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Image: NASA A Look at Today’s Launch Milestones
We’re about 4 hours away from the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. Below are key milestones leading up to launch, along with critical events that occur shortly after liftoff. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and…
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Image: NASA Advanced Health Research Begins Week as Station Awaits Crew-13 Mission
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Expedition 75 began the week scanning veins, checking out space workout gear, and testing specialized suits to ease the adjustment to Earth’s gravity. Back on Earth, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 members are counting down to a…
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Image: NASA Advanced Health Tech Research Continues to Protect Astronaut Health
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Advanced health research, including ultrasound scans, blood tests, and exercise studies, using the latest technology in microgravity was on Thursday’s schedule for the Expedition 75 crew. The orbital residents also…
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Image: NASA All Aboard! Astronauts Climb Into Dragon for NASA Crewed Mission
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members now are boarding SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Before entering the spacecraft, all four crewmates signed their names inside the White Room, the area at the end of the crew access arm…
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Image: NASA Astronaut Health, Lunar and Earth Photography Fill Crew’s Research Schedule
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Exploring astronaut health and photographing the Moon and Earth topped the research schedule for the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The orbital residents also kept up life support…
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Image: NASA Bioprinting, Space Manufacturing Top Research Schedule Aboard Station
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Cartilage bioprinting and lead-free soldering topped the advanced microgravity research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 75 crew members also explored blood pressure in…
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Image: NASA Cargo Mission and Crew-13 Updates; Station Research, Maintenance Continue
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New supplies are on their way to the International Space Station after launching aboard a Progress 96 cargo spacecraft at 9:33 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. Progress 96 will arrive Saturday for an automated docking to the…
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Image: NASA Crew Access Arm Retracted
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The crew access arm has retracted, and the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system will be armed momentarily. This system allows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an anomaly…
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Image: NASA Crew Biology Research, Spacecraft Cargo Jobs Kick Off Week on Station
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A variety of human research encompassing body measurements, exercise monitoring, and breath rate recording kicked off the week aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 75 crew members also prepared for an…
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Image: NASA Crew Preps for Dragon’s Arrival During Vision and Robotics Research
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A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is orbiting Earth on its way to the International Space Station for a docking on Thursday.
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Image: NASA Crew Studies Advanced Health Tech and Gears Up for Next Crew Swap
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Ultrasound scans using augmented reality and artificial intelligence topped the health research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 75 crew also collected blood and saliva…
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Image: NASA Crew Studies Medicine and Physics, Works on Spacesuits and Earth Photo Gear
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Vein scans, ultra-hot physics, and Earth observations were the main research activities aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 75 crew members rounded out their mid-week shift and swapped…
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Image: NASA Crew Works Exercise Research and Lab Maintenance on Light Duty Day
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The Expedition 75 crew had a light duty day on Friday studying microgravity’s effect on exercise and transferring cargo aboard the International Space Station. Earth observations, hardware inventory, and life support…
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Image: NASA Crew Works Soldering, Cardiac Research, Virtual Reality and Prepares for Cargo Mission
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Circuit board soldering, spacesuit maintenance, and cargo mission operations topped the schedule for the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The orbital residents also worked on…
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Image: NASA Crew-12 Ready to Depart as New Residents Begin Advanced Health Research
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Four Expedition 75 crew members are in their final full day aboard the International Space Station as they prepare to undock aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and return to Earth. Their departure will leave seven…
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Image: NASA Crew-13 Members Enter Station, Join Expedition 75
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NASA and SpaceX are standing down from Friday’s launch attempt for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station because of unfavorable weather at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space…
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Image: NASA Crew-13 Research Advances Health, Food, and Deep‑Space Science
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For over 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that help prepare for human exploration of the Moon…
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Image: NASA Cygnus XL Cargo Spacecraft Departing Station Soon on NASA+
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NASA is streaming live coverage of Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission departure from the International Space Station.
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Image: NASA Cygnus XL Cargo Spacecraft Released from Station by Canadarm2
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At 12:44 p.m. EDT, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm after it detached from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Unity module. At the time of release, the…
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Image: NASA Dragon Docks Bringing SpaceX Crew-13 to Station
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NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov arrived at the International Space Station at 7 p.m. EDT, docking to…
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Image: NASA Dragon is ‘Go’ for Launch, Falcon 9 Fueling Underway
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Confirmation that the Dragon crew spacecraft is “go” for launch came through for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission. SpaceX had begun fueling the Falcon 9 rocket. Loading of rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) and first stage…
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Image: NASA Dragon Launches New Cargo as Crew Works Biomedicine, Advanced Space Tech
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The seven-member Expedition 75 crew awaits the arrival of an uncrewed SpaceX Dragon that launched on Tuesday carrying new cargo for delivery on Thursday. When Dragon reached orbit the lab residents were midway through…
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Image: NASA Dragon Undocks from Station to Bring NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Home
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At 11:05 a.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev undocked from the space-facing port of the International…
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Image: NASA ESA, NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk for Navigation, Science Maintenance
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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot began a spacewalk at 8:40 a.m. EDT outside the International Space Station to replace a retroflector, install jumper cables, prepare…
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