How will astronauts board the SpaceX Crew Dragon? They’ll use the Crew Access Arm, which provides a bridge to the spacecraft from the crew access tower at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. The Crew Dragon is designed to fly astronauts to the International Space Station on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of […]
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Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 49 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA discussed life and research aboard the orbital laboratory with students at the Vintage High School in Napa, California during an in-flight educational event Sept. 14. Rubins, who is in the third month of a four-month mission on the station, is a 1996 […]
With every great name, comes a great story. And we’re teaming up with the European Space Agency to release the new name of Sentinel-6A/Jason-CS, a mission to extend long-term observations of global sea level change. Launching in 2020, this mission is a symbolization of international collaboration. Hear from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen […]
Keeping an eye on Hurricane Dorian, the next crew headed to the International Space Station, and a better understanding of Sun-driven space weather … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_0906_Keeping%20an%20eye%20on%20Hurricane%20Dorian%20from%20Space%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20September%206,%202019.html
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency discussed the progress of their research, other work on the orbital outpost and upcoming spacewalks in February by Wilmore and Virts in a pair of in-flight interviews Jan. […]
We’re launching to space. ? On Sun., Feb. 9 at 5:39 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft are scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This launch will carry thousands of pounds of cargo to our orbiting laboratory, the International Space Station. This cargo will make dozens of […]
In NASA’a second televised briefings on Tuesday, April 14, plans and upcoming activities about the agency’s mission to Pluto that will make the first-ever close …