Space Station News

  • Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Test
    by Monika Luabeya on May 6, 2024 at 7:18 pm

    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and has been aboard the International Space Station twice. She is set to return to

  • NASA Mission Strengthens 40-Year Friendship 
    by Elyna N. Niles-Carnes on May 2, 2024 at 2:34 pm

    As NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there.  Billy Stover, chief safety officer for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and Wilmore have been friends for more

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Launch, Docking
    by Tiernan P. Doyle on April 29, 2024 at 6:08 pm

    Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 6, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 5, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station
    by Lauren E. Low on April 29, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA will provide live coverage of the move beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT on

  • NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science
    by Abbey A. Donaldson on April 26, 2024 at 7:52 pm

    Editor’s note: This advisory was updated April 28, 2024 to correct the launch location. NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting. The agency will provide coverage of undocking and departure beginning

  • Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Test
    by Monika Luabeya on May 6, 2024 at 7:18 pm

    NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and has been aboard the International Space Station twice. She is set to return to

  • NASA Mission Strengthens 40-Year Friendship 
    by Elyna N. Niles-Carnes on May 2, 2024 at 2:34 pm

    As NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there.  Billy Stover, chief safety officer for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and Wilmore have been friends for more

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner’s First Crewed Launch, Docking
    by Tiernan P. Doyle on April 29, 2024 at 6:08 pm

    Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 6, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on May 5, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of participants for the postlaunch news conference. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Spacecraft Relocation on Space Station
    by Lauren E. Low on April 29, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft to a different docking port Thursday, May 2, to make way for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA will provide live coverage of the move beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT on

  • NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science
    by Abbey A. Donaldson on April 26, 2024 at 7:52 pm

    Editor’s note: This advisory was updated April 28, 2024 to correct the launch location. NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting. The agency will provide coverage of undocking and departure beginning

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/24/2024
    by Bill Keeter on April 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Payloads: In-Space Production Application – Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory – 02 (InSPA-PIL-02): Sample cassettes were removed from Modules B and C and were prepared and stowed for return. A cassette from Module A was removed and installed into Module C. More information on this experiment can be found here. Cardiobreath BioMonitor:  The BioMonitor hardware and garment …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/23/2024
    by Bill Keeter on April 23, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): Routine periodic touching was performed for experiment placards deployed in various locations throughout the ISS. More information on this experiment can be found here. BioFabrication Facility (BFF)-Cardiac: Sample cassettes were removed from the ADvanced Space Experiment Processor-1 (ADSEP-1) facility and media was exchanged. More information on this experiment …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/22/2024
    by Bill Keeter on April 22, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Payloads: BioFabrication Facility (BFF)-Cardiac: A Media bag and a Bio-Reactor Bag were retrieved from the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS-1 (MELFI-1). More information on this experiment can be found here. Human Brain Organoid Models for Neurodegenerative Disease & Drug Discovery (HBOND): Media was exchanged on two HBOND tissue habitats and the third habitat …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/19/2024
    by Bill Keeter on April 19, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): Routine periodic touching was performed for experiment placards deployed in various locations throughout the ISS. More information on this experiment can be found here. Cerebral Autoregulation: The Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and Laptop were powered up and data measurements were taken. More information on this experiment (Cerebral …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/18/2024
    by Bill Keeter on April 18, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Payloads: AstroPi: The 5mm camera lens was installed on the AstroPi Vis unit and the unit was relocated to the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) location for Earth observations. More information on this experiment (AstroPi) can be found here. Cerebral Autoregulation: The Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and European Physiology Modules Facility Continuous Blood Pressure …

 

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