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    Crew Off-Duty Monday Before Week of Research, Cargo Spacecraft Missions

    The seven-member Expedition 72 crew relaxed on Monday before beginning a week with a host of advanced space research into robotics, biology, and more at the International Space Station. The orbital residents will also send off a cargo craft after a six-month mission before another resupply ship arrives to replace it this weekend.

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    Strong Solar Flare Erupts From Sun

    A high-resolution image shows the Sun in red and orange hues. The Sun's surface appears turbulent with swirling plasma and bright patches of intense activity. A solar flare erupts from the right side, sending a brilliant burst of light into space.

    The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 2:27 p.m. EST on Feb. 23, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft …

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    Muscle, Eye, and Breath Research Keeping Crews Healthy in Weightlessness

    The muscle, eye, and respiratory research that took place Friday on the International Space Station is helping doctors keep crews healthy on long term space missions and informing possible treatments on Earth. The Expedition 72 crew members also explored space agriculture while also working on spacesuits and emergency training.

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    Blue Ghost Prepares for Landing, NASA Instrument Breaks Record

    Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is nearly one week away from its Moon landing on Sunday, March 2, after launching on Jan.15. In preparation for landing, Blue Ghost will complete its final lunar orbit maneuver scheduled for Monday, Feb. 24. This maneuver will insert Blue Ghost into a near-circular low lunar orbit, bringing the lander …

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    NASA’s PUNCH Mission Nears Launch

    Launching no earlier than Feb. 28, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, PUNCH will provide scientists with new information about how potentially disruptive solar events form and evolve.

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    NASA, SpaceX Move Launch of Space Telescope, Sun Missions

    NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), a space telescope, is situated on a work stand ahead of prelaunch operations at the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. SPHEREx will enter a polar orbit around Earth and create a 3D map of the entire sky, gathering information about millions of galaxies for scientists to study what happened after the big bang, the history of galaxy evolution, and the origins of water in planetary systems in our galaxy.

    NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 10:09 p.m. EST (7:09 p.m. PST) on Friday, Feb. 28, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The new date will allow additional time to ensure the vehicle’s readiness ahead of liftoff. SPHEREx and PUNCH will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Meets Dragon, Tests Equipment Ahead of Launch

    The four crew members who will fly aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission got an up-close look on Monday, Feb. 17, at their Dragon spacecraft during the crew equipment interface test inside the new SpaceX Dragon processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test is one of the last steps in the crew’s […]

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