Mission management teams have polled “go” to begin fueling the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as the countdown continues toward the launch of NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Composed of a central core and dual side boosters, …
Launch officials are targeting 5:26 p.m. EDT for the new launch time of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission.
NASA’s coverage is underway for launch of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. NASA and SpaceX are targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT. The weather satellite will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center …
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew performed a variety of systems activities to assist the ISS crew. The crew completed Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) Troubleshooting, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Airlock Deconfiguring, and an activity to remove the UPA Pressure Control and Pump Assembly (PCPA) Motor from PCPA SN007 in support of the PCPA …
The schedule for today’s launch of NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), the fourth and final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, is now set. NASA and SpaceX are targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT. The satellite will launch on a SpaceX …
NASA and SpaceX teams continue to work toward a 5:16 p.m. EDT liftoff of NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read a few facts about the spacecraft and its science instruments: The GOES-U …
NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) have closely collaborated, dating back to 1975, to successfully deploy more than 60 weather satellites. The NOAA GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission is the culmination of a historic weather-observing and environmental monitoring system. The NOAA GOES-R Series, which consists of three satellites – GOES-R, S, …
It’s launch day! NASA and SpaceX are targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT for the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The weather satellite will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch …
The nine residents aboard the International Space Station comprising both the Expedition 71 and NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test teams had a day filled with spacesuit checks, advanced microgravity research, and orbital lab maintenance. NASA Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt kept up their spacewalk preparations following the early end to Monday’s excursion. …
USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #90 Radio Frequency Group (RFG) Retrieval Part 2.5:Today’s RFG Retrieval 2.5 EVA was terminated shortly following Airlock Hatch opening and prior to crew egress due to an Airlock SCU water leak. The Airlock was safely repressed and the EV crew doffed their suits. The Expedition 71 EVA series is being reevaluated …
