At the conclusion of a weather briefing ahead of today’s planned undocking, NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX teams elected to wave off today’s undocking attempt due to a diurnal low wind trough which has been causing marginally high winds at the splashdown sites. The Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew is now targeting to undock from …
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, for launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams decided to wave off a potential launch opportunity on April 26 until further into the …
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, for launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams decided to wave off a potential launch opportunity on April 26 until further into the …
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, for launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams decided to wave off a potential launch opportunity on April 26 until further into the …
The Expedition 67 crew is gearing up for the departure of the first private astronaut mission and another spacewalk at the International Space Station. There was still time onboard the orbiting lab on Friday for biomedical science to understand how the human body adapts to microgravity. NASA’s station Commander Tom Marshburn spent some time on …
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for their return to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) early next week. As work continues at the launch pad throughout the weekend, we will also continue working closely with our commercial crew partners to confirm a …
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-1 (Ax-1):Ax-1 Final Activities and Undock Preparations: The Ax-1 crew performed cargo packing, TheraBand exercise, final payload operations, and imagery activities on their last full planned day on ISS. Undock is targeted for Saturday, April 23rd at 17:30 CT (22:30 GMT). Payloads: AstroRad Vest: A crewmember donned the AstroRad Vest to …
NASA has selected eight small research satellites from seven states to fly as either auxiliary payloads or deployments from the International Space Station (ISS). These missions are currently planned to launch in the 2023-2026 timeframe. The selected CubeSats were proposed by educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and NASA centers in response to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) call for proposals issued …
Private Astronaut Mission (PAM) Axiom-1 (Ax-1): Commercial, Payload, and Imagery Activities: The Ax-1 crew continued payload operations including Earth Observation, Fluidic Space Optics, and ILAN-ES. The crew continued to capture still and video imagery of approved commercial and outreach activities. TheraBand Activity and Private Family Conference (PFC): The Ax-1 crew performed scheduled TheraBand exercises and …
