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    Axiom Mission 3 Stands Down From Tuesday Undocking

    NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the Tuesday, Feb. 6, undocking opportunity of Axiom Mission 3 from the International Space Station. Mission teams will continue to review weather conditions off the coast of Florida, which currently are not favorable for return, and set a new target opportunity for space station departure and …

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    Weather Delays Launch of NASA’s Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission

    A Falcon 9 rocket stands on a launch pad with a black back ground from the darkness.

    NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Tuesday, Feb. 6 launch of the agency's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting launch at 1:33 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 7, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Both …

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    Why the PACE team is nocturnal this week

    Centered in the image is a rocket, mid-launch. The launch is taking place at night, so all around the rocket and it's stand is black. The only light is coming from the fire emerging from the bottom of the rocket in an orange glowing color, illuminating a cloud of smoke coming from the rocket as well.

    Editor's note, Feb. 6, 2024: NASA and SpaceX stood down from PACE's Feb. 6 launch attempt due to unfavorable weather conditions. Launch is now targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 7. Editor's note, Feb. 7, 2024: NASA and SpaceX stood down from PACE's Feb. 7 launch attempt due to unfavorable weather conditions. Launch is …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/05/2024

    Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom 3: Outreach, Commercial, and Payload Activities: With the undock slip, the Ax-3 crew performed cargo operations to unload the Dragon on Saturday, had a crew off day on Sunday, and have repacked Dragon cargo today. On Monday, the crew recorded multiple outreach videos. Additionally, throughout the weekend and today, Marcus …

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    Mars, Venus Appear Very Close to Each Other this Month

    February is a great month for the early rising skygazers. Venus has been bright in the morning sky all year, rising just before the Moon. In the minutes before dawn this week, Venus will rise to the upper left of the waning crescent Moon and will be joined by Mars. Over the coming weeks, Venus …

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    Ax-3 Nears Departure as Station Crew Picks Up Research

    Four private astronauts comprising the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew continue to target Tuesday for their departure from the International Space Station and return to Earth. In the meantime, the seven Expedition 70 crew members are continuing their schedule of advanced microgravity research and orbital lab maintenance. Ax-3 Commander Michael López-Alegría readied the SpaceX Dragon …

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    The Long and Winding Road to Launch

    For NASA and the ocean science community, the PACE launch will be the culmination of at least a decade of work. For me, it will be the culmination of something that started in 1950.

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    Weather 40% Favorable for Tuesday PACE Mission Launch

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated atop is raised to a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. PACE is NASA's newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Liftoff of the PACE mission is set for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

    Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission at 1:33 a.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 6, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station …

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    PACE ‘Go’ for Launch, NASA Prelaunch News Conference Next

    A PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and prelaunch news conference takes place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Participants, from left to right are: Derrol Nail, NASA Communications; Jim Free, NASA associate administrator; Karen St. Germain, Earth Science Division director, NASA Headquarters; Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA's Kennedy; Julianna Scheiman, director Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX; and Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force.

    NASA will host a prelaunch news conference today, Feb. 5, at 9 a.m. EST, to discuss the agency's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission. This follows the NASA and SpaceX launch readiness review Sunday, Feb. 4, resulting in a "go" for launch. Participants for the briefing include: Jim Free, NASA associate administrator Karen St. …

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