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  • Thomas Pesquet – Alpha Mission

    Thomas Pesquet – Alpha Mission

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to the second operational flight of @SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, launching to the International Space Station in 2021. Thomas’ second mission to the International Space Station will be called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.

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  • After the Launch: NASA and SpaceX Share Updates about Historic #LaunchAmerica Mission

    After the Launch: NASA and SpaceX Share Updates about Historic #LaunchAmerica Mission

    Liftoff! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A at 3:22 p.m. EDT on May 30, kicking off a critical final flight test of the SpaceX crew transportation system.

    Following the successfully launch, NASA hosted a postlaunch news conference for officials to talk about the mission live from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Participants included:
    o NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
    o Pat Forrester, NASA Chief Astronaut
    o Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program
    o Elon Musk, SpaceX chief engineer
    o Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program

    Learn more by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/

  • Launch Recap: NASA and SpaceX fly Astronauts to the Space Station

    Launch Recap: NASA and SpaceX fly Astronauts to the Space Station

    For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station.

    The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off at 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will have a 19-hour-journey to the space station, arriving on Sunday, May 31.

    Learn more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica

  • Tour from Space: Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Its Way to the Space Station

    Tour from Space: Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Its Way to the Space Station

    In this video, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley take viewers on a tour of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that will take them on a 19-hour-journey to their new home in orbit.

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A at 3:22 p.m. EDT on May 30 with the astronauts aboard for a mission to the orbiting laboratory. Crew Dragon will perform a series of phasing maneuvers to gradually approach and autonomously dock with the International Space Station on Sunday, May 31, at approximately 10:29 a.m. EDT.

    Learn more about the mission by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica

  • How to Make a Demo-2 Straw Rocket

    How to Make a Demo-2 Straw Rocket

    In 2020, NASA and SpaceX will launch American astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.

    Would you like to learn how to make your own Demo-2 to launch in your home? Watch this tutorial to learn how.

    All you will need is paper, markers, scissors, tape, yarn or ribbon (optional) and a straw.

    How are you preparing to #LaunchAmerica? From building your own rocket to binge-watching launch videos, share a video, a photo or simply your thoughts using #LaunchAmerica for a chance to be featured on our social media platforms.

    This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0427_How%20to%20Make%20Demo-2%20Straw%20Rockets

  • Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space! (#LaunchAmerica Attempt May 27, 2020)

    Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space! (#LaunchAmerica Attempt May 27, 2020)

    Recorded May 27, 2020: Watch history unfold on Wednesday, May 27, as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from U.S. soil.

    Tune in starting at 12:15 p.m. EDT as NASA and SpaceX provide joint, live coverage from launch to arrival at the space station. Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT for the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 11:29 a.m. Thursday, May 28.

    Learn more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/

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  • Mission Update: NASA and SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch

    Mission Update: NASA and SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch

    One day prior to NASA’s mission with SpaceX to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, officials will talk about the mission live from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Nicole Mann will be on hand to talk about the upcoming mission to fly astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the orbiting laboratory.

    Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27, for the launch of the mission, which will be the first time a commercially built and operated American rocket and spacecraft will carry humans to the space station.

    Learn more by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/

  • NASA and SpaceX are ‘GO’ to Proceed for Launch!

    NASA and SpaceX are ‘GO’ to Proceed for Launch!

    NASA’s mission with SpaceX to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station is cleared to proceed, officials said, following a successful Flight Readiness Review that concluded Friday, May 22, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Participants in a news briefing about the mission include:
    · NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
    · NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk
    · Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program
    · Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program
    · Benji Reed, director of crew mission management, SpaceX
    · Norm Knight, deputy director, NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Operations

    NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27, for the launch of the Demo-2 flight, which will be the first time a commercially built and operated American rocket and spacecraft will carry humans to the space station.

    Learn about the mission by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/

  • NASA and SpaceX prepare to #LaunchAmerica

    NASA and SpaceX prepare to #LaunchAmerica

    Together with SpaceX, NASA will return human spaceflight to American soil after nearly a decade. SpaceX will launch people into space for the first time ever with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board Crew Dragon, which will dock to the International Space Station.

    Prepare to #LaunchAmerica on May 27: www.nasa.gov/launchamerica

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  • How to Make a Rocket Pop-Up Card

    How to Make a Rocket Pop-Up Card

    Making a pop-up card is the perfect way to celebrate NASA launching American astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.

    All you will need is is some construction paper, scrapbook paper (or cardstock), scissors, drawing supplies, and adhesive. Watch this video to learn more.

    How are you preparing to #LaunchAmerica? From building your own rocket to binge-watching launch videos, share a video, a photo or simply your thoughts using #LaunchAmerica for a chance to be featured on our social media platforms.

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  • SpaceX CRS-20 Launch to the International Space Station

    SpaceX CRS-20 Launch to the International Space Station

    Watch SpaceX launch its 20th resupply mission to the International Space Station, carrying 5,600 pounds of science investigations and supplies. NASA TV coverage starts Friday, March 6, at 11:30 p.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for 11:50 p.m. EST.

  • A Critical Test for Our Commercial Crew Program on This Week @NASA – January 25, 2020

    A Critical Test for Our Commercial Crew Program on This Week @NASA – January 25, 2020

    A critical test for our Commercial Crew Program, spacewalkers focus on upgrades aboard the space station, and paying tribute to one of our Great Observatories … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    This video is available from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0125_A%20Critical%20Test%20for%20Our%20Commercial%20Crew%20Program%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20January%2025,%202020

  • SpaceX Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test

    SpaceX Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test

    NASA and SpaceX are targeting 10:30 a.m. EST, Sun., Jan. 19 for the In-Flight Abort Test. The launch window is six hours. This uncrewed test will demonstrate the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s escape capabilities, showing that it can protect astronauts even in the unlikely event of an emergency during launch. Crew Dragon will lift off from Launch Complex 39A aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, then separate from the rocket after an intentionally triggered launch escape. Dragon’s drogue and main parachutes will sequence to provide for a soft landing in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Elon Musk | Before They Were Famous | Updated Biography

    Elon Musk | Before They Were Famous | Updated Biography

    Elon Musk | Before They Were Famous | Updated Biography 2019
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    Elon Musk was born on June 28th, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. He founded X.com in 1999, which later became PayPal, SpaceX in 2002 and Tesla Motors in 2003. Musk became a multimillionaire in his late 20s when he sold his start-up company, Zip2, to a division of Compaq Computers. His father Errol Musk was an electromechanical engineer, a pilot and a sailor. But life as a child wasn’t all gorgeous mothers and comic books for Elon. His parents separated in 1980 and his father became his primary care-giver. These were traumatic years for the young boy, the bullying…. Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, in 2002 with the intention of building spacecraft for commercial space travel. By 2008, SpaceX was well established, and NASA awarded the company the contract to handle cargo transport for the International Space Station—with plans for astronaut transport in the future—in a move to replace NASA’s own space shuttle missions.find out more about his formative years. The creation on PayPal, Zip2, Tesla, SpaceX & more in the video.

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  • SpaceX 19th Resupply Launch to the International Space Station

    SpaceX 19th Resupply Launch to the International Space Station

    Due to weather, the new launch date is Thursday, Dec. 5 for SpaceX’s 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station. The #Dragon spacecraft will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science investigations and technology demonstrations that will occur during Expeditions 61 and 62. Liftoff is at 12:29 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Don’t miss the countdown to liftoff!

  • SpaceX Crew Dragon Parachute Test

    SpaceX Crew Dragon Parachute Test

    The SpaceX #CrewDragon spacecraft parachutes successfully deploy during the latest development test. This test simulated a pad abort, where the vehicle is tumbling at low altitude before parachute deploy, validating SpaceX’s parachute models and margins. As a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX has been developing and testing the Crew Dragon parachute system, which is comprised of two drogue parachutes and four main ring-sail parachutes—the same type of parachutes that have been commonly and successfully used for human spaceflight in the past.

    More on Commercial Crew and SpaceX: https://go.nasa.gov/2O8cS7X
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  • SpaceX CRS-18 Cargo Launch to the International Space Station

    SpaceX CRS-18 Cargo Launch to the International Space Station

    SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station lifted off on Thursday, July 25, at 6:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, next to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 5,000 pounds of research and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Replay the countdown and liftoff!

  • Commercial Resupply Mission Launches to the Space Station on This Week @NASA – May 4, 2019

    Commercial Resupply Mission Launches to the Space Station on This Week @NASA – May 4, 2019

    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!

    This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_0504_Commercial%20Resupply%20Mission%20Launches%20to%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20May%204,%202019.html

  • NASA Administrator Bridenstine Chats with Elon Musk of SpaceX

    NASA Administrator Bridenstine Chats with Elon Musk of SpaceX

    On the latest Watch this Space, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine chats with SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk during a tour of Launch Complex 39A just before the Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The historic Demo-1 mission launched at 2:49 a.m. EDT on Saturday, March 2 and was the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

    Learn more about the Commercial Crew program: https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/.

  • SpaceX #CrewDragon Demonstration Flight Return to Earth

    SpaceX #CrewDragon Demonstration Flight Return to Earth

    Join us starting at 7:30 a.m. EST to see SpaceX’s #CrewDragon on its journey back to Earth, including its deorbit burn and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Splashdown of SpaceX Crew Dragon, Completing Demo-1 Flight Test

    Splashdown of SpaceX Crew Dragon, Completing Demo-1 Flight Test

    After undocking from the International Space Station at 2:32 a.m. EST on Friday, March 8, the SpaceX Crew Dragon completed a deorbit burn to reenter Earth’s atmosphere, deployed parachutes and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:45 a.m. EST. These are the final milestones of the Demo-1 flight test, in which SpaceX demonstrated systems which will be used to carry astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon to the space station.

  • An Important Step for Commercial Crew on This Week @NASA – March 2, 2019

    An Important Step for Commercial Crew on This Week @NASA – March 2, 2019

    An important step for the Commercial Crew Program, more testing with our Space Launch System rocket engine, and a new show that explores how we do, what we do … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2019_0301_An%20Important%20Step%20for%20Commercial%20Crew%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%202,%202019.html

  • Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft

    Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft

    Take a tour of the interior of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, targeted to launch on its first (uncrewed) demonstration flight on March 2, 2019. Crew Dragon is designed to transport up to four astronauts for NASA missions, along with critical cargo and supplies, to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

    The Crew Dragon features solar arrays affixed to the side of the spacecraft’s trunk, a launch escape system that will allow crew members to escape an anomaly at any point during flight, a large hatch and windows and a redesigned outer mold line to enhance crew comfort. The first uncrewed flight is an important step in returning human launches on American rockets and spacecraft to the space station from U.S. soil since 2011.

  • The European Space Agency Sets Its Sights On Mercury | Answers With Joe

    The European Space Agency Sets Its Sights On Mercury | Answers With Joe

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    The European Space Agency – or ESA – has been a major player in the commercial launch space for decades with their Ariane series of rockets. But they also have been racking up some impressive interplanetary missions, their latest one being the BepiColumbo mission to Mercury.

    Here we break down the ESA, talk about some of their biggest victories, and where they want to go in the future.

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  • The European Space Agency Explained

    The European Space Agency Explained

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    When people think about the big players of the space industry, they don’t tend to think about Europe. But believe it or not the European Space Agency or ESA has the second highest budget out of any space agency. So what are they doing with all that money?

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  • New Crew Arrives at the Space Station on This Week @NASA – March 23, 2018

    New Crew Arrives at the Space Station on This Week @NASA – March 23, 2018

    A new crew at the space station, some science on the next SpaceX resupply mission, and testing Orion’s parachutes – a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

    This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0323_New%20Crew%20Arrives%20at%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20March%2023,%202018.html

  • Vice President Pence Visits Kennedy on This Week @NASA – July 7, 2017

    Vice President Pence Visits Kennedy on This Week @NASA – July 7, 2017

    Vice President Mike Pence spoke to employees on July 6 at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida, highlighting the public/private partnerships transforming the center into a multi-user spaceport, and changing the way we do business in low-Earth orbit. Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Kennedy Director Bob Cabana accompanied the Vice President on tours of several facilities currently being leased by private space companies. The tour showcased hardware, systems and infrastructure, that will soon facilitate U.S. based astronaut launches and eventual missions to deep space. Also, SpaceX Dragon Released from Space Station, Happy July 4th from Space, and 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge!

  • Capturing a dragon

    Capturing a dragon

    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson in the Cupola observatory using the International Space Station’s 16-m robotic arm to grapple the SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship.

    The video is sped up 20 times with this recording lasting 45 minutes 30 seconds at normal speed. It shows Shane and Thomas monitoring the spacecraft’s approach scanning the monitors, ready to step in if necessary. Thomas took manual control of the robotic arm and extended it to grapple the vehicle when 11 m from the Station. The Dragon CRS-10 flight was launched on 19 February 2017 and berthed with the Space Station four days later.

    The spacecraft carried over 1500 kg of supplies including NASA’s Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment, or SAGE III, to monitor aerosols, ozone and other gases in Earth’s high atmosphere by looking at the sunlight and moonlight as they pass through. SAGE III is mounted on ESA’s Hexapod – a six-legged tracker that points the facility in the right direction.

    Inside the spacecraft was also France’s CNES space agency Fluidics experiment to probe how fluids behave in weightlessness.
    Thomas is spending six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas will perform around 50 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Station partners.

    The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System.

    Connect with Thomas Pesquet: http://thomaspesquet.esa.int

  • Michoud Recovering From Tornado on This Week @NASA – February 10, 2017

    Michoud Recovering From Tornado on This Week @NASA – February 10, 2017

    Recovery efforts are underway at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, which was hit by a tornado Feb. 7. In accounting for all 3,500 employees at the facility, officials reported five suffered minor injuries. Buildings, structures and parked cars sustained damage, but there was no reported damage to hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, or the barge Pegasus docked at Michoud. NASA will release updates on the facility’s status as they become available. Also, SpaceX Launch Targeted for Mid-February, SLS Booster Hardware Arrives at KSC, and NASA Aerospace Days!

  • NASA TV Briefing Previews Upcoming U S Spacewalk to Install Space Station Docking Port

    NASA TV Briefing Previews Upcoming U S Spacewalk to Install Space Station Docking Port

    NASA TV aired a briefing from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday, August 15, to preview the August 19 spacewalk to install a new gateway for American commercial crew spacecraft at the International Space Station — a significant milestone in NASA’s work to return crew launches to U.S. soil. Experts from the ISS and commercial crew programs discussed the process and significance of installing and connecting the first of the two international docking adapters (IDAs), which was launched on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and arrived at the station July 20. Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA will conduct the spacewalk to install the equipment. Coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 19, on NASA TV and the agency’s website, with the spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8:05 a.m.

  • SpaceX Pre-Launch Briefing from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

    SpaceX Pre-Launch Briefing from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

    NASA and commercial partner SpaceX discussed its plans for a launch of its seventh cargo delivery to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The company’s Falcon 9 will carry its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and be filled with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials for the science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 44 and 45.

    The science payloads aboard will offer new insight to combustion in microgravity, perform the first space-based observations of meteors entering Earth’s atmosphere, continue solving potential crew health risks and make new strides toward being able to grow food in space. Research continues to support the twins study and one-year mission investigations with NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly. This mission also is launching more than 30 student experiments, all of which are flying under the U.S. National Laboratory managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).

    The first of two International Docking Adapters for the station will be delivered in Dragon’s unpressurized trunk. The adapters will enable space station docking of commercial crew spacecraft, including the Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Expedition 44 Flight Engineer Scott Kelly of NASA will use the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and capture Dragon with Station commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) supporting Kelly as they operate from the station’s cupola. After more than five weeks at the space station, the spacecraft will return with more than 1,400 pounds of cargo, including science experiments, crew supplies, hardware and computer resources, space station hardware, and trash.

  • SpaceX CRS-5 mission on This Week @NASA

    SpaceX CRS-5 mission on This Week @NASA

    The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is loaded with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments for delivery to the International Space Station on CRS-5 – the company’s fifth resupply mission to the ISS. One of the experiments, the Cloud Aerosol Transport System – or CATS, is designed to study the global distribution of clouds and aerosols in our atmosphere. Launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is no earlier than Jan. 10. Also, NASA astronomical findings, Soil moisture mission previewed, Weaving the way to Mars and more!

  • Images From Comet’s Mars Flyby On This Week @NASA- October 24, 2014

    Images From Comet’s Mars Flyby On This Week @NASA- October 24, 2014

    Several Mars-based NASA spacecraft had prime viewing positions for comet Siding Spring’s October 19 close flyby of the Red Planet. Early images included a composite photo from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that combined shots of Mars, the comet, and a star background to illustrate Siding Spring’s distance from Mars at closest approach. Also, images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera, which represent the highest-resolution views ever acquired of a comet that came from the Oort Cloud, at the outer fringe of the solar system. The comet flyby – only about 87,000 miles from Mars – was much closer than any other known comet flyby of a planet. Also, Partial solar eclipse, Space station spacewalk, Preparing to release Dragon, Cygnus launch update, Welding begins on SLS, Astronaut class visits Glenn and more!

  • NASA Chooses Boeing and SpaceX Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to ISS

    NASA Chooses Boeing and SpaceX Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to ISS

    NASA officials at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida announced Sept. 16 the selection of Boeing and SpaceX to develop and certify crew transportation systems that will transport U.S. astronaut crews from American soil to and from the International Space Station. Participants in the announcement included NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Kennedy Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and Astronaut Mike Fincke.

  • New NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX-3 Mission

    New NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX-3 Mission

    Approximately 2.4 tons of NASA science investigations and cargo were launched to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. The launch aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday, April 18 at 3:25 p.m. EDT. Dragon’s cargo will support more than 150 experiments that will be conducted during space station Expeditions 39 and 40. The spacecraft will be grappled at 7:11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16 by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Dragon is scheduled to depart the space station May 18 for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California, bringing with it about 3,500 pounds of science and research, hardware, crew supplies and spacewalk tools from the space station.

  • NASA News Conference on Completion of COTS Program

    NASA News Conference on Completion of COTS Program

    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discusses the success of the agency’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) initiative during a televised news briefing at NASA Headquarters. Through COTS, NASA’s partners Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corp., developed new U.S. rockets and spacecraft, launched from U.S. soil, capable of transporting cargo to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station. A successful Orbital Sciences demonstration mission to the space station was completed in October, signifying the end of COTS development. SpaceX made its first trip to the space station in May 2012 and completed its COTS partnership with NASA the same year. The agency now contracts space station cargo resupply missions with both companies.

    The briefing participants were:

    — Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator
    — Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager of Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASA
    — Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX
    — Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Orbital Sciences Advanced Programs Group
    — Frank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association
    — Phil McAlister, Director of Commercial Spaceflight Development, NASA

  • SPACEX/NASA DISCUSS LAUNCH ABORT OF FALCON 9 ROCKET

    SPACEX/NASA DISCUSS LAUNCH ABORT OF FALCON 9 ROCKET

    During a press briefing at The Kennedy Space Center on May 19, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Manager Alan Lindenmoyer discussed the launch abort of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station. Early data shows that high chamber pressure in Engine #5 caused a cutoff of all nine engines at T- 0.5 seconds. SpaceX will continue to look at the data and inspect the engine before setting a new launch date. The next possible opportunity is May 22 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

  • NASA/SpaceX Hold NASA Social for Falcon 9 Launch

    NASA/SpaceX Hold NASA Social for Falcon 9 Launch

    NASA and Space Exploration Technologies invited a group of their social media followers to a NASA Social at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event was in anticipation of the launch of SpaceX’s second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to lift off at 4:55 a.m. EDT on May 19, in an attempt to become the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station.