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Spacecraft, Rocket for Crew-6 Mission Roll out to Launch Pad at Kennedy

By |2023-02-23T07:46:00-05:00February 23rd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Dragon Endeavour spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is shown at SpaceX’s hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Feb. 19, 2023. The spacecraft, mated to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, was rolled out to the pad Thursday, Feb. 23. Photo credit: SpaceXThe SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s [...]

NASA, SpaceX Announce Update to Crew-6 Mission

By |2023-02-21T19:17:00-05:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts pause for a photograph after arriving at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Feb. 21, 2023. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen. Photo credit: NASA/Kim ShiflettDuring a media teleconference Tuesday, [...]

Crew-6 Flight Crew Touches Down in Florida

By |2023-02-21T12:24:00-05:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crewmates are pictured in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during a crew equipment integration test at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, last month. From left, in their pressure suits, are: Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi. [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Flight Crew Departs Houston, Bound for Florida

By |2023-02-21T11:01:00-05:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission crew members are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during a training session last year at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Woody Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi. Photo credit: SpaceXNASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 crew members departed Ellington [...]

Crew-6 Flight Readiness Review Underway, Media Teleconference to Follow

By |2023-02-21T10:35:00-05:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The four crew members who comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are, from left, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Photo credit: SpaceXManagers from NASA and SpaceX, along with international partners, are gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, Feb. 21, for the [...]

NASA, Boeing Provide Update on First Crewed Starliner Flight Test

By |2023-02-17T17:15:00-05:00February 17th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was moved into the Hazardous Processing Area at the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 8, 2023, in advance of power up and fueling operations. Photo credit: NASANASA and Boeing held a mission overview media teleconference Friday to provide [...]

NASA Invites Public to Share in Crew-6 Virtual Activities

By |2023-02-13T13:30:00-05:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard, Oct. 5, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo [...]

Crew-6 Enters Quarantine for Mission to Space Station

By |2023-02-13T08:52:00-05:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The four crew members who comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission pose for a photo in their spacesuits during a training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Photo credit: SpaceXNASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and [...]

NASA, Boeing Teams Achieve Milestone Ahead of Crewed Flight

By |2023-01-20T13:55:00-05:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From left, Starliner Flight Crew Integration Manager Tony Ceccacci, and NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams participate in a mission rehearsal at Boeing’s Avionics and Software Integration Lab in Houston. Photo credit: Boeing/Steven SiceloffNASA and Boeing recently completed a full start to finish integrated mission dress rehearsal for the company’s CST-100 [...]

2023 Commercial Crew Program Children’s Artwork Calendar Winners Chosen

By |2022-12-22T13:09:00-05:00December 22nd, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Young artists, ages 4-12 years old, from all over the world came together to make NASA’s 2023 Commercial Crew Program Children’s Artwork Calendar contest the biggest one yet! Children from the United States, India, South Korea, and all points in between submitted 2,260 works of art for this year’s contest, which ran from Sept. [...]

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