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Crew-6 Coming Up on Deorbit Burn for Splashdown

By |2023-09-03T23:06:00-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour with four Crew-6 members aboard approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on March 3, 2023. Aboard Endeavour, were Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, both from NASA, and Mission Specialists Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Andrey [...]

Hatch Closed, Dragon Leaving Station Soon Live on NASA TV

By |2023-09-03T05:34:00-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The four SpaceX Crew-6 members (from left) Andrey Fedyaev, Woody Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and Sultan Alnedayi, are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour prior to launching in March. Credit: SpaceXAt 5:19 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to [...]

Four Crewmates Prepare to Leave Station in Dragon Live on NASA TV

By |2023-09-03T04:59:00-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

From left, are SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Commander Stephen Bowen, Pilot Woody Hoburg, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Credit: SpaceXWatch live coverage now on NASA TV, the NASA app and the agency’s website as hatch closure and undocking preparations are underway for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, [...]

Weather Remains Primary Concern for Crew-6 Return

By |2023-09-01T19:57:00-04:00September 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The official SpaceX Crew-6 portrait with (from left), Mission Specialist and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi; Pilot Woody Hoburg and Commander Stephen Bowen, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.NASA and SpaceX met Friday evening to continue close evaluations of weather conditions around Florida’s coastline as they consider [...]

NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo

By |2023-09-01T13:03:00-04:00September 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6, to discuss the agency’s upcoming Psyche mission, which will be its first to visit a metal-rich asteroid. Riding along with Psyche is a laser transceiver for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration.

Weather Delays NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Undocking from Station on Saturday

By |2023-09-01T08:23:00-04:00September 1st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Four Expedition 69 flight engineers aboard the International Space Station pose for a portrait in their pressure suits. Clockwise from bottom, are NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen; UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi; NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Photo credit: NASANASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Saturday, Sept. [...]

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