Tag: Human Spaceflight
-
Penultimate piece of NASA’s first SLS rocket arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter for the first Space Launch System test flight was offloaded from NASA’s Pegasus barge July 30 and transferred into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: TOSC/Tracy Yates One of the final pieces for the first test flight of NASA’s huge Space Launch System heavy-lift…
-
NASA sets Oct. 23 as target launch date for first operational Crew Dragon mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 crew members are seen seated in the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft during crew equipment interface training. From left to right are NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, mission specialist; Victor Glover, pilot; and Mike Hopkins, Crew Dragon commander; and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist. Credit: SpaceX The first operational flight of SpaceX’s Crew…
-
Crew Dragon astronauts pack up for return to Earth
Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner tweeted this photo Saturday of Crew Dragon astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken placing their mission patch on the space station docking port where the Dragon is attached. Credit: Ivan Vagner/Roscosmos Crew Dragon astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken thanked their space station crewmates for a productive two-month visit, readied their…
-
Hurley, Behnken heading home on final leg of Crew Dragon test flight
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken undocked from the International Space Station Saturday aboard their Crew Dragon capsule “Endeavour,” heading for a parachute-assisted splashdown Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico to wrap up a 64-day test flight of SpaceX’s commercial human-rated spaceship. With favorable wind and sea conditions expected in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday,…
-
Live coverage: SpaceX crew capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
Live coverage of the undocking, re-entry and splashdown of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabbyending]
-
Crew Dragon astronauts ready for re-entry, splashdown
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Crew Dragon astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA With Hurricane Isaias threatening Florida’s East Coast, astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken are awaiting a go-ahead on plans to undock from the International Space Station Saturday, setting up a fiery plunge to…
-
Progress supply ship docks with space station after last-minute misalignment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Progress MS-15 supply ship heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos Completing a fast-track, three-hour pursuit of the International Space Station, a Russian Progress supply ship overcame a last-minute misalignment and autonomously…
-
Soyuz rocket raised on Baikonur launch pad for space station resupply flight
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ready for final inspections, checkouts and fueling before liftoff Thursday with a Progress supply ship bound for the International Space Station. The Soyuz-2.1a launcher emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday, riding…
-
Soyuz rocket raised on Baikonur launch pad for space station resupply flight
A Russian Soyuz rocket rolled out to a launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ready for final inspections, checkouts and fueling before liftoff Thursday with a Progress supply ship bound for the International Space Station. The Soyuz-2.1a launcher emerged from a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome just after sunrise Monday, riding…
-
NASA confirms plans for Crew Dragon splashdown Aug. 2, weather permitting
In this image taken July 1, a spacewalking astronaut snapped a view of the Crew Dragon spacecraft (at right) docked with the International Space Station. Japan’s HTV cargo ship, at bottom in gold, is also seen attached to the space station. Credit: NASA Assuming good weather and a smooth final few weeks on the International…