NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, are on their way to Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A after departing the Florida spaceport’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. They are right on schedule. Before leaving, the flight crew paused [...]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crew members are about to walk out of the double doors below Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way out to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft. Before taking a ride to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, the [...]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour spacecraft stand tall at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A for liftoff of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. Credit: NASACoverage is underway on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website for launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 science expedition mission to the International Space Station. Crew-6 marks [...]
A look at the iconic countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center’s NASA News Center on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is set to launch from the Florida Spaceport Thursday, March 2, at 12:34 a.m. EST. Photo credit: NASA/Mike ChambersNASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 science mission includes cutting edge research aimed at keeping astronauts [...]
From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi relax in the suit-up room inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on March 1, 2023. Photo credit: NASATune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website starting at 8:45 p.m. EST [...]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launch is targeted for 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASAGood evening and a hearty welcome from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida! At 12:34 a.m. EST, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission will launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy’s historic Launch Complex [...]
NASA and SpaceX teams just concluded a weather briefing with the decision to proceed with launch countdown. Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron continue to predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for Crew-6 launch, with the flight through precipitation rule serving as the primary weather concern. Conditions [...]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-6 mission, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission of [...]
The flight crew for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are shown in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building’s suit-up room at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a countdown dress rehearsal on Feb. 23, 2023. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and UAE (United Arab [...]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station at 1:45 EST Monday, Feb. 27, was scrubbed. The next available launch attempt is at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, pending resolution of the technical issue preventing Monday’s launch. Photo credit: SpaceXNASA and SpaceX scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt [...]