, [...]

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Stacking Up For Launch

By |2024-02-27T12:35:00-05:00February 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Crews raise a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to a vertical position at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Frank MichauxNASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) are readying the rocket that will launch the first [...]

NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Flight Readiness Review Concludes, Teleconference to Follow

By |2024-02-25T19:20:00-05:00February 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mission managers with NASA, SpaceX, and international partners gather on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete a Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo credit: NASA/Kim ShiflettThe Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport

By |2024-02-25T14:01:00-05:00February 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick, and Michael Barratt, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, stand before members of the news media at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Depart Houston for Florida

By |2024-02-25T12:25:00-05:00February 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; will launch to the International Space Station no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in [...]

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