Astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of JAXA participate in a live Q&A from Astronaut Crew Quarters at Kennedy Space Center. They’ll answer questions about their Nov. 14 launch to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Resilience’ spacecraft. This mission will be the first crew […]
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Join astronaut Frank Rubio and leaders from NASA on Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. ET as we celebrate the contributions of Hispanic Americans across the agency during a special program titled “Hispanics: Be Proud of Your Past, Embrace the Future.” Participants for this Hispanic Heritage Month program include: Jim Green, NASA chief scientist Bettina Inclán, […]
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight educational event June 9 with students at the Leeds Elementary School in Elkton, Maryland. Fischer, who launched to the station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft April 20, is in the midst […]
Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo craft launched aboard the company’s Antares rocket from Wallops Flight Facility on a demonstration mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus is scheduled for a September 22 arrival at the station. The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program to develop viable partnerships to resupply the space […]
On Oct. 17, Orbital ATK launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft atop an Antares rocket to the International Space Station. The spacecraft launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This is the sixth cargo mission to the International Space Station for Orbital ATK.
We are getting ready for an important #Artemis milestone: The Green Run Hot Fire Test. This test will be the last step before the core stage is fully integrated into the Space Launch System — the most powerful rocket ever built. We are one step closer to landing the first woman and the next man […]
We are getting ready for an important #Artemis milestone: The Green Run Hot Fire Test. This test will be the last step before the core stage is fully integrated into the Space Launch System — the most powerful rocket ever built. We are one step closer to landing the first woman and the next man […]
The space station’s next crew heads to their launch site, new cargo launches to the station, and getting ready for a first-of-its-kind crew rotation mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-The%20Space%20Station%E2%80%99s%20Next%20Crew%20Heads%20to%20Launch%20Site%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20October%203,%202020
Tune in to watch live as Northrop Grumman launches its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is now targeted for 9:16 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. A previous launch attempt on Oct. 1 was scrubbed. Payloads on board Cygnus include research to […]
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on the asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020, for its first sample collection attempt. To kick off the second season of #EZScience, NASA associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen and National Air and Space Museum director Dr. Ellen Stofan discuss this exciting and innovative mission to […]