The Expedition 63 crew checked out SpaceX Crew Dragon suits today and stayed busy with a full slate of space research. The International Space Station also completed the first of three orbital reboosts to get ready for the next crew mission in October. Flight Engineers Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken inspected the suits they will …
With less than 24 hours to go until launch, the weather is doing its part to cooperate. The U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron is continuing to predict an 80% chance of favorable weather conditions for the Thursday, July 30, liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. …
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will conduct a briefing today at noon at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in advance of Thursday's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launch. Also participating in the briefing are: NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Deputy Director Janet Petro and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman. The event, scheduled for one hour, …
By Jim Cawley NASA's Kennedy Space Center With two days to go until NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover blasts off on its seven-month journey to the Red Planet, everything is proceeding as planned. On Tuesday, July 28, the rover made the one-third-mile trek from United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vertical Integration Facility to Cape Canaveral Air …
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Payloads Astrobee: Astrobee was activated in support of checkout-2 for the Kibo Robotic Programming Challenge. The goal of the checkout is to confirm good data and voice communication between the 3 space centers involved, ensure the data markers (tags and targets) are in their proper locations, and ensure the files generated during the checkout are …
The Expedition 63 crew tackled a wide range of advanced space science today as NASA’s first commercial astronauts near their departure. Robotics, genetics and fluids were just a portion of today’s research schedule as the International Space Station residents work with scientists helping to improve conditions for astronauts and Earthlings. Flight Engineer Doug Hurley checked …
Perseverance was on the move. On Tuesday, July 28, at 10:24 a.m., NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover began the one-third-mile trek from United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vertical Integration Facility to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. The ULA Atlas V 541 rocket, with Perseverance aboard, was transported at speeds of 3 to …
By Jim Cawley NASA's Kennedy Space Center With three days to go until liftoff of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, everything is on track for Thursday's planned launch to the Red Planet. "The launch readiness review is complete and we are indeed ‘go' for launch," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said during Monday's news conference at …
The Expedition 63 crew focused on robotic assistants and biomedicine today while preparing for two crew members to depart this weekend. The International Space Station residents are also cleaning U.S. spacesuits and unloading a Russian cargo craft. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are packing up for their return to Earth this weekend after …
