Space Station News

  • NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson Speaks to Students
    by Monika Luabeya on March 7, 2025 at 6:48 pm

    NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her flight suit on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Dyson and her fellow Expedition 71 crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps answered questions from students at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington. While aboard the International Space Station, Dyson

  • Ahead of Crew Return, NASA’s Crew-9 Concludes Science Mission
    by Christian M. Getteau on March 6, 2025 at 9:28 pm

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth following their science mission aboard the International Space Station. Hague, Williams, and Wilmore completed more than 900 hours of research between more than 150 unique scientific experiments and technology demonstrations

  • NASA Invites You to Share Excitement of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch
    by Amanda S. Vozeh on March 6, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    NASA invites the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will embark on a flight

  • What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission
    by Mark A. Garcia on March 6, 2025 at 7:17 pm

    Four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will lift off from Launch

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch, Docking
    by Gerelle Q. Dodson on March 5, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 7, 2025, to reflect a change in the crew’s arrival time to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on March 6, 2025, to reflect the updated arrival timeline for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Editor’s Note: This advisory

  • NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson Speaks to Students
    by Monika Luabeya on March 7, 2025 at 6:48 pm

    NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson points to the Expedition 71 patch on her flight suit on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Dyson and her fellow Expedition 71 crewmates Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps answered questions from students at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington. While aboard the International Space Station, Dyson

  • Ahead of Crew Return, NASA’s Crew-9 Concludes Science Mission
    by Christian M. Getteau on March 6, 2025 at 9:28 pm

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth following their science mission aboard the International Space Station. Hague, Williams, and Wilmore completed more than 900 hours of research between more than 150 unique scientific experiments and technology demonstrations

  • NASA Invites You to Share Excitement of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch
    by Amanda S. Vozeh on March 6, 2025 at 8:14 pm

    NASA invites the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, will embark on a flight

  • What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission
    by Mark A. Garcia on March 6, 2025 at 7:17 pm

    Four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will lift off from Launch

  • NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch, Docking
    by Gerelle Q. Dodson on March 5, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 7, 2025, to reflect a change in the crew’s arrival time to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on March 6, 2025, to reflect the updated arrival timeline for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Editor’s Note: This advisory

  • ISS Daily Summary Report Discontinued
    by Bill Keeter on July 27, 2024 at 2:23 am

    Beginning Monday, July 29th, the IMC Daily Summary will be discontinued. To learn more about the groundbreaking science and engineering happening daily on the International Space Station, please visit the space station blog at https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/, or browse a variety of space station research resources at  https://nasa.gov/iss-science/.

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2024
    by Bill Keeter on July 26, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew with various audits and housekeeping.  They also performed CloudNet Testing and STEMonstration Earth Science activities. Payloads: Sleep in Orbit: A crewmember transferred the MicroSD memory card into a Columbus Payload Laptop to allow the ground to downlink data. The Sleep in …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/25/2024
    by Bill Keeter on July 25, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew performed checkouts and measurements in preparation for a future potential CFT undock. They also assisted the ISS crew in NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL) restow operations. Payloads: KIBO Robot Programming Challenge 5: Preparation activities and the Robo-Pro Challenge #5 Technical Rehearsal were performed using JEM Camera Robot …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/24/2024
    by Bill Keeter on July 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by installing the ArgUS 1-1 Multi Payload Platform in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL).  They also assisted the ISS crew in the Butterfly iQ Scans and stowage management in the Columbus Module. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The assembled ArgUS 1-1 plate was installed …

  • ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
    by Bill Keeter on July 23, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …

 

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