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NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Cargo Mission: Launch Coverage Underway

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, stands tall at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in preparation for a launch to the International Space Station. Photo credit: SpaceX NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA [...]

By |2024-08-04T10:46:00-04:00August 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Gaia: Here Comes the Sun

Photo of the Day What would it look like to return home from outside our galaxy? Although designed to answer greater questions, data from ESA's robotic Gaia mission is helping to provide a uniquely modern perspective on humanity's place in the universe. Gaia orbits the Sun near the Earth and resolves stars' positions so [...]

By |2024-08-04T09:09:06-04:00August 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

NASA, Northrop Grumman Delay Cargo Resupply Launch Opportunity

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, stands tall at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in preparations for a launch to the International Space Station. NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity Saturday [...]

By |2024-08-03T10:50:00-04:00August 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague

jsc2024e052326 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague smiles in his flight suit at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov

jsc2024e052334 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in his flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson

jsc2024e052333 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in her flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague

jsc2024e052332 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in his flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman

jsc2024e052331 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in her flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 members Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson

jsc2024e052324 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Commander Zena Cardman and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson are pictured in their flight suits at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague

jsc2024e052329 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague smiles and gives two thumbs up during the crew equipment interface test (CEIT) at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be his second mission to the orbiting laboratory. Credit: SpaceX [...]

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