NASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission
NASA · 3 Feb 2022
NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.
NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission
NASA · 3 Feb 2022
NASA will host a media call at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 10, to discuss the science and technology demonstrations bound for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on the company’s...
NASA Hosts Virtual Destination Station with Astronaut, Scientists
NASA · 31 Jan 2022
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, will participate in a virtual panel discussion at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 2, to highligh...
SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens
Spaceflight Now · 27 Jan 2022
A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for d...
Cargo Dragon capsule departs space station
Spaceflight Now · 23 Jan 2022
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, closing out a month-long mission, undocked from the International Space Station Sunday after a two-delay in its departure to wait for better weather in the capsule’s recovery zone off th...
Cargo Dragon returns to Earth, bringing CRS-24 mission to a close
NASASpaceflight · 23 Jan 2022
After a month-long stay at the International Space Station, NASA and SpaceX have successfully returned the CRS-24 Cargo Dragon back to Earth. Ground controllers commanded the undocking of the Dragon spacecraft from the H...
Bigelow Aerospace transfers BEAM space station module to NASA
SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022
NASA has hired a new company to provide engineering support for an inflatable module on the International Space Station originally built and managed by Bigelow Aerospace.
Spacewalking cosmonauts activate space station’s newest Russian module
Spaceflight Now · 19 Jan 2022
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov completed a 7-hour, 11-minute spacewalk Wednesday outside the International Space Station, preparing Russia’s new Prichal module for the arrival of the next Soyuz crew...
Cosmonauts complete Russian spacewalk to integrate Prichal node
NASASpaceflight · 19 Jan 2022
Two Russian cosmonauts have conducted a spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) to fully configure and integrate the outpost’s newest module to support future operations.
NASA Sets Coverage for Russian Spacewalk Outside Space Station
NASA · 13 Jan 2022
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station at about 7 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 19, to conduct a spacewalk to ready the new Prichal module for future Russian visiting spacecraft.
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s February Launch from Virginia
NASA · 12 Jan 2022
Media accreditation is open for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 17th commercial resupply services mission for NASA to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station aboard its...
Other ISS partners start planning for extension to 2030
SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2022
The White House’s decision to extend operations of the International Space Station through the end of the decade is a “trigger” for other partners to make their own plans to continue participation in the station.
Expedition 66 concludes 2021 with busy December aboard ISS
NASASpaceflight · 7 Jan 2022
While many cultures celebrated their respective holiday traditions on Earth, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) carried on with their busy schedules high above. December 2021 saw three major visiting vehic...
White House commits to ISS extension
SpaceNews · 31 Dec 2021
The Biden administration formally supports extending operations of the International Space Station through the end of the decade, an announcement that is neither surprising nor addresses how to get all the station’s part...
The International Space Station Wraps Up a Busy 2021
NASASpaceflight · 31 Dec 2021
The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy year of operations. Two new modules were added and 18 visiting vehicles were at the Station throughout the year. In total, 23 humans ca...
Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station
Spaceflight Now · 22 Dec 2021
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsuled pulled into port at the International Space Station Wednesday, a day after launch from Florida’s Space Coast with 3.2 tons of experiments, holiday gifts, and two external instruments develo...
Falcon 9 launches cargo Dragon, lands 100th booster
SpaceNews · 21 Dec 2021
SpaceX launched a cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station early Dec. 21 and achieved a milestone for booster landings exactly six years after the first successful landing.
Detergent, Skin Bioprinter Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Resupply Mission
NASA · 21 Dec 2021
A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 5:07 a.m. EST Tuesday from NA...
SpaceX flight sets record for most orbital launches from Space Coast in a year
Spaceflight Now · 21 Dec 2021
The liftoff of a SpaceX cargo ship on the way to the International Space Station early Tuesday was the 31st and final orbital launch from Florida’s Space Coast in 2021, setting a new record for the most space missions to...
NASA, SpaceX set to launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station
NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021
NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff is currently scheduled...
NASA, SpaceX launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station
NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021
NASA and SpaceX have launched the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff occurred at 5:07 AM EST (1...
Soyuz returns from private astronaut mission to the ISS
SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2021
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private astronauts returned to Earth late Dec. 19, wrapping up a banner year for commercial human spaceflight.
Japanese space tourists return to Earth
Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2021
Two Japanese space tourists and a veteran Russian cosmonaut departed the International Space Station and landed back on Earth Sunday, capping a 12-day mission with a parachute-assisted touchdown in frigid Kazakhstan.
SpaceX’s final launch of the year set for early Tuesday, weather permitting
Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2021
SpaceX’s 31st and final Falcon 9 launch of the year is scheduled to take off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting, with a Dragon cargo ship carrying more than 6,500 pounds of supplies to the...
Soyuz MS-20 lands following 12-day ISS mission
NASASpaceflight · 19 Dec 2021
Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and Japanese spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have concluded their short, 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Soyuz MS-20 – carried the t...
Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
NASA · 16 Dec 2021
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
SpaceX to close out year with surge of launches
Spaceflight Now · 15 Dec 2021
SpaceX is set to close out the year with three Falcon 9 rocket flights in just four days from launch pads in Florida and California, carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites, a Turkish data relay spacecraft...
Roscosmos selects first cosmonaut for commercial crew flights
SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2021
The head of Roscosmos announced Dec. 8 that the agency has selected the first cosmonaut to go on a SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, although a seat barter agreement between NASA and Rosc...
Japanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space station
Spaceflight Now · 8 Dec 2021
A Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying “space tourists” in more than...
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Research Launching to Space Station
NASA · 8 Dec 2021
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 14, to discuss science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station.