Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Live coverage: SpaceX crew capsule moves to new space station docking port
Live coverage of the relocation of the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft to a new docking port outside the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Editor’s Note: NASA TV’s live video coverage of the Crew Dragon relocation maneuver begins at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT) Monday.
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule swaps docking ports on space station
The Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft closes in for docking Monday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now In the home stretch of nearly a half-year on the International Space Station, four astronauts suited up and rode their SpaceX-owned Crew Dragon “Resilience” spaceship to a new docking port outside the orbiting research lab Monday,…
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Station astronauts prep for relocation of SpaceX crew capsule
Astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Soichi Noguchi put on their SpaceX pressure suits for a fit check last week in preparation for relocation of the Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/JAXA Commander Mike Hopkins and his three crewmates will board their Crew Dragon “Resilience” capsule Monday for…
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Final two passengers named for first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Billionaire Jared Isaacman, physician assistant Hayley Arceneaux, science educator Sian Proctor, and engineer Chris Sembroski will fly into low Earth orbit on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft later this year. Credit: SpaceX The billionaire financing the SpaceX flight that will carry the first non-professional “everyday people” into orbit…
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Soyuz crew relocates spacecraft to new space station parking spot
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT) after docking. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft is seen during a flyaround of the International Space Station on Friday. At left is a solar array of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo freighter. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into their Soyuz spacecraft…
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Live coverage: NASA completes eight-minute Space Launch System hot fire test
Live coverage of the Green Run Hot Fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System core stage at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Editor’s Note: NASA TV’s live video coverage of the SLS hot fire test begins around 30 minutes before engine ignition. The two-hour test window…
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NASA’s moon rocket scores an ‘A+‘ on critical engine test
Four RS-25 engines fire at the base of the Space Launch System core stage during Thursday’s test-firing at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The core of NASA’s first huge Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the moon aced a crucial test-firing Thursday in Mississippi, clearing…
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NASA’s moon rocket set for second test-firing Thursday
The orange core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket stands in the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA/Stennis Two months after a first test-firing ended prematurely, NASA plans to ignite the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket again Thursday for an eight-minute burn…
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Russia looks to China as new space exploration partner
The moon as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s decision to partner with China on a planned lunar research station, and not join the U.S.-led Artemis moon program, was disappointing after more than two decades of cooperation on the International Space Station, says NASA’s top human spaceflight official. Russian and Chinese space…
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Spacewalkers vent coolant lines and mate cables outside space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared this photo of astronaut Victor Glover on a spacewalk Saturday, with this caption: “FLY NAVY! IKE@AstroVicGloversoars over US LAB module.” Credit: Soichi Noguchi/JAXA/NASA Struggling with balky electrical connectors, spacewalker Mike Hopkins managed to plug in and secure three of four thick power and data…