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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Relaxation and a host of lab maintenance tasks filled the end of the day for the dual crews living and working aboard the International Space Station. Four NASA astronauts, all Expedition 71 Flight Engineers, are taking Friday and Saturday off in space following several days of spacesuit checks and spacewalking procedure reviews. Tracy C. Dyson …
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew completed a variety of systems activities to assist the ISS crew. They completed a PMM Endcone scavenge activity, a Chotherm Remove and Replace (R&R), a Crew Provisions Refresh, Waste and Hygiene Compartment (WHC) Wring Collector (COT) R&R, and CST-100 Stowage Audit and Seat Adjustments. Payloads: Astrobee: The …
NASA, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), SpaceX, and GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U) mission managers met on June 20 to conduct a Flight Readiness Review at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the review, teams provided an update on the mission status and certified the readiness to proceed with final launch preparation activities. Teams …
