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    Spacewalk Preps Continue as Cosmonaut Reaches Milestone

    Spacesuits and eye checks filled the schedule on Tuesday as the Expedition 71 crew gears up for a trio of spacewalks planned for this month. The International Space Station residents also kept their research and lab maintenance duties while unpacking a new cargo ship. NASA Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt started their morning …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/04/2024

    Payloads: Astrobee/AstroSee-2: The crew relocated stowed items out of the experiment area and assisted with the performance of an AstroSee session. AstroSee demonstrates technology for autonomous spacecraft docking using the Astrobee free-flying robot platform. More information on this investigation can be found here. Immunity Assay: The crew gathered the experiment hardware and set up the …

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    Spacesuits, Cargo Ops on Station as Starliner Targets June 5 Launch

    The Expedition 71 crew kicked off Monday with spacesuit work and cargo operations aboard the International Space Station. Back on Earth, mission managers are targeting June 5 for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Crew Flight Test. Four NASA astronauts spent much of Monday in the Quest airlock checking out spacesuits and reviewing …

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    Spacesuits, Cargo Ops on Station as Starliner Targets June 5 Launch

    The Expedition 71 crew kicked off Monday with spacesuit work and cargo operations aboard the International Space Station. Back on Earth, mission managers are targeting June 5 for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Crew Flight Test. Four NASA astronauts spent much of Monday in the Quest airlock checking out spacesuits and reviewing …

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    NASA, Boeing Set for June 5 Crew Flight Test Launch Attempt

    Teams at NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt. The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, is targeted to liftoff at …

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    NASA, Boeing Set for June 5 Crew Flight Test Launch Attempt

    Teams at NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday the company’s Starliner spacecraft, ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket, and ground support equipment are healthy and ready for the next launch attempt. The first Starliner flight with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, is targeted to liftoff at …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/03/2024

    Boeing CST-100 CFT: NASA, Boeing, and ULA are targeting NET Wednesday, June 5th for the next CFT launch opportunity after Saturday’s launch scrub. Payloads: Earthshine: The crew reviewed the Big Picture Words and set up the hardware which will be used for an Earthshine science session. This investigation involves the thorough analysis of photos taken …

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    Launch Reset for NASA’s Second PREFIRE Climate Mission

    NASA and Rocket Lab now are targeting no earlier than 3 p.m. NZST, Wednesday, June 5, (11 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 4) for the launch of the second CubeSat for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. Rocket Lab waved off the June 1 launch attempt of “PREFIRE and Ice” due …

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    Sun Releases 2 Strong Flares

    Two-panel image showing bright solar flares on June 1

    The Sun emitted two strong solar flares, peaking at 4:48 a.m. and 2:36 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 1, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured images of the events. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and …

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    NASA, Mission Partners Target June 5 Crew Flight Test Launch

    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test mission teams are preparing to support a launch at 10:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 5, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on a mission of about a week to the International Space Station. Technicians and engineers with ULA (United Launch Alliance) worked overnight and on Sunday to assess the ground support equipment …

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