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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely En Route to International Space Station

By |2023-03-02T00:34:00-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory [...]

Liftoff! Crew-6 Lights Up the Florida Early Morning Sky

By |2023-03-02T00:34:00-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, 2023. NASA/Frank MichauxThe Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft roared off of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]

Crew-6 Reaches Terminal Count for Launch from Kennedy

By |2023-03-02T00:31:00-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The RP-1 rocket fuel load for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission launch is complete. It’s just a few minutes until liftoff, and all looks good for the Crew-6 launch! There is still time to tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website to watch the rocket and spacecraft blast off from NASA’s Kennedy Space [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission 20 Minutes from Launch

By |2023-03-02T00:15:00-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida is proceeding on schedule for a 12:34 a.m. EST launch. Photo credit: NASAFuel loading is complete on the second stage, and liquid oxygen loading has begun. Everything remains on target for the 12:34 a.m. EST launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission from [...]

Propellant and Liquid Oxygen Loading Underway for Crew-6 Launch

By |2023-03-02T00:01:00-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Right on schedule – at T-minus 35 minutes – RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading has begun. Liftoff, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is at 12:34 a.m. EST. Tune in to NASA TV or the agency’s website for a live broadcast. [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Crew Gets Sendoff From Family and Friends

By |2023-03-01T21:17:00-05:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, are on their way to Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A after departing the Florida spaceport’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. They are right on schedule. Before leaving, the flight crew paused [...]

Flight Crew Takes Historic Steps at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

By |2023-03-01T21:14:00-05:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crew members are about to walk out of the double doors below Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Building’s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way out to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will take them to their spacecraft. Before taking a ride to Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, the [...]

Live Broadcast for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Launch Has Begun

By |2023-03-01T20:58:00-05:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour spacecraft stand tall at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A for liftoff of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. Credit: NASACoverage is underway on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website for launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 science expedition mission to the International Space Station. Crew-6 marks [...]

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