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NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission
NASA · 7 Sep 2024
NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space...
Starliner’s Crew Flight Test Comes to an End
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Sep 2024
Boeing’s Starliner capsule undocked from the International Space Station at 6:04 pm ET and is on its way to a landing in New Mexico about 5 hours from now at
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71
NASA · 6 Sep 2024
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the Expedition 71 crew...
Starliner Calypso has undocked and returned to Earth without CFT crew
NASASpaceflight · 6 Sep 2024
The Boeing Starliner Calypso, which launched to the International Space Station on June 5 with two experienced astronauts on board, is about to undock from ISS after three months on orbit — but with those fliers staying...
Boeing Starliner returns to Earth empty, months later than planned
CNBC · 6 Sep 2024
Boeing’s Starliner undocked from the International Space Station on Friday, months later than the spacecraft was originally supposed to depart — and without the two astronauts that it delivered to orbit in early June.
CubeSats are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit
NASA · 6 Sep 2024
Tiny satellites, also known as CubeSats, are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module. The CubeSats...
NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline
NASA · 5 Sep 2024
As NASA and Boeing prepare to return the company’s Starliner spacecraft uncrewed from the International Space Station to Earth, safety and mission success remain as top priorities for the teams. Mission managers will com...
NASA prepares for Starliner return from ISS
SpaceNews · 4 Sep 2024
NASA is preparing for the uncrewed return to Earth of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as the agency begins work on changes to the spacecraft to correct problems found during its test flight.
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station
NASA · 4 Sep 2024
Science ideas are everywhere. Some of the greatest discoveries have come from tinkering and toying with new concepts and ideas. NASA astronaut Don Pettit is no stranger to inventing and discovering. During his previous m...
Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter
NASA · 4 Sep 2024
Visible matter in the form of stars and planets adds up to about five percent of the total known mass of the Universe. The rest is either dark matter, antimatter, or dark energy. The exact nature of these substances is u...
Great Aurora
NASA · 3 Sep 2024
A vivid aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica. Image Credit: NASA/Shane Kimbrough
Station Science Top News: August 29, 2024
NASA · 3 Sep 2024
Researchers used an interferometer that can precisely measure gravity, magnetic fields, and other forces to study the influence of International Space Station vibrations. Results revealed that matter-wave interference of...
NASA bumps two astronauts from SpaceX flight to make room for Starliner crew
Spaceflight Now · 30 Aug 2024
NASA has bumped two female astronauts. including the commander, from the next SpaceX crew rotation flight to the international space station, freeing up two seats to give the agency's Starliner astronauts a ride home nex...
Hague and Gorbunov to fly Crew-9 mission to ISS
SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2024
A veteran NASA astronaut and rookie Russian cosmonaut will fly to the International Space Station in September as the downsized crew of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, a ripple effect of problems with Boeing’s Starliner...
NASA Sets Coverage for Starliner News Conference, Return to Earth
NASA · 30 Aug 2024
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming activities for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft departure from the International Space Station and return to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft will depart from the orbiting labor...
ISS Crews Face Upcoming Shakeups amid Curtailed Seat Exchanges
Space Scout · 30 Aug 2024
In an age marked by aggression and deterioration of relationships, it appears that the end of a long standing practice, seat exchange on partner vehicles, is coming to an end - thrusting the station into a period of unce...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Changes Ahead of September Launch
NASA · 30 Aug 2024
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman a...
Starliner return from ISS set for Sept. 6
SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2024
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will depart from the International Space Station Sept. 6, ending a three-month flight that saw the spacecraft unable to demonstrate its ability to safely return astronauts from orbit.
NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission
NASA · 28 Aug 2024
During his first mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will serve as a flight engineer and member of the upcoming Expedition 72/73 crew. Kim will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecr...
NASA, SpaceX Extend US Media Deadline for Crew-9 Launch to Station
NASA · 28 Aug 2024
NASA is extending U.S. media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station. This mis...
15 Years Ago: STS-128 Delivers Cargo to Enable Six-Person Space Station Crew
NASA · 28 Aug 2024
On Aug. 28, 2009, space shuttle Discovery began its 37th trip into space. The 17A mission to the International Space Station was the 30th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 14-day mission, the seven-member ST...
NASA Seeks Input for Astrobee Free-flying Space Robots
NASA · 26 Aug 2024
NASA is seeking input from American companies for the operation and use of a system of free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station as the agency continues to foster scientific, educational, and technologica...
Station Science Top News: August 23, 2024
NASA · 26 Aug 2024
Researchers successfully produced cellulose from bacteria cultured on the International Space Station for four weeks. The bacteria used in the experiment, K. hansenii, is known to produce the highest amount of cellulose...
NASA Invites Public Input on Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy
NASA · 26 Aug 2024
As NASA and its partners continue to conduct groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station, the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S. industry, academia, international partners, and other stakeholde...
Starliner to return from ISS without astronauts on board
SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2024
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will return from the International Space Station in September without the two astronauts on board who launched on it in June after NASA concluded thruster problems posed too much risk.
Boeing Starliner returning without crew – Butch and Suni to fly SpaceX
NASASpaceflight · 24 Aug 2024
The eventful Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission crewed by astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has reached a point where a decision has now been made to return the astronauts home on Crew Dragon Freedom. This...
NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights
NASA · 23 Aug 2024
Since the start of International Space Station operations more than two decades ago, crews have lived and worked in microgravity to conduct an array of research that benefits life on Earth and future space exploration mi...
The case for an international space artifacts museum
SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2024
What do we do with the International Space Station when the facility is retired? That seems to be the question hovering over us right now. NASA’s report on the rationale
Sunrise Begins
NASA · 22 Aug 2024
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured the start of this orbital sunrise on Aug. 15, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images...
Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024
NASA · 19 Aug 2024
Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space Station are commonly used by crew members for stowage and body maintenance activities, respectively. These differences between...
Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station
NASA · 16 Aug 2024
Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson answer their prerecorded questions aboard the International Space Station. The 20-mi...
Mental Well-Being in Space
NASA · 15 Aug 2024
Science in Space: August 2024 Life on the International Space Station is quite different from life on the ground. Crew members experience multiple sunrises and sunsets each day, spend their time in a confined space, have...
NASA Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Cool’ Quantum Sensor for First Time in Space
NASA · 13 Aug 2024
Future space missions could use quantum technology to track water on Earth, explore the composition of moons and other planets, or probe mysterious cosmic phenomena. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, a first-of-its-kind facility abo...
NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 89 Launch, Space Station Docking
NASA · 12 Aug 2024
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted...
NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews
NASA · 9 Aug 2024
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to discuss his upcoming mission to the International Space Station in September. The virtual interview...
The International Space Station’s “window to the world”
NASA · 9 Aug 2024
The cupola is a small module designed for the observation of operations outside the station such as robotic activities, the approach of vehicles, and spacewalks. Its six side windows and a direct nadir viewing window pro...