Blogs

The Launch Readiness Review for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station is complete and the mission has been given a ‘Go’ for launch. Liftoff is targeted for 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, powered by the company’s Falcon 9 …

Tonight’s prelaunch news teleconference (audio only) at Kennedy Space Center for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launch from the Florida spaceport will begin at 11:15 p.m. EST. The news conference can be found at www.nasa.gov/nasalive. Managers from NASA, SpaceX, and international partners currently are gathered at Kennedy to determine the launch readiness for the Crew-6 liftoff …

The uncrewed Soyuz arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 7:58 p.m. EST. The spacecraft launched at 7:24 p.m. EST Feb. 23 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Soyuz is delivering 946 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station. This new Soyuz will replace the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft following a radiator coolant …

Managers from NASA, SpaceX, and international partners will gather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8 p.m. EST, today, Feb. 25, to determine the launch readiness for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 liftoff to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, Feb. 27, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in …

NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app now are providing live coverage of the docking of Soyuz MS-23 to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Soyuz launched at 7:24 p.m. EST Feb. 23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research …

Payloads: Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): The APM system was checked, and a status was provided to the ground. Air quality in crewed spacecraft is important for keeping astronauts healthy and comfortable. Although requirements exist for maximum allowable concentrations of particulate matter, currently no measurement capability verifies whether these requirements are met. APM demonstrates an instrument …

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) experienced a flight computer reset during a planned contact and the spacecraft went into contingency mode on Feb. 18. While fight computer resets have happened before, this time the team lost the ability to command the spacecraft during the subsequent reset recovery. The team also was unsuccessful in regaining command …

One spacecraft is soaring toward the International Space Station as another spaceship targets its launch to the orbiting lab early next week. Meanwhile, the seven Expedition 68 members living in space are gearing up for the new spaceship arrivals and preparing for the departure of four crewmates, all while continuing a host of microgravity research. …

Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams, the NASA astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT), completed the first part of a critical two-part Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) this week. During CEIT, Wilmore and Williams, along with NASA astronaut and backup test pilot …

This morning, Feb. 24, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft and Crew-6 crew members to the International Space Station reached a key milestone ahead of liftoff. While standing on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, the rocket’s nine Merlin first-stage engines roared …