Watch a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft dock to the International Space Station after a successful liftoff on Aug. 24. The spacecraft is carrying supplies – including food and essential equipment for the crew – as well as a variety of science experiments.
The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until December, when it will depart and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.
The 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station is set to lift off at 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 UTC) on Sunday, Aug. 24, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
Dragon is scheduled to dock autonomously to the station at around 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 UTC) on Monday, Aug. 25. Read the full timeline and learn more about the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/4lHGTaX
Watch a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft dock to the International Space Station after a successful liftoff on April 21 at 4:15 a.m. EDT (0815 UTC). The spacecraft is carrying supplies – including food and essential equipment for the crew – as well as a variety of science experiments.
The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May, when it will depart and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.
Learn more about the science aboard, including studies to produce gold nanoparticles and to test a vision-based sensor that could improve navigation: https://youtu.be/4841piONzVk
The 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station is set to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:15 a.m. EDT (0815 UTC), Monday, April 21, delivering science investigations and supplies to the orbiting lab.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is carrying several new research projects to the station, including experiments focused on vision-based navigation, spacecraft air quality, materials for drug and product manufacturing, and advancing plant growth with less reliance on photosynthesis.
SpaceX’s 30th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This uncrewed launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will carry tech that monitors sea ice, research into off-planet photosynthesis, studies to improve nanoparticle solar cells, and essential supplies for our astronauts living and working aboard the orbiting laboratory.
A commercial lander touches down on the Moon, discussing the science on the space station, and preparing for the next space station crew rotation mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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A commercial mission heads to the Moon with NASA science, our Artemis II crew conducts some preflight training, and a major milestone for a planetary science mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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A commercial resupply mission to the space station, preparing to make a delivery to the Moon, and monitoring our changing Earth from space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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Watch Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket. ULA and Astrobotic are targeting 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 UTC) Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, for the first US commercial robotic launch to the Moon’s surface. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help us develop capabilities needed to explore the Moon under Artemis and in advance of human missions on the lunar surface.
For more information about our Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, visit: https://go.nasa.gov/3RFR0A5
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the Moon, we will send science and technology instruments ahead of time to lay the foundation for a sustainable human presence. Through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS initiative, we are enabling American companies to send our science experiments and technologies to the lunar surface for us. This unique commercial delivery service is poised to change the way we work and perform science at the Moon, greatly expanding our capabilities for exploration. Learn more about this innovative approach: https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services/
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A commercial resupply mission heads to the space station, a key piece of hardware for a future Moon mission is on the move, and another spacecraft gets ready to spread its wings in deep space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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A commercial cargo spacecraft safely arrives at the space station, space station crewmembers conduct a spacewalk, and an update on plans to launch our Artemis I mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
A commercial crew spacecraft’s historic test mission, recognizing the leadership of our James Webb Space Telescope team, and a small spacecraft prepares for a unique mission around the Moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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0:00 Introduction 0:15 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s Historic Test Mission 1:28 NASA’s Webb Program Director Named to TIME100 List 2:01 CAPSTONE CubeSat Prepares for Lunar Flight 2:41 NASA-Supported Solar Sail Could Take Science to New Heights 3:09 Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Record Flight
The next commercial crew test mission to the space station, outlining the agency’s objectives for deep space exploration, and covering the total lunar eclipse on Earth and from space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
The next commercial cargo mission to the space station, celebrating the first year of Perseverance on Mars, and the first science images from a recently launched mission … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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0:00 Introduction
0:15 The Next Commercial Cargo Mission to the Space Station 0:44 Russian Spacecraft Delivers Cargo to Space Station 1:12 Perseverance Marks One Year on Mars 1:55 IXPE Sends First Science Image 2:33 New Sea Level Rise Projections for U.S. Communities
A commercial mission returning cargo from the space station, the first space station spacewalk of the year, and observing a massive volcanic eruption from space… a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
A Commercial Resupply Mission to the Space Station, honoring a spaceflight icon, and an out of this world experience, right here on Earth … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
The next commercial crew test flight to the space station, a new space station module, and another astronomical discovery by Hubble … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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Contents:
0:00 Introduction 0:13 Next Commercial Crew Mission to Space Station 0:43 Arrival of New Space Station Module 1:25 First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede 1:52 Tropical Rainforest Vulnerability Index 2:22 NASA Announces Winners of Future of Flight Challenge 2:58 50th Anniversary of Apollo 15
Relocating a commercial spacecraft at the space station, while another one gets ready to launch to the station, and Perseverance prepares for a mission milestone on Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
A commercial cargo spacecraft leaves the space station, watching an Atlantic storm from space, and the Artemis I rocket moves closer to launch … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
A U.S. commercial spacecraft departs the space station, more supplies and hardware are delivered to the station, and a moniker for the Artemis I mission’s “Moonikin” … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
An addition to a future Commercial Crew mission, our administrator discusses the budget request for NASA, and NASA’s deputy administrator nominee appears before the Senate … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
The next commercial crew mission to the space station, a historic milestone on Mars, and a hearing to confirm NASA’s next administrator … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
While NASA is working aggressively to meet our near-term goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, our Artemis program also is focused on taking steps that will establish a safe and sustainable lunar exploration architecture.
NASA is taking a critical step forward by releasing a solicitation for commercial companies to provide proposals for the collection of space resources.
To meet NASA’s requirements, a company will collect a small amount of Moon “dirt” or rocks from any location on the lunar surface, provide imagery to NASA of the collection and the collected material, along with data that identifies the collection location, and conduct an “in-place” transfer of ownership of the lunar regolith or rocks to NASA. After ownership transfer, the collected material becomes the sole property of NASA for our use.
NASA’s goal is that the retrieval and transfer of ownership will be completed before 2024. The solicitation creates a full and open competition, not limited to U.S. companies, and the agency may make one or more awards. The agency will determine retrieval methods for the transferred lunar regolith at a later date.
Over the next decade, the Artemis program will lay the foundation for a sustained long-term presence on the lunar surface and use the Moon to validate deep space systems and operations before embarking on the much farther voyage to Mars. The ability to conduct in-situ resources utilization (ISRU) will be incredibly important on Mars, which is why we must develop techniques and gain experience with ISRU on the surface of the Moon.
Launching America on a commercial spacecraft, a NASA astronaut is headed back to the space station, and new close-up imagery of asteroid Bennu … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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The first commercial robotic lunar landers to support our Artemis program, discussing our exploration goals, and a breakdown of the Apollo Moon landings … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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A commercial resupply mission heads to the space station, watching Earth breathe from space, and dealing with the impact threat of near-Earth objects … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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An upcoming Commercial Crew Flight Test, training underway for the space station’s next crew, and a new development in our search for life beyond Earth … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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Boldly going where no private company has gone before.
On 25 May 2012 the first commercial spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station. A private company achieved something only national agencies have ever done before: flying and recovering an orbital craft. With private companies launching their own spaceships and designing their own orbital stations, it’s the dawn of commercial spacefaring.
We talk to people involved in that development and we explore the world’s first commercial spaceport.
A briefing at the Kennedy Space Center details NASA’s recent awards of more than $269 million for the continued development of commercial transportation systems to carry astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit. Four U.S. companies received the awards in the second round of NASA’s Commercial Crew Development, or CCDev, effort. Commercial crew transport will free NASA to concentrate on developing and building new technologies for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit.
