Tag: International Space Station
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Boeing making progress on Starliner software for test flight in March
The crew module Boeing’s second Starliner spacecraft is lifted Jan. 13 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing/John Proferes Boeing said Monday it has re-qualified software for the company’s Starliner crew capsule after programming errors cut short the spacecraft’s first orbital test flight in 2019,…
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French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged French wine. The commercial…
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Boeing says assembly complete on first set of new space station solar arrays
An artist’s concept shows the International Space Station with new solar arrays in place. Credit: Boeing Engineers from Boeing and a team of subcontractors have finished building the first pair of six new solar arrays to bolster the International Space Station’s aging electrical system ahead of their launch to the orbiting outpost as soon as…
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Cargo Dragon heads for splashdown off Florida’s west coast
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s first upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship departed the International Space Station Tuesday morning with more than 4,400 pounds of research specimens and other equipment, heading for splashdown Wednesday night in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida. Poor…
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Cargo Dragon return delayed by poor weather
Live coverage of the undocking and return to Earth of SpaceX’s 21st operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. This is the first flight of SpaceX’s upgraded Cargo Dragon vehicle. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] NASA TV’s live coverage…
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Northrop Grumman cargo ship concludes three-month stay at space station
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship departs the International Space Station Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo freighter departed the International Space Station Wednesday after delivering more than 7,800 pounds of equipment and experiments, heading for an extended mission with payloads to study fire behavior in microgravity and test a next-generation radio…
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Spacewalkers prep for arrival of new Russian module
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two Russian cosmonauts used the International Space Station’s Poisk docking compartment as an airlock for the first time Wednesday in a six-hour 48-minute spacewalk to begin preparing the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will be parked in…
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Crew Dragon docking gives space station its first long-term crew of seven
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft glided to a smooth automated docking Monday night at the International Space Station, delivering four astronauts to join the three-person crew already on-board, boosting the size of the lab’s long-duration crew to seven for the…
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Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docks, expands ISS crew to seven
After a 27.5 hour commute, Resilience and its crew successfully docked to the International Space Station at 23:01 EST Monday (04:01 UTC on Tuesday), increasing the Station’s crew from three to seven. The expanded crew on the orbiting laboratory will mean more time for Station maintenance and scientific research. After a picture perfect ride uphill,…
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NASA officials hope to fly Russian cosmonaut on Crew Dragon next year
The Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft descends to a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan on Oct. 22. Credit: NASA/GCTC/Denis Derevtsov NASA has submitted a draft agreement for government approval that would allow Russian cosmonauts to begin flying to the International Space Station on U.S. crew capsules next year in a no-funds exchanged arrangement with Russia’s space…