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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/24/2024

    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 …

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    ‘Go’ for Launch: GOES-U Launch Readiness Review Concludes

    Technicians at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida connect NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) to the payload adapter on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in preparation for its upcoming launch.

    NASA and SpaceX gave the ‘go’ for launch of the GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission following a successful readiness review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  NASA and SpaceX are targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 25. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon …

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    U.S. Spacewalk Update

    NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt are back inside the International Space Station after U.S. spacewalk 90 ended early Monday due to a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit on Dyson’s spacesuit. The crew members were not in any danger as result of the leak. Dyson and Barratt set their suits to battery power at …

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    Watch GOES-U Science Briefing, Prelaunch News Conference

    A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

    NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch activities for the NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. NASA and NOAA officials will provide a mission overview during a science briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 24. Coverage of the briefing will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television media channel, …

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    Spacewalk Cancelled Due to Spacesuit Cooling Unit Water Leak

    U.S. spacewalk 90 was cancelled Monday at the International Space Station due to a water leak in the service and cooling umbilical unit on NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson’s spacesuit. Dyson and Mike Barratt set their suits to battery power at 8:46 a.m. EDT and opened the hatch to the space station’s Quest airlock before …

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    NASA Astronauts Preparing for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV

    NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, YouTube, the NASA app, and the agency’s website as two astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin after the crew sets their suits to internal battery power ahead of exiting the airlock. The spacewalk is set to …

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    NASA, Boeing Adjust Timeline for Starliner Return

    NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft with agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station. The move off Wednesday, June 26, deconflicts Starliner’s undocking and landing from a series of planned International Space Station spacewalks while allowing mission teams time …

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    NASA, Boeing Adjust Timeline for Starliner Return

    NASA and Boeing leadership are adjusting the return to Earth of the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft with agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station. The move off Wednesday, June 26, deconflicts Starliner’s undocking and landing from a series of planned International Space Station spacewalks while allowing mission teams time …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/21/2024

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The crew performed CFT Departure Preparation and crew conferences with the ground team to prepare for CFT undock. Systems: Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector A (LEE A) Survey:The ground team is in the process of completing a survey of LEE A using remote commanding. The …

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