NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) is the first mission dedicated to studying auroral electrojets. These intense electrical currents flow in Earth’s upper atmosphere in both the northern and southern polar regions and are associated with the spectacular auroras (commonly known as the northern and southern lights). The EZIE mission uses three CubeSats. Each of …
NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, boarded their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Over the next 45 minutes, the crew will conduct communication checks with mission control, check their spacesuits for any leaks, and rotate their seats […]
NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, have arrived at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Since the late 1960s, pads A and B at NASA Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 have supported […]
Following successful spacesuit checks, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members walked out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to greet family and friends before their mission to the International Space Station. Customized vehicles, with a security escort, will drive NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 launch operations are underway to send four crew members to the International Space Station. Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Time Event (All times subject to change) 3:03 p.m. Suit donning and checkouts 3:43 p.m. […]
Technicians used massive cranes inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to lift the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage out of High Bay 2 and into a horizontal position in the facility’s transfer aisle. The move, completed on March 14, prepares the stage for integration with other […]
NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, continue prelaunch operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew members are undergoing spacesuit checks inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters, where they have quarantined since March 7. […]
NASA’s coverage is underway of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. In four hours, NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft […]
Happy 2,000,000,000,000th, ICESat-2! NASA’s Earth-observing laser in orbit passed a milestone on March 9 at 12:51 p.m. EDT — 16:51:00.268 UTC, to be precise — as its laser instrument fired for the 2 trillionth time and measured clouds off the coast of East Antarctica. ICESat-2’s instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), uses rapid …
