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  • NASA Prelaunch News Conference on Three New Space Weather Missions (Sept. 21, 2025)

    NASA Prelaunch News Conference on Three New Space Weather Missions (Sept. 21, 2025)

    Experts from NASA, NOAA, and the Space Force will discuss three new missions to study space weather and its impacts on the solar system.

    IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) are targeted to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:32 a.m. EDT (1132 UTC), Tuesday, Sept. 23.

    The participants in the news conference are:
    – Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
    – Brad Williams, IMAP program executive, NASA Headquarters
    – Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator for Systems at NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
    – Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA Kennedy
    – Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
    – Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

    Learn more about IMAP: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/imap/
    Learn more about SWFO-L1: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/swfo-l1/
    Learn more about the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory/

    Credit: NASA

  • NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Prelaunch News Conference

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Prelaunch News Conference

    NASA and the agency’s partners preview the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Participants include:

    Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
    Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
    Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
    William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
    Sergey Krikalev, executive director, Human Space Flight Program, Roscosmos
    Naoki Nagai, Program Manager of International Space Station, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA

    NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui will launch to the International Space Station on the Dragon spacecraft powered by a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than July 31.

    More information about Crew-11: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-11/

    Credit: NASA

    #NASA #SpaceX #Crew11

  • Prelaunch Activities for Our Next Commercial Crew Flight Test on This Week @NASA – April 26, 2024

    Prelaunch Activities for Our Next Commercial Crew Flight Test on This Week @NASA – April 26, 2024

    Prelaunch Activities for Our Next Commercial Crew Flight Test, celebrating our home planet for Earth Day, and conducting high-flying science during the recent solar eclipse … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    Link to download this video:
    https://images.nasa.gov/details/Prelaunch%20Activities%20for%20Our%20Next%20Commercial%20Crew%20Flight%20Test%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20April%2026,%202024

    Video Producer: Andre Valentine
    Video Editor: Andre Valentine
    Narrator: Emanuel Cooper
    Music: Universal Production Music
    Credit: NASA

  • Prelaunch News Conference for NASA Mission Studying Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans (Feb. 5, 2024)

    Prelaunch News Conference for NASA Mission Studying Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans (Feb. 5, 2024)

    Targeted to launch on Tuesday, Feb. 6, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission will study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate. Prelaunch activities include a news conference on Monday, Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. EST (1400 UTC) with the following participants:

    NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
    Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA
    Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
    Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX
    Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

    Credit: NASA

    #PACE #PACEMission

  • The Next Prelaunch Rehearsal Before Our Artemis I Moon Mission on This Week @NASA – June 17, 2022

    The Next Prelaunch Rehearsal Before Our Artemis I Moon Mission on This Week @NASA – June 17, 2022

    The next prelaunch rehearsal before launch of our Artemis I Moon mission, news about some NASA astronomy missions, and a critical milestone for an Earth-observing satellite … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    Download Link:
    https://images.nasa.gov/details-The%20Next%20Prelaunch%20Rehearsal%20Before%20Our%20Artemis%20I%20Moon%20Mission%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20June%2017,%202022

    Producer: Andre Valentine
    Editor: Lacey Young
    Music: Universal Production Music
    Credit: NASA

  • Prelaunch Preparations for the Next Space Station Crew on This Week @NASA – October 9, 2020

    Prelaunch Preparations for the Next Space Station Crew on This Week @NASA – October 9, 2020

    Prelaunch preparations for the next space station crew, science, technology and other cargo arrive at the station, and an update on an upcoming commercial crew flight … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-Prelaunch%20Preparations%20for%20the%20Next%20Space%20Station%20Crew%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20October%209,%202020