Highlighting an upcoming Earth-observing mission, the science on the next resupply mission to the space station, and testing a new material to help future spacecraft land on distant worlds … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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Watch for a live news update on the upcoming launch of the Crew Dragon, with four astronauts aboard, from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission, currently scheduled for liftoff no earlier than April 20, will be the second crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will travel to the International Space Station for a mission of about six months.
Speaking at today’s briefing are:
– Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, NASA Headquarters
– Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
– Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson
– Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Programs, SpaceX
– Hiroshi Sasaki, JAXA vice president and director general, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate
– David Parker, director, Human and Robotic Exploration, ESA
Live from our Johnson Space Center in Houston, experts discuss upcoming spacewalks on Feb. 28, and March 5. NASA flight engineers Kate Rubins and Victor Glover, as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will conduct the upcoming spacewalks. The spacewalkers, working in pairs, will prepare the station for upcoming solar array upgrades and perform additional maintenance tasks.
News conference participants include:
Kenny Todd, deputy manager, International Space Station Program
Marcos Flores, Feb. 28 spacewalk flight director
Chris Edelen, March 5 spacewalk flight director
Art Thomason, spacewalk officer
Tune in on Wed., June 24 at 2 p.m. EDT to learn about two upcoming spacewalks to begin the replacement of batteries for one of the space station’s power channels, as well as the latest on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour’s mission to the orbiting laboratory.
On Fri., June 26 and Wed., July 1, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken will exit the station’s Quest airlock to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries for one of two power channels on the far starboard truss with new lithium-ion batteries that arrived on a Japanese cargo spacecraft last month. The spacewalks will begin at around 7:35 a.m., and will last as long as seven hours.
Highlighting our upcoming launch of astronauts from Florida, some news about our Moon to Mars effort, and our Mars helicopter has a new name … 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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