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NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-8 Undocking Date

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members pose for a photo inside SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA Weather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast remain unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. Forecasts remain marginal for an undocking on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Wednesday, Oct. [...]

By |2024-10-21T11:39:00-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Forecast Improves; Teams Target Monday for Crew-8 Undocking

NASA and SpaceX teams have seen a marginal improvement in forecast weather conditions in potential splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of the Crew-8 mission. The teams are proceeding closer to undock in order to get better resolution on the weather forecast, targeting no earlier than undocking of the spacecraft at [...]

By |2024-10-20T13:44:00-04:00October 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe

Photo of the Day Is our universe haunted? It might look that way on this dark matter map. The gravity of unseen dark matter is the leading explanation for why galaxies rotate so fast, why galaxies orbit clusters so fast, why gravitational lenses so strongly deflect light, and why visible matter is distributed as [...]

By |2024-10-20T09:09:08-04:00October 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA, SpaceX Watch for Weather Improvements for Crew-8 Return

Weather conditions currently remain unfavorable at multiple splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. There are signs of improvement midweek, however, and mission managers will meet at 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 20 for the next weather briefing. If weather conditions improve, NASA and [...]

By |2024-10-19T11:47:00-04:00October 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

S-MODE, ASIA-AQ, and the Role of ESPO in Complex Airborne Campaigns

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jhony Zavaleta, ASIA-AQ Project Manager, welcomes DC-8 Navigator Walter Klein and the rest of the aircraft crew to U-Tapao, Thailand for its initial arrival to the country during the ASIA-AQ campaign. Erin Czech (back, blue shirt) and Jaden Ta (front, black pants) served as [...]

By |2024-10-18T16:05:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Michoud Gets a Rare Visitor

NASA/Eric Bordelon Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes over NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in this Oct. 13, 2024, image. This comet comes from the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. Though Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible through early November, the best time to observe [...]

By |2024-10-18T15:41:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

From Raw Data to Rough Drafts: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Two Engineers-Turned-Bestselling Authors

As part of the Entrepreneurs AG's spotlight month, read more about the intersection of engineering and authorship.

By |2024-10-18T12:29:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Week Wraps with Light Science, Housekeeping as Crew-8 Awaits Return

The atmospheric glow blankets Earth’s nighttime horizon with a sparkling field of stars above in this photograph from the space station. The 11-member Expedition 72 crew wrapped up the workweek with light science duties and standard housekeeping tasks aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission continue preparing for their [...]

By |2024-10-18T12:28:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

NASA, SpaceX Continue Weather Watch for Crew-8 Return

The four crew members that make up the SpaceX Crew-8 mission aboard the International Space Station are pictured in the vestibule in between the Harmony module’s space-facing port and the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. From top to bottom are, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Mike Barratt, and Matthew Dominick, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Photo credit: [...]

By |2024-10-18T12:25:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |
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