Worldwide Area Station: Stay updates

Soyuz undocks from the ISS

“Expedition 71 in is the historical past books!”

Soyuz MS-25 undocked from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) at  4:37 am EDT (08:37 UTC) on Monday (Sept. 23). The undocking represents the start of a journey again to Earth for NASA astronaut  Tracy C. Dyson and Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. 

When the undocking command was given, the capsule was docked to the ISS Prichal module with the area station over Japanese Mongolia. The hooks wanted simply 90 seconds to safe Prichal and retract.

Soyuz MS-25 commander Kononenko and Chub have damaged data for stays on the ISS, spending 374 days on the station. The prior file of 371 days was held by their fellow cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin together with NASA’s Frank Rubio, who occupuied the ISS from September 2022 to September 2023.

If the return of the Soyuz MS-25 goes in line with plan NASA stated it would landing will happen at round 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), southeast of the Kazakh city of Dzhezkazgan.

New ISS crew launching right this moment

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch a brand new three-person crew to the Worldwide Area Station right this moment to kick off the Expedition 72 mission to the orbiting lab. 

The Soyuz rocket will launch the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft for Roscosmos to ferry NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner to the area station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff will probably be at 12:23 p.m. EDT (1623 GMT; 9:23 p.m. native Baikonur time). 

Pettit is famend for his capability to squeeze superb science out of his area missions. Take a look at our function on this “area MacGyver” by Area.com’s Elizabeth Howell forward of his launch.

You may watch the Expedition 72 crew’s Soyuz launch reside on-line, courtesy of NASA TV, beginning at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT). A livestream video feed is out there on the prime of this web page.

NASA can even broadcast the Soyuz’s deliberate docking on the ISS, which is scheduled for 3:33 p.m. EDT (1933 GMT). That docking webcast will start at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), with one other livestream set for 5:30 p.m. EDT (2150 GMT) to cowl a hatch opening ceremony at 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 GMT).

Starliner stays at ISS port as SpaceX eyes Aug. 18 launch

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, on its first historic mission with astronauts, will stay docked on the Worldwide Area Station as NASA and the corporate consider information from floor and in-space thruster testing, the company acknowledged on Thursday (Aug. 1)

“Groups are taking their time to research the outcomes of current docked hot-fire testing, finalize flight rationale for the spacecraft’s built-in propulsion system, and ensure system reliability forward of Starliner’s return to Earth,” NASA officers wrote in a weblog submit.

Starliner’s location on the ahead port of the ISS Concord module is meant to be cleared to make manner for SpaceX Crew-9, which is launching no sooner than Aug. 18. Starliner initially was anticipated to spend about 10 days in area after launching June 5, however remained for what has now been two months.

Whereas the 2 NASA astronauts with Starliner are cleared to return anytime and usually are not stranded in area, they’re staying at ISS to permit the basis causes of helium leaks and thruster misfirings to be decided. Boeing desires to ship the primary operational mission to the ISS, which might final six months, in 2025 and should require modifications to the design or how the propulsion system is used to realize that.

NASA spacewalks to renew in fall

NASA plans to renew its spacewalks within the fall following a leak within the service and cooling umbilical space of a spacesuit and its attachment on June 24.

Astronaut Tracy Dyson skilled the coolant leak whereas within the hatch of the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), through the starting minutes of a spacewalk. The hatch was open, however she had not left the ability but. She and her spacewalking associate, Mike Barratt, have been by no means in any hazard.

NASA postponed future spacewalks pending an investigation, shifting again future extravehicular exercise (EVA) dates a number of instances to permit time for the work to finish. The company has now recognized a repair and can exchange the umbilical on her go well with, company officers stated in a briefing right this moment (July 26). 

“We’re simply working to search out time within the busy [ISS] schedule to replan that sequence of EVAs,” ISS program supervisor Dana Weigel stated within the livestreamed briefing, referring to dockings and undockings of different spacecraft in the summertime. “My expectation is that is that is out within the fall timeframe generally, so we’re nonetheless working by that.”

ISS operations unaffected by world tech outage

Operations on the Worldwide Area Station haven’t been affected by a worldwide tech outage of Microsoft techniques right this moment (July 19), linked to a software program bug with cybersecurity firm Cloudstrike.

“NASA is assessing potential impacts to company techniques associated to Microsoft associate CloudStrike,” an company consultant wrote in an e-mail replace right this moment to Area.com. “To date, we now have seen some affect to varied Microsoft 365 apps and companies. We’re persevering with to observe the state of affairs. Presently, there are not any impacts to operations or communications for the Worldwide Area Station.”

The Cloudstrike outage has created points with air and prepare journey, in addition to key companies with banks and companies all over the world. The outage occurred early this morning in EDT hours, and backbone efforts by Microsoft and Cloudstrike are ongoing.

NASA plans unbiased overview of Falcon 9 failure

NASA will carry out its personal re-authorization of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 earlier than the rocket launches its subsequent astronaut crew or cargo mission, the company confirmed Wednesday (July 17).

Falcon 9 skilled a uncommon failure throughout an engine burn of SpaceX rocket’s second stage, as a consequence of an oxygen leak, throughout a launch on Thursday (July 11). A compulsory mishap investigation is ongoing. SpaceX, nonetheless, requested the Federal Aviation Administration Monday (July 15) to permit for future launches below a “public security willpower”, which means the launch posed no danger to public security.

On SpaceX’s near-term launch manifest is NASA’s subsequent Worldwide Area Station astronaut rotation. Referred to as Crew-9, it’s slated to ship 4 astronauts to the ISS as early as mid-August. However NASA program supervisor Dana Weigel stated the company may have “its personal course of that is outdoors of what the FAA does” even when the administration guidelines in favor of SpaceX’s request. 

Learn extra: SpaceX launches to ISS are below unbiased NASA overview after uncommon Falcon 9 rocket failure

ISS will gently fall again to Earth earlier than SpaceX automobile pushes it into environment

Although the Worldwide Area Station is supposed to get replaced within the 2030s, it would take a very long time for the orbiting lab to formally attain the tip of its life, NASA says.

SpaceX’s newly commissioned reentry automobile will solely push the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) into Earth’s environment some 12 to 18 months after the complicated “drifts down” from its regular orbit. “We’ll go away the crew on board so long as potential, in order that they’re accessible to assist keep station and hold it wholesome,” NASA’s Dana Weigel, ISS program supervisor, instructed reporters right this moment (July 17) in a livestreamed briefing of the reentry plan.

“Our plan is for [the astronauts] to go away about six months earlier than the ultimate reentry, as ISS reaches about 220 kilometers [136 miles],” Weigel stated, explaining that is as little as human autos are usually rated to fly. For comparability, the everyday ISS orbit is 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.

Learn extra: ISS might ‘drift down’ for a yr earlier than SpaceX automobile destroys it in Earth’s environment

NASA slates subsequent spacewalk for July 29 after coolant leak

NASA will maintain its subsequent spacewalk no sooner than July 29 after a coolant leak halted the final tour June 24.

Company officers introduced the date on the Worldwide Area Station weblog from NASA, after saying in a teleconference on Friday (June 28) that they deliberate an extravehicular exercise (EVA) on the finish of July. A time of day will not be but accessible for the tour.

“This modification permits groups on the bottom to proceed to troubleshoot and perceive the water leak within the service and cooling umbilical unit that compelled an early finish to a spacewalk on Monday, June 24,” NASA officers wrote within the replace.

Tracy Dyson and Mike Barratt, who have been on the final EVA try that lasted simply 31 minutes of its deliberate 6.5-hours, will make “{hardware} replacements and installations, preparations for future upgrades on science gear and photographic inspections of station pipelines” through the rescheduled spacewalk, NASA officers famous in a weblog submit June 27.

Associated: NASA delays subsequent ISS spacewalk till finish of July as a consequence of spacesuit leak problem

No touchdown date for Boeing Starliner, extra exams required

NASA says Boeing Starliner will prolong its first astronaut mission properly into the summer time, after launching June 5 for what was speculated to be a 10-day flight.

Starliner skilled each helium leaks and thruster points throughout a June 6 docking with the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). The spacecraft is secure and rated to go away the ISS in case of emergency, Boeing and NASA management stress. However after testing the thrusters in area, NASA and Boeing stated they need to take extra time to grasp the basis trigger.

A take a look at marketing campaign will begin as quickly as July 2 on the White Sands Check Facility in New Mexico to copy how the thrusters have been used through the flight, NASA business crew program supervisor Steve Stich stated throughout a livestreamed replace right this moment (June 28) with reporters. The testing will take roughly two weeks, however that is determined by what’s discovered — and extra evaluation will probably be required afterwards. As such, NASA and Boeing don’t but have a touchdown date for Starliner.

“We’re not going to focus on a selected date till we get that testing accomplished, and we have a look at the fault tree, after which we perceive the trail for it,” Stich stated.

Learn extra: Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft nonetheless would not have a touchdown date, NASA says

NASA to replace reporters on ISS points at 2 p.m. EDT

NASA will present an replace on an unexpectedly busy week at ISS at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), together with dialogue of Boeing Starliner’s return plans. You may pay attention reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv.

One astronaut had a spacesuit coolant leak throughout a spacewalk on June 24 that required halting the deliberate 6.5-hour tour after solely 31 minutes. (The crew was by no means in any main hazard, NASA stated on the time.) 

The Expedition 71 crew additionally quickly took shelter of their return spacecraft June 26 after a satellite tv for pc broke up in low Earth orbit, though the precautionary process lasted solely an hour.

Learn extra: Hear reside right this moment as NASA, Boeing talk about Starliner return, spacewalk points

NASA spacewalk concludes after coolant leak, crew not in any hazard

NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt have been instructed by Mission Management at 8:52 a.m. EDT (1252 GMT) to cease a deliberate 6.5-hour spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). The pair had already converted to the inner energy of their fits at 8:46 a.m. (1246 GMT), which means the spacewalk had technically began. Following the cancellation, astronauts opened the hatch into the ISS at 9:51 a.m. EDT (1351 GMT), formally ending the spacewalk. 

Whereas being broadcast on a NASA Tv livestream, they’d reported “actually water in every single place” as they have been shifting their fits to inner energy to organize for the extravehicular exercise. The leak gave the impression to be coming from a servicing and cooling umbilical (SCU) on Dyson’s spacesuit, she reported. Whereas the state of affairs was critical, the astronauts weren’t in any hazard because of the leak. 

Learn extra: NASA cancels ISS spacewalk as a consequence of spacesuit coolant leak (video)

ISS inner hatch open, astronauts coming inside

The inner hatch of the Worldwide Area Station opened at 9:51 a.m. EDT (1351 GMT) and the 2 spacewalkers are coming again contained in the station. Watch Area.com for extra reside protection of the cancelation at 8:52 a.m. EDT (1252 GMT) as a consequence of a water coolant leak.

Spacewalk cancelled

The spacewalk was cancelled at 8:52 a.m. EDT (1252 GMT) as a consequence of a spacesuit coolant leak. The crew by no means left the hatch of the Worldwide Area Station and at the moment are engaged on procedures to come back again inside. Keep tuned for extra reside updates.

Watch NASA astronauts accumulate microbe samples throughout ISS spacewalk right this moment

Two NASA astronauts will enterprise outdoors the Worldwide Area Station right this moment (June 24) for a delayed spacewalk and you may watch it reside on-line at no cost.

NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt will carry out the spacewalk, or extravehicular exercise (EVA). The livestream began at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT). 

The spacewalk is scheduled to start out at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) and final about 6.5 hours, though on the time of this story at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT), depressurization was ongoing. (Spacewalk timing is all the time approximate as operational wants come first.)

Learn extra: Watch NASA astronauts accumulate microbe samples throughout ISS spacewalk right this moment (livestream video)

NASA reschedules spacewalk to June 24 after astronaut ‘discomfort’

NASA has rescheduled an Worldwide Area Station spacewalk after a “spacesuit discomfort problem” that occurred, forcing a postponement whereas two astronauts donned fits for his or her deliberate tour on Thursday (June 13).

The spacewalk will run no sooner than June 24, company officers reported in a weblog submit late Friday (June 14). NASA’s tv schedule presently says that protection will begin on June 23 at a to be decided time, so it might be an early-morning spacewalk in EDT hours on June 24 until the date has modified.

The spacewalk was postponed through the livestream on NASA Tv June 13. “Spacewalkers Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick have been making ready for US EVA 90 — spacewalk 90 — right this moment, however right this moment’s spacewalk won’t be continuing as deliberate,” a NASA commentator stated on the stream simply after the postponement choice was made, including, “we’re standing by for extra info, and we’ll share as we be taught that.”

Shortly after, a NASA replace stated the decision was made as a consequence of a “spacesuit discomfort problem,” nevertheless it didn’t point out specify which astronaut or astronauts it had affected or what precisely had occurred.

The rescheduled Expedition 71 spacewalk will see astronauts “take away defective radio {hardware} and swab station surfaces for microorganisms”, NASA officers wrote. Then a second spacewalk is deliberate on July 2 for a number of upkeep duties: eradicating and changing a gyroscope meeting, relocating an antenna, and dealing on a darkish matter experiment often known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Spacewalk postponed as a consequence of ‘discomfort problem’

Based on a current NASA weblog submit right this moment’s spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station “didn’t proceed as scheduled as a consequence of a spacesuit discomfort problem.”

“NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matt Dominick accomplished taking off their spacesuits about an hour earlier than the crew was anticipated to exit the Quest airlock,” NASA stated.

Learn extra: NASA calls off spacewalk at Worldwide Area Station as a consequence of ‘spacesuit discomfort’

NASA calls off spacewalk

NASA has postponed right this moment’s scheduled spacewalk with NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson and Matt Dominick.

The crew have been already of their spacesuits and had been making ready to enterprise outdoors of the Worldwide Area Station at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). 

However in line with a current NASA assertion, “The crew has simply begun taking off their fits, at roughly 6:25 am CDT, about an hour earlier than the crew was anticipated to exit the Quest airlock. We’re standing by for extra info and can share as we all know it.”

No emergency state of affairs on area station, NASA says

“There is no such thing as a emergency state of affairs happening aboard the Worldwide Area Station,” NASA officers confirmed late Wednesday after audio from an astronaut medical drill was unintentionally broadcast reside on NASA’s ISS livestreams. You may learn our full story on the medical drill audio on NASA’s livestream for extra particulars.

The unusual audio problem occurred at 7:28 p.m. EDT (2328 GMT), when the voice of a flight surgeon talking on a simulation audio channel aired reside on NASA’s official broadcasts. The eight-minute name, just one facet of which was audible, was a part of a simulation on Earth by NASA and its ISS companions. At no level was the area station crew in any hazard.

“The Worldwide Area Station crew members have been of their sleep interval on the time,” NASA officers stated within the assertion. “All stay wholesome and protected, and tomorrow’s spacewalk will begin at 8 a.m. EDT as deliberate.”

NASA astronauts prep for 1st of three upcoming EVAs

NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Matthew Dominick are making ready to carry out the primary of three spacewalks scheduled for this summer time. The clock will start for the duo’s 6.5-hour extravehicular exercise (EVA) at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), Thursday, June 13. The EVA will concentrate on retrieving defective tools often known as the radio frequency group, and swabbing the area station’s exterior for samples of microorganisms for later testing.

Learn extra: Watch NASA astronauts accumulate microbe samples throughout ISS spacewalk on June 13

Russian spacewalk begins outdoors ISS

Two Russian cosmonauts have begun a spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) right this moment (April 25).

Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub exited the area station at 10:57 a.m. ET (1457 GMT). They are going to now “spend about seven hours configuring {hardware} and putting in experiments on the Roscosmos section of the area station,” NASA officers stated in an replace on Wednesday (April 24). (Roscosmos is Russia’s area company.)

You may watch it reside right here, courtesy of NASA.

Associated: Watch 2 cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outdoors the ISS right this moment

Russian Soyuz rocket launch of three astronauts to ISS aborted at last-minute

The launch of Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the Worldwide Area Station on Thursday (March 21) was aborted with simply 21 seconds earlier than liftoff.

The Soyuz rocket was set to launch NASA astronaut Tracey Caldwell Dyson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff was scheduled for 9:21 a.m. EDT (1321 GMT). 

The uncommon abort was referred to as as a consequence of a battery problem, Roscosmos reported. The subsequent accessible launch window is on Saturday (March 23). 

Associated: Russian Soyuz rocket suffers uncommon last-minute abort throughout launch of three astronauts to ISS (video)

Crew-7 departs ISS for March 12 splashdown

4 astronauts left their orbiting house right this moment (March 11) to return to Earth.

SpaceX Crew-7 and its 4 astronauts undocked from the Worldwide Area Station at 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), with their departure carried reside on NASA Tv. The undocking befell over Hawaii, in line with NASA’s broadcast.

The worldwide crew consists of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen of the European Area Company (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company’s Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. Their mission will final 199 days, assuming an on-time splashdown tomorrow (March 12).

Learn extra: SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS for March 12 return to Earth

SpaceX Crew-7 to undock from ISS right this moment: watch reside

SpaceX Crew-7 and its 4 astronauts will undock from the Worldwide Area Station no sooner than 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT). Protection is scheduled to start out at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv. (These instances could change as a consequence of operational necessities or different components.)

The worldwide crew consists of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen of the European Area Company (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company’s Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.

Learn extra: Watch reside as SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS right this moment

Two cargo ships depart Worldwide Area Station

The Worldwide Area Station (ISS) noticed two cargo ships depart for Earth solely 15 hours aside.

A SpaceX cargo ship laden with science departed the area station Thursday (Dec. 21) and headed again towards Earth, following a few week of delays as a consequence of poor climate within the splashdown zone close to Florida. SpaceX’s robotic Dragon spacecraft undocked from the ISS at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT), as the 2 spacecraft have been flying over the southwest coast of Chile. If all goes in line with plan, Dragon will splash down late Friday morning (Dec. 22) off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, NASA officers stated. The splashdown won’t be livestreamed.

Additionally, Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus NG-19 spacecraft left the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) at 8:06 a.m. EST (1306 GMT) on Friday, Dec. 22. The Canadarm2 robotic arm launched the spacecraft over the north Atlantic ocean only one minute previous the anticipated schedule, NASA official Rebecca Turkington stated in a livestream on NASA Tv. Cygnus will do a hearth experiment for a few weeks earlier than being commanded for a harmful re-entry in Earth’s environment in January 2024; the precise date of re-entry has not been launched but.

NASA reveals what 2 tomatoes appear to be after being misplaced on Worldwide Area Station

We lastly have imagery of NASA’s misplaced area tomato — and shock, there are two.

NASA launched footage of two tiny tomatoes that have been misplaced in 2022 after astronaut Frank Rubio harvested them on the Worldwide Area Station. The possibility discovery within the six-bedroom complicated confirmed us how the 17% humidity onboard impacts meals in a Ziploc bag; Rubio had quickly stowed the meals inside and located it floated away within the meantime. 

Learn extra: NASA reveals what 2 tomatoes appear to be after being misplaced in area for 8 months (video)

SpaceX Dragon to undock from the ISS on Dec. 15 after delay

A SpaceX cargo ship laden with science will undock from the area station Friday (Dec. 15), and you may watch on-line at no cost.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will undock from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT) after a one-day delay as a consequence of climate, NASA officers wrote in a weblog submit Tuesday (Dec. 12). 

The Dragon undocking was delayed from Thursday (Dec. 14) as a consequence of “unfavorable climate circumstances on account of a chilly entrance passing by the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida,” company officers acknowledged. Protection begins at 4:45 p.m. EST (2105 GMT) right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Learn extra: Watch SpaceX Dragon undock from the ISS on Dec. 15 after delay

Astronaut reveals classic Nobel Prize in area

The Worldwide Area Station (ISS) is internet hosting a quantum experiment based mostly on a discovery made by new Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi, a French-born American/Tunisian chemist. What’s extra, an previous Nobel medal is in area proper now.

European Area Company astronaut Andreas Mogensen, who’s from Denmark, revealed the medal of Danish physicist Niels Bohr on the ISS in a livestream Monday (Dec. 11) with Nobel laureates. 

Learn extra: Astronaut reveals off classic Nobel Prize in area — and talks ‘quantum dots’ ISS experiment (video)

Tomato misplaced in area for 8 months on ISS discovered finally

A foodie area thriller has lastly been solved.

The stays of a tiny tomato misplaced by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after an off-Earth harvest in March lastly confirmed up on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), greater than eight months later.

“Our good buddy Frank Rubio, who headed house [already], has been blamed for fairly some time for consuming the tomato. However we will exonerate him. We discovered the tomato,” NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli stated throughout a livestreamed occasion on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that celebrated the ISS’ twenty fifth anniversary.

Learn extra: ISS astronauts discover tomato that was misplaced in area for 8 months (video)

ISS Russian Progress cargo ship efficiently undocks: Report

The Russian Progress MS-23 cargo ship efficiently departed from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) early Wednesday (Nov. 29), in line with Russian state media outlet TASS.

Progress was scheduled to go away its docking port on the Poisk module of the ISS at 2:55 a.m. EST (0755 GMT), in line with a Tuesday (Nov. 28) weblog submit from NASA officers, and to enter Earth’s environment roughly 3.5 hours after departure. The spaceship had been docked on the orbiting complicated since Could 24.

With Progress MS-23 vacated from Poisk, that makes room for the subsequent cargo ship to reach. The Progress MS-25 ship is scheduled to launch with 5,600 kilos (2,540 kg) of cargo from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday (Dec. 1) at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT or 3:25 p.m. native time), and you may watch that occasion reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv. Docking will occur at 6:14 a.m. EST (1114 GMT) on Sunday (Dec. 3) and also will be accessible reside.

Canadian Area Company astronaut will be part of Boeing Starliner crew to ISS in 2025

The Canadian Area Company introduced a brand new long-duration mission Tuesday (Nov. 22) for an astronaut on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS).

Joshua Kutryk, a take a look at pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Pressure, will fly on the primary operational Boeing Starliner mission in 2025 for a six-month mission to the ISS. Kutryk, on his first spaceflight, will be part of NASA veteran astronauts Scott Tingle (commander) and Mike Fincke (pilot). One other crew member will probably be assigned “following overview and approval by the company and its worldwide companions.”

Canada usually receives missions each six years based mostly on its ISS contributions, and present spacecraft capability. Kutryk wasn’t the one Canadian with massive information to share: fellow astronaut Jenni Gibbons was named backup to Jeremy Hansen, the CSA astronaut flying across the moon with Artemis 2 in 2024.

Learn extra: Canada assigns astronauts to launch on Boeing’s Starliner, again up Artemis 2 moon mission

SpaceX cargo craft flies to Worldwide Area Station Nov. 9

SpaceX’s twenty ninth robotic cargo mission to the Worldwide Area Station efficiently flew to area on Thursday (Nov. 9).

The CRS-29 Dragon launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle (KSC) in Florida at 8:28 p.m. EST (0128 GMT on Nov. 10). If all goes in line with plan, the Dragon will arrive on the ISS round 5:20 a.m. EST (1020 GMT) on Saturday (Nov. 11). You may watch the rendezvous and docking right here at Area.com.

Learn extra: SpaceX launches its twenty ninth cargo mission to the Worldwide Area Station

SpaceX, NASA delay Worldwide Area Station launch to Nov. 9

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the subsequent Dragon cargo launch to the Worldwide Area Station to Nov. 9, an extra two-day wait. The choice was to permit for “completion of ultimate prelaunch closeout forward of liftoff,” NASA officers wrote in a weblog submit on Thursday night (Nov. 2).

It is the second delay in current days for mission CRS-29. It was first set for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle (KSC) in Florida on Sunday (Nov. 5), however pushed again to Nov. 7 days in the past to supply extra time for prelaunch processing.

You may watch reside throughout the brand new Nov. 9 launch time of 8:28 p.m. EST (0128 GMT Nov. 10) at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv.

Learn extra: SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch once more, to Nov. 9

Subsequent SpaceX cargo launch to ISS delayed to Nov. 7

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the Cargo Dragon CRS-29 mission launch to the Worldwide Area Station to Tuesday (Nov. 7) at 9:16 p.m. EST (1316 GMT), company officers wrote in an e mail replace Thursday (Nov. 1). Area.com will carry the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch reside, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Learn extra: SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch to Worldwide Area Station

Two NASA astronauts end 4th all-female spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts accomplished their first spacewalk collectively outdoors of the Worldwide Area Station, the fourth all-female EVA (extravehicular exercise) in historical past.

Expedition 70 crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara changed a bearing to maintain the photo voltaic arrays on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) rotating correctly and performed different upkeep actions, however ran out of time to complete the opposite main activity deliberate for the spacewalk, the removing of an electronics field from a communications antenna.

Learn extra: NASA astronauts full 4th-ever all-female spacewalk outdoors Worldwide Area Station

Worldwide Area Station all-female spacewalk begins

Two NASA astronauts have begun the fourth all-female spacewalk of all time right this moment (Nov. 1). The spacewalk started at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT), in line with NASA Tv. 

Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli opened the Quest airlock hatch on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) for a spacewalk, estimated to final seven hours. Their capcom in Mission Management in Houston is NASA astronaut Anne McClain.

Watch it reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the company. 

Learn extra: Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct 4th-ever all-female spacewalk right this moment

All-woman spacewalk right this moment on Worldwide Area Station: Watch reside

Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fourth all-female spacewalk of all time right this moment (Nov. 1), and you may watch the motion reside.

Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli are anticipated to step outdoors the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT) on a spacewalk, estimated to final seven hours. 

Watch it reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the company. 

Learn extra: Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct 4th-ever all-female spacewalk right this moment

New ISS research with mice suggests people can reproduce in area

In a replica breakthrough, researchers have efficiently grown mouse embryos aboard the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) for the primary time. 

This represents “the first-ever research that reveals mammals might be able to thrive in area,” the College of Yamanashi and Nationwide Analysis Institute Riken stated in a joint assertion on Saturday. Although early-stage and with a special species, the research suggests people may reproduce in area sometime.

Learn extra: Can people reproduce in area? Mouse breakthrough on ISS a promising signal

NASA prepared for delayed Nov. 1 all-female spacewalk

NASA officers have as soon as once more postponed a uncommon all-woman spacewalk to Wednesday (Nov. 1) and the company is able to convey its astronauts outdoors, per current updates. You may watch reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv, beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT).

The delay from Monday (Oct. 30) was “to permit the Worldwide Area Station crew and flight management crew extra time to organize for the tour,” officers wrote in an Oct. 26 replace. Preparations are ongoing for the spacewalk as of Monday, NASA officers emphasised in a weblog submit that day.

NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara will do solely the fourth extravehicular exercise (EVA) with an all-woman crew, following a trio with Christina Koch and Jessica Meir of NASA in 2019 and 2020. 

The spacewalk was postponed from Oct. 20 following a leak on the ISS on the Russian facet that is still below investigation following an Oct. 25 spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts. A second NASA spacewalk, initially set for October as properly, has additionally been postponed till later within the yr.

Learn extra concerning the new all-woman spacewalk right here.

ISS spacewalking astronauts discover poisonous ‘blob’ of coolant

Two cosmonauts conducting a spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Oct. 25) bought an up-close view of a coolant leak that was first noticed flowing from an exterior radiator earlier this month.

Oleg Kononenko got here so near the rising “blob” or “droplet” — because the pooling ammonia was described — that one among his tethers turned contaminated, necessitating it being bagged and left outdoors of the area station when the spacewalk ended.

Learn extra: Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter poisonous coolant ‘blob’ whereas inspecting leaky radiator

Hatch opens and ISS spacewalk begins

Expedition 70 Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub formally started their Worldwide Area Station spacewalk right this moment (Oct. 25) at 1:49 p.m. EDT (1749 GMT) after they opened the exterior hatch on the Poisk module. You may watch it reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv.

Their anticipated seven-hour extravehicular exercise (EVA) will embrace putting in communications {hardware}, releasing a nanosatellite, and taking a look at a suspected leaky radiator on Russia’s new Nauka science module. As a precaution, they are going to carry out additional decontamination procedures for ammonia coolant, the leaky substance that briefly left the ISS on Oct. 9.

Learn extra: Cosmonauts will hunt for supply of ISS leak throughout a spacewalk right this moment. Watch it reside

Watch reside right this moment as cosmonauts search supply of ISS leak

Two cosmonauts will examine an area station leak throughout a spacewalk right this moment (Oct. 25), which you’ll watch on Area.com by way of NASA Tv, beginning at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT).

The cosmonauts, from Russia’s federal area company Roscosmos, have a spacewalk deliberate to last as long as seven hours, together with checking the supply of a leak that briefly erupted within the ammonia system of the ISS Oct. 9. Further decontamination procedures for ammonia can even be used as a precaution.

Expedition 70 cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub will set up communications {hardware}, launch a nanosatellite, and have a look at a suspected leaky radiator on Russia’s new Nauka science module.

Associated: Cosmonauts will hunt for supply of ISS leak throughout a spacewalk right this moment. Watch it reside

Uncommon all-woman spacewalk stays on schedule after ISS leak

NASA has modified the spacewalk schedule following a leak on a Russian module of the Worldwide Area Station final week.

The company has now dropped from two spacewalks in October to at least one, as a precaution. The spacewalk that’s nonetheless going ahead this month is a uncommon all-woman spacewalk scheduled for Oct. 30 following its personal delay because of the leak, continues to be anticipated to go ahead on that date. 

NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli will do the fourth-ever all-woman spacewalk, following a trio by NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir in 2019 and 2020. Moghbeli and O’Hara will take away a defective electronics field and exchange a bearing wanted for one of many station’s photo voltaic arrays.

A second spacewalk, initially set after which rescheduled for October, will now occur later in 2023 as NASA and Russia’s federal area company, Roscosmos, proceed their evaluation, NASA officers acknowledged this week. The tour will embrace O’Hara and European Area Company astronaut Andreas Mogensen on different upkeep duties.

The leak in Russia’s Nauka science module began and stopped on Oct. 9, with an unknown trigger. Roscosmos plans its personal spacewalk on Oct. 25 to have a look at a suspect radiator up shut, which was transferred from the Rassvet module earlier in 2023.

Learn extra: NASA delays spacewalk a 2nd time as a consequence of leak on Worldwide Area Station

1-year Worldwide Area Station crew readies for Sept. 27 arrival on Earth

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to return to Earth Wednesday (Sept. 27) after a yr in area, and you may watch the touchdown reside.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with Rubio and two cosmonauts — Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of the Russian area company Roscosmos — is predicted to go away the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) Wednesday at 3:54 a.m. EDT (0754 GMT). The trio would then contact down in Kazakhstan at 7:17 a.m. EDT (1117 GMT).

You may watch all these occasions reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA. 

SpaceX Crew-7 launch to Worldwide Area Station delayed

SpaceX’s Crew-7 astronaut launch to the Worldwide Area Station has been pushed again to Saturday (Aug. 26), roughly 24 hours previous its first try at Florida’s Kennedy Area Middle.

“NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Friday, Aug. 25, launch alternative for the company’s Crew-7 mission to the Worldwide Area Station,” NASA officers stated in an emailed assertion Thursday evening (Aug. 24). “Launch now could be focused at 3:27 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, for SpaceX’s seventh crew rotation mission to the microgravity laboratory for NASA. Extra to come back.”

Learn extra: SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-7 astronauts to Worldwide Area Station

SpaceX Crew-7 go for launch on Aug. 25

SpaceX Crew-7 handed its flight readiness overview with no main points, NASA officers stated in a late-night replace Thursday (Aug. 24). Climate circumstances are also constructive, in line with Patrick Area Pressure Base, which manages the airspace within the area of the launch web site at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida. 

The Crew-7 mission will launch to the Worldwide Area Station no sooner than Friday (Aug. 25) at 3:50 a.m. EDT (0750 GMT) and you may watch reside right here at Area.com, by way of a feed from NASA Tv. The published will start at Thursday (Aug. 24) at 11:45 p.m. EDT (0345 GMT Friday, Aug. 25). 

The astronauts for Expeditions 69/70: NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, the second Iranian-American in area; European Area Company (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen; Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa; and Konstantin Borisov of Russia’s area company, Roscosmos.

Learn extra: Learn how to watch SpaceX launch Crew-7 astronauts for NASA early on Aug. 25 with free livestream

Worldwide Area Station crew celebrates Chandrayaan-3 touchdown

An orbiting astronaut discovered about Chandrayaan-3’s profitable touchdown on the moon right this moment (Aug. 23) on social media.

It was “all around the information” through the lunch break of Sultan Al Neyadi, an Worldwide Area Station astronaut conducting the primary long-duration orbital mission for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“It was actually massive,” the SpaceX Crew-6 astronaut instructed Area.com from orbit throughout a press convention right this moment. “I noticed a number of clips of mission management in India … it was actually nice watching that achievement, and, hopefully, as I’ve talked about, many countries will comply with the identical footsteps of India.”

Learn extra: India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 moon touchdown celebrated by ISS astronauts

SpaceX astronauts are in Florida forward of Aug. 25 launch

The SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle on Sunday (Aug. 20) for his or her Worldwide Area Station launch. They are going to head to area no sooner than Aug. 25, and you may watch the entire thing reside right here at Area.com, by way of NASA TV.

On board is Jasmin Moghbeli, the second Iranian-American to achieve area on Crew-7, and becoming a member of her is a totally worldwide crew: Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov and ESA (European Area Company) astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

Learn extra: SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrive in Florida forward of Aug. 25 launch (pictures, video)

Cygnus berths with ISS, bringing cargo to area station

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-19 spacecraft berthed with the the Worldwide Area Station on Friday (Aug. 4), bringing 8,200 kilos (3,700 kg) of experiments and provides to the orbiting lab after two days in area.

The cargo craft is the final to launch on a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket utilizing a primary stage in-built Ukraine. This spacecraft is known as after NASA astronaut Laurel Clark, who died through the Columbia area shuttle catastrophe in 2003.

Learn extra: Cygnus area freighter arrives at area station with 8,200 kilos of cargo aboard

Humanoid robotic, Rollin’ Justin, works with Worldwide Area Station astronauts

The humanoid robotic Rollin’ Justin is exploring landscapes just like the moon or Mars, driving in Germany below management from orbiting Worldwide Area Station astronauts.

Justin most just lately labored with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio in July, and is subsequent slated to associate with European Area Company astronaut Andreas Mogensen after the SpaceX Crew-7 launch on Aug. 17.

“It is one of many experiments that I am actually wanting ahead to,” Mogensen stated in a person interview with Area.com on July 25.

Learn extra: Meet Rollin’ Justin, the human-like robotic that astronauts management from area

Denmark astronaut goals for aurora imaging on ISS

European Area Company Andreas Mogensen captured auroras when he final stayed on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) in 2015, and he is aiming to do it once more quickly. The solar is reaching its peak of exercise, simply as he prepares to fly to area subsequent month on SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission. 

“Follow, observe, observe, as a result of it’s tough to get good pictures,” Mogensen, the primary Danish citizen in area, instructed Area.com throughout a livestreamed press convention from NASA’s Johnson Area Middle in Houston. 

Learn extra: SpaceX Crew-7 astronaut plans to snap aurora pictures on the ISS

Worldwide Area Station crew protected throughout transient energy drop

All members of Expedition 69 on the Worldwide Area Station have been protected throughout a short energy outage at NASA Tuesday (July 25).

NASA’s Mission Management in Houston briefly misplaced energy and is investigating the reason for the 90-minute incident, which they managed utilizing backup property in Russia (seemingly by their very own mission management in Moscow). 

“We have been in a position to speak to the crew by Russian property about 20 minutes after the failure,” Joel Montalbano, NASA’s ISS program supervisor, instructed reporters throughout a press convention Tuesday.

Learn extra: NASA briefly misplaced contact with Worldwide Area Station after energy drop

Watch SpaceX Dragon depart the Worldwide Area Station right this moment

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the Worldwide Area Station right this moment (June 29), and you may watch it reside.

The Dragon cargo flight arrived on the Worldwide Area Station on June 6, carrying quite a lot of essential provides and cutting-edge scientific experiments. The SpaceX capsule’s departure is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT). Watch it reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA TV, beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT (1545 GMT).

After a 14-hour return flight, the cargo craft will splash down within the ocean off the coast of Florida on Friday (June 30) at round 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT). The ocean touchdown won’t be livestreamed. 

Learn extra: World’s 1st ‘hacking sandbox’ satellite tv for pc and extra to experience on SpaceX’s subsequent NASA cargo launch

Spacewalk concludes after 5 hours, 35 minutes

A swift spacewalk wrapped up earlier right this moment (Thursday, June 15) on the Worldwide Area Station with all main goals completed forward of schedule.

“At present’s spacewalk concluded at 2:17pm ET (1817 UTC) and lasted 5 hours and 35 minutes. (NASA astronauts) Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg put in a brand new roll-out photo voltaic array and accomplished quite a few extra duties outdoors the area station,” NASA officers wrote in a tweet.

Learn extra: Astronauts unfurl closing (for now) roll-out photo voltaic array on record-tying spacewalk outdoors area station

Spacewalk underway at Worldwide Area Station

Two NASA astronauts are doing a spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station on Thursday (June 15), and you may watch the entire thing reside.

Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen started their spacewalk Thursday at 8:42 a.m. EDT (1242 GMT). They’re going to spend about six hours putting in a roll-out photo voltaic array on the outside of the Worldwide Area Station.

You may watch the extravehicular exercise (EVA) reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company. 

Learn extra: Watch 2 NASA astronauts spacewalk outdoors area station on June 15 on this free livestream

Watch NASA astronauts carry out a 6.5-hour spacewalk right this moment

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NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg are conducting a spacewalk right this moment (June 9) to put in a brand new upgraded IROSA (Worldwide Area Station Roll-Out Photo voltaic Array) for the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). 

The spacewalk, or extravehicular exercise (EVA), started at 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 UTC) when the pair exited the station’s Quest airlock. The EVA will final roughly six and a half hours.

That is the ninth spacewalk for veteran astronaut Bowen, whereas will probably be the primary for Hoburg. Bowen will put on an unmarked go well with and Hoburg will probably be in an EVA go well with that includes crimson stripes. Watch it reside right here at Area.com courtesy of NASA.

One other spacewalk is scheduled to comply with on June 15 to put in an extra photo voltaic array.

Learn extra: SpaceX Dragon CRS-28 cargo capsule docks with area station to ship important provides

Watch Russian cosmonauts carry out six-hour spacewalk

Russian cosmonauts will carry out a six-hour spacewalk outdoors of the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday (Could 3), scheduled to start at 4:05 p.m. EDT (2005 GMT). 

In the course of the spacewalk, cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev (sporting a spacesuit with crimson stripes) and Dmitri Petelin (sporting blue stripes) will exit by the Poisk airlock and start operations to transfer a radiator and an experiment airlock from the station’s Rassvet Module to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.

A follow-up spacewalk to finish the process is scheduled for Could 12.

Watch it reside right here at Area.com courtesy of NASA TV.

Learn extra: Watch Russian cosmonauts make their third attempt at a spacewalk tonight

Broken Soyuz touches down in Kazakhstan

A Soyuz area capsule that suffered a significant coolant leak in December departed the Worldwide Area Station with no crew early Tuesday (March 28) and touched down in Kazakhstan. 

The Soyuz landed at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 GMT), about 91 miles to the southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. NASA didn’t broadcast the touchdown reside. Roscosmos did broadcast it reside on YouTube. 

“Its de-orbiting and descent to Earth went easily,” Roscosmos officers introduced on Telegram after touchdown. Pictures confirmed the spacecraft descending below its parachute and at relaxation on its facet after touchdown.

Learn extra: Leaky Soyuz spacecraft departs area station and returns to Earth in speedy touchdown

SpaceX is able to launch its newest cargo mission to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) on Tuesday (March 14). Officers will maintain a briefing right this moment at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) and the launch is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT Wednesday, March 11). You may watch each reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Dragon will carry up almost 6,300 kilos (2,860 kilograms) of cargo on CRS-27, together with spacewalk tools and automobile {hardware}, in addition to about 60 new scientific experiments, NASA officers stated.

Learn extra: SpaceX ‘go’ to launch Dragon cargo ship to area station for NASA tonight. Here is learn how to watch it reside.

Watch Crew-5 come house from Worldwide Area Station

SpaceX’s Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA is scheduled to depart the Worldwide Area Station on Saturday (March 11). 

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the Crew-5 roster — NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and Japan’s Koichi Wakata — is predicted to undock from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) at 2:05 a.m. EST (0705 GMT) on Saturday, wrapping up 5 months in orbit.

You may watch the Dragon’s departure reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the company.

Learn extra: Watch SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts go away the area station March 11 after delay

SpaceX Crew-6 docks with Worldwide Area Station an hour late

SpaceX’s Crew-6 astronaut mission arrived on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) early Friday morning (March 3), however not with no little drama.

Crew-6’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, docked with the ISS’s Concord module at 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 GMT) on Friday, whereas the 2 spacecraft have been flying off the coast of Somalia at an altitude of 261 miles (420 kilometers).

Crew-6 was positioned to dock about an hour sooner than that, however Endeavour stood down whereas SpaceX troubleshot a defective sensor with one of many 12 hooks that helps the capsule hook up with the ISS. Finally, floor groups beamed up a software program override that mounted the sensor downside, and Endeavour pulled off a profitable rendezvous.

Learn extra: SpaceX’s Crew-6 astronauts arrive at area station after hour-long delay

Crew-6 astronauts start first full day in area

The astronauts of Crew-6 are endeavor their first day in area after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 early this morning (12:34 a.m. EST, 0634 GMT) in the direction of the Worldwide Area Station.

Docking protection will start at 11:30 p.m. EST tonight (0430 GMT Saturday, March 3). Protection is out there right here at Area.com, by way of NASA Tv. Assuming the docking goes on time, these are the milestones to search for:

• 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT): Docking with the ISS happens. 
• 3:27 a.m. EST (0827 GMT): Hatch opening with the ISS happens.
• 3:40 a.m. EST (0840 GMT): The welcome ceremony on the ISS begins.

SpaceX, NASA affirm Thursday (March 2) launch for Crew-6

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will formally reattempt launch of the Crew-6 mission Thursday (March 2) at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) and you may watch the occasion right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv. Climate circumstances are 95% favorable for launch at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in coastal Florida.

“NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is ‘Go’ for launch to the Worldwide Area Station following completion of a launch readiness overview, climate briefing, and mission administration assembly,” company officers wrote in a weblog submit Wednesday (March 1).

A launch try Monday (Feb. 27) to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) had been referred to as off 2.5 minutes earlier than T-0 as a consequence of a ground-system problem, however NASA stated the problem has been addressed.

SpaceX and NASA discovered an issue with ignition fluid, referred to as triethylaluminum triethylboron or TEA-TEB, that sparks the oxidizer for the engines to activate.

“Throughout prelaunch, the TEA-TEB fluid⁠—which originates in a floor provide tank⁠— flows to the rocket’s interface and again to a catch tank to take away fuel from the bottom plumbing,” NASA officers wrote. “Throughout engine begin, the fluid then flows to the engines for ignition. Movement into the catch tank is one among a number of parameters used to find out that the fluid has been correctly bled into the system.”

A clogged floor filter decreasing the movement to a TEA-TEB catch tank induced the problem and that filter has been changed. The TEA-TEB nitrogen line was additionally purged with nitrogen and every thing has been cleared for launch.

Following launch, Crew-6 and its 4 astronauts are scheduled to dock with the Concord module on the ISS at 1:17 a.m. EST (0617 GMT) on Friday (March 3). Hatch opening is predicted at 3:27 a.m. EST and the welcome ceremony at 3:40 a.m. EST. Area.com can even carry these occasions, courtesy of NASA.

SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-6 by at some point

After a prolonged flight readiness overview (FRR) on Tuesday (Feb. 21), NASA and SpaceX will delay the Crew-6 liftoff by 24 hours. 

Now a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Crew-6’s Dragon capsule Endeavour on Monday (Feb. 27) at 1:45 a.m. EST (0645 GMT). You may watch it reside right here at Area.com when the time comes.

Learn extra: SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-6 astronaut launch to Feb. 27

Russia accelerates Soyuz launch as Crew-6 arrives for their very own liftoff

Russia has wrapped up its investigation of two leaky spacecraft and can launch its subsequent Soyuz spacecraft in February in any case. That mission is sure for the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) on Thursday (Feb. 23) from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday at 7:24 p.m. EST (0024 GMT or 3:34 a.m. native time Friday, Feb. 24). NASA will begin carrying protection reside on NASA Tv roughly 24 minutes beforehand, which we’ll run right here at Area.com. 

Roscosmos, Russia’s federal area company, decided Monday (Feb. 21) that it might launch Soyuz MS-23 in any case in February, after saying simply days earlier than that it could make the liftoff in March. You may learn our story concerning the schedule modifications and twin Soyuz and uncrewed Progress craft leak investigations on the ISS.

In the meantime, the SpaceX Crew-6 crew of 4 astronauts will arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle right this moment (Feb. 21) forward of their anticipated launch on Sunday (Feb. 26). Learn to watch reside right here and to remain linked to all of the actions and information conferences, which we’ll run reside right here at Area.com by the week.

Worldwide Area Station astronauts conclude spacewalk

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan’s Koichi Wakata accomplished the second Worldwide Area Station spacewalk of 2023 on Thursday (Feb. 2) at 2:26 p.m. EST (1926 GMT), in line with a NASA replace.

Their televised spacewalk took six hours and 41 minutes and the spacewalkers completed their main activity, “which was to finish the development of a mounting platform,” NASA officers wrote in a weblog submit. The duo additionally moved a foot restraint to get forward on one other spacewalk and put out cables to put in a brand new set of Worldwide Area Station Roll-Out Photo voltaic Arrays (iROSAs) to spice up energy.

Our preview story has extra particulars about their plans for the day and the way it suits into area station operations, and our wrap talks about how the spacewalk went.

Worldwide Area Station spacewalk begins

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan’s Koichi Wakata are beginning the second spacewalk of 2023 right this moment (Thursday, Feb. 2), and you may watch protection reside right here.

The 2 Worldwide Area Station (ISS) astronauts have switched their spacesuits to battery energy and the station hatch is open, in line with a NASA replace at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT). They’re going to exit the station’s Quest airlock shortly thereafter, beginning a roughly seven-hour spacewalk.

Watch the extravehicular exercise reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the company.

Learn extra: Watch 2 astronauts carry out 2nd spacewalk of 2023 right this moment

Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, port some duties to a different day

Expedition 68 crewmates Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) accomplished their 7 hour and 21 minute extravehicular exercise (EVA) on Friday (Jan. 20). 

It was the most recent in a sequence of EVAs to reinforce the orbiting complicated’s energy channels with new Worldwide Area Station Roll-Out Photo voltaic Arrays (iROSAs), however a “sticky” foothold and a cussed strut held up operations. A couple of of the duties will probably be ported on to a later spacewalk, NASA decided.

Full story: Spacewalking astronauts hit snags putting in new photo voltaic array mount outdoors area station

Watch reside: 2 astronauts do first spacewalk of 2023

NASA’s Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company are outdoors the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) for an anticipated 6.5-hour-long spacewalk. Watch it reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the company.

Mann and Wakata “will work on the far finish of the station’s starboard truss construction of their EMUs [extravehicular mobility units, or spacesuits] and set up a modification equipment enabling the longer term set up of a roll-out photo voltaic array,” NASA officers wrote in a weblog submit on Thursday.

Preview story: Watch 2 astronauts carry out 1st spacewalk of 2023 at area station right this moment

Russian engineers research Soyuz coolant leak

NASA’s reside NASA TV protection of the Soyuz spacecraft coolant leak on the Worldwide Area Station has ended, with NASA sharing updates by way of its web site and social channels all through the evening. 

In the meantime, Russian flight controllers at Roscosmos’s Mission Management Middle proceed to check telemetry and information from the Soyuz MS-22 to grasp the well being of the spacecraft. 

“Specialists in Moscow are going to be having a look at their techniques and responding to the leak in line with their procedures and polices,” NASA area station flight director Emily Nelson stated throughout reside NASA TV commentary. “As soon as they’ve a very good understanding of the ultimate standing of the Soyuz tonight, we’ll then collectively decide about the place to go ahead from right here.”

NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated NASA will present an replace Thursday morning on the most recent information from Roscosmos over the leak.

Inspection underway of leaky Soyuz spacecraft

Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina is utilizing the area station’s European Robotic Arm to examine the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft as flight controllers on Earth research telemetry and different information from the spacecraft. 

Flight controllers with Russia’s Roscosmos and NASA are weighing choices on what to do concerning the Soyuz spacecraft, which serves as a return ship and lifeboat for 3 members of the station’s 7-person crew.

Breaking: Soyuz spacecraft leaking coolant at area station

Russia’s area company Roscosmos has referred to as off a spacewalk by two cosmonauts on the Worldwide Area Station right this moment after an obvious coolant leak on a Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule spewed coolant round its docking port on the orbiting lab.

The leak was first detected at 7:45 p.m. EST (0045 Dec. 15 GMT) as cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin have been making ready to exit the area station for a 7-hour spacewalk outdoors the station. The Soyuz spacecraft launched to the area station on Sept. 21 to ship the 2 cosmonauts and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the area station  and was as a consequence of return to Earth dimension months later. 

“The reason for this leak [is] not identified presently,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated throughout reside commentary. “Russian specialists are persevering with to have a look at the information and discussing what could have triggered the leak.”

This can be a creating story and we’ll share updates as they’re accessible. 

Worldwide Area Station crew begins unloading SpaceX Dragon science supply

SpaceX-delivered science is being unloaded proper now in area. The robotic Dragon spacecraft docked with the Worldwide Area Station Sunday (Nov. 27) round 7:39 a.m. EST (1239 GMT) over the Pacific Ocean. 

“We’re excited to unpack and get to work,” NASA astronaut Josh Cassada radioed Mission Management from the station after the profitable docking.

Dragon has about 7,700 kilos (3,500 kilograms) of cargo. The manifest consists of two new Worldwide Area Station Roll Out Photo voltaic Arrays (iROSAs) to spice up energy on the photo voltaic wings. Scientific experiments have been additionally distinguished, together with a research to develop dwarf cherry tomatoes and one other to do microgravity analysis with 3D-cultured coronary heart tissue.

Learn extra: SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docks at area station to ship photo voltaic arrays, seeds and extra

Worldwide Area Station crew completes two spacewalks

Astronauts and cosmonauts on the Worldwide Area Station accomplished two spacewalks this week amid loads of different station actions in November.

On Thursday (Nov. 17), Expedition 68 commander Sergey Prokopyev and flight engineer Dmitry Petelin, from Russian federal area company Roscosmos, completed a 6 hour, 25 minute EVA (extravehicular exercise) to organize an airlock and radiator to switch between area station modules.

On Tuesday (Nov. 15), Expedition 68 NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio labored collectively on Tuesday (Nov. 15) added {hardware} to help two extra upgraded photo voltaic arrays throughout a 7 hour and 11 minute EVA.

It has been a busy few weeks for the area station, because the crew additionally obtained a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on Nov. 9, which reached the ISS safely regardless of a photo voltaic array downside. And at the very least one U.S. astronaut, Josh Cassada, voted from area through the 2022 midterm election.

SpaceX will fly two Saudi astronauts to Worldwide Area Station on Axiom-2

NASA and Houston-based firm Axiom Area will ship Saudi astronauts aboard Ax-2, totally filling out the 4 seats for the SpaceX mission, in line with SpaceNews. The group will fly to the Worldwide Area Station following the first-ever non-public effort, Ax-1, that launched and landed in April.

Learn extra: SpaceX will fly 2 Saudi astronauts to area station on non-public Axiom Area mission

Russian area particles continues to be haunting the Worldwide Area Station a yr later

It has been almost a yr since a Russian anti-satellite take a look at befell on Nov. 15, 2021, which has induced swarms of particles to threaten the Worldwide Area Station quite a few instances already. That occurred as soon as once more earlier this week.

On Monday (Oct. 24) at 8:25 p.m. EDT (0025 GMT on Oct. 25), the ISS crew fired thrusters on Progress 81, a Russian cargo ship hooked up to the station, to spice up the station’s orbit and keep away from the particles fragment, NASA officers acknowledged. 

Learn extra: Worldwide Area Station dodges area particles from Russian anti-satellite take a look at

Teamwork and a ‘2001’ cosplay

Expedition 67 commander Samantha Cristoforetti had a cosplay technique in orbit. The Italian astronaut, regardless of having seen “about 15 motion pictures”, is a fan of the traditional 1968 area opera movie “2001: A Area Odyssey.” 

A go to to a thrift retailer, and consultations with SpaceX and fellow area station residents,, helped on her long-standing quest to construct up teamwork in orbit, whereas replicating an iconic scene from the movie throughout which a flight attendant hangs the other way up in a hatch.

“That’s not one thing that I’d purchase for myself, usually,” the European Area Company astronaut instructed Area.com of her costume throughout a post-flight press convention with different SpaceX Crew-4 members on Thursday (Oct. 20). “But it surely appeared to suit completely for that want.”

Learn extra: This area station astronaut’s ‘2001’ cosplay in orbit started with Velcro and thrift retailer duds (video)

Crew-4 astronauts out of spacecraft as restoration concludes

The Crew-4 astronauts are all out of their SpaceX spacecraft as they begin restoration again on Earth: NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins together with the European Area Company’s Samantha Cristoforetti. You may learn extra concerning the profitable Worldwide Area Station mission, which lasted 5.5 months, in our wrap story on the mission.

Crew-4 splashes down

The SpaceX Crew-4 splashed down efficiently close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). 

Crew-4 jettisons trunk efficiently

The SpaceX Crew-4 has jettisoned the “trunk”, an unpressurized cargo maintain that additionally helps Crew Dragon throughout area operations. The Worldwide Area Station crew of 4 stays on observe for splashdown close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). You may watch reside at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 finishes ‘prop waste’ burn on journey house

SpaceX’s Crew-4 efficiently completed a traditional “prop waste” burn on the journey house to eliminate extra propellant forward of re-entry. They completed the seven-minute engine burn at 2:44 p.m. EDT (1844 GMT) and stay on observe to splash down close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT).

Crew-4 undocks from Worldwide Area Station

The SpaceX Crew-4 undocked from the Worldwide Area Station at 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) and ready for a set of departure burns forward of splashdown. Nominal splashdown is predicted later right this moment round 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT) close to Jacksonville, Florida. You may watch reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 delays undocking to 12:05 p.m. EDT

Crew-4 will delay their undocking from the Worldwide Area Station about half-hour to 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) to “test the hatch alignment” on their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, in line with NASA Tv. 

NASA has not but disclosed if the splashdown time will change, besides to say there’s a one-hour window for undocking and the timing now falls in the course of that window. Splashdown is predicted at roughly 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). Stay protection is ongoing right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 closes hatch to Worldwide Area Station

SpaceX Crew-4 has closed the hatch to the Worldwide Area Station forward of an anticipated undocking at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT) for splashdown later right this moment. Watch reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 prepares to shut spacecraft hatch

The astronauts of Crew-4 are scheduled to shut the hatch to their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) as they put together to depart the Worldwide Area Station for a splashdown later right this moment. You may watch reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 undocking delayed to Friday (Oct. 14)

Crew-4’s undocking will probably be delayed to no sooner than Friday (Oct. 14) at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT), officers introduced on NASA Tv right this moment (Oct. 13) as a consequence of poor climate circumstances in Florida. Splashdown can also be delayed from an anticipated timing of right this moment. You may watch the occasions reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

SpaceX Crew-4 mission departure delayed as a consequence of climate

Difficult climate circumstances on the splashdown web site compelled a delay in Crew-4’s departure from the Worldwide Area Station. Crew-4’s Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab Thursday at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT), NASA officers stated in a weblog submit Wednesday (Oct. 13). This can be a delay from Wednesday night as a consequence of climate. You may watch protection reside at Area.com, courtesy of NASA TV and SpaceX.

Throughout departure remarks and the change-of-command ceremony earlier right this moment, Expedition 68 commander Samantha Cristoforetti thanked her “area ninja” crew for help through the two weeks she commanded the orbiting complicated.  “I simply need to say what a privilege it has been to function a commander for this brief time period — brief however intense,” Cristoforetti, the primary European feminine to command ISS, stated through the broadcast.

Crew-4 offers farewell remarks earlier than ISS departure

At 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT), the 4 Crew-4 astronauts will give some farewell remarks. And one among them — European Area Company astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the present ISS commander — will hand the reins of the orbiting lab over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev throughout a change-of-command ceremony round that very same time.

Crew-4’s Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT), NASA officers stated in an emailed assertion on Tuesday night (Oct. 11). You may watch it reside right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company.

Learn extra: Watch SpaceX Crew-4 mission depart area station right this moment (Oct. 12)

Crew-5 arrives at Worldwide Area Station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft safely delivered Crew-5 to the Worldwide Area Station. The hatches between Endurance and the ISS opened round 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) on Thursday (Oct. 7), and the Crew-5 astronauts — NASA’s Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan’s Koichi Wakata and cosmonaut Anna Kikina — got here aboard roughly 10 minutes later.

Learn extra: SpaceX’s Crew-5 astronaut mission arrives on the Worldwide Area Station

Hurricane Ian noticed from Worldwide Area Station after Florida landfall

NASA cameras on the Worldwide Area Station confirmed reside views of Hurricane Ian because the storm surge reached Florida’s coast Wednesday (Sept. 28), close to Cayo Costa, in line with the Nationwide Hurricane Middle. 

“Hurricane Ian has made landfall as an especially harmful hurricane close to Cayo Costa, Florida with most sustained winds at 150 mph,” NHC officers wrote in an replace on Twitter at 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT). 

Full story: ‘Extraordinarily harmful’ Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as NASA watches from area (video)

First European feminine commander helms Worldwide Area Station

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took command of the Worldwide Area Station and Expedition 68 in a ceremony right this moment (Sept. 28) livestreamed from orbit.

The expedition formally begins when earlier ISS commander Oleg Artemyev and fellow cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov depart the orbiting lab early Thursday (Sept. 29) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Cristoforetti is the fifth European commander of the ISS, following Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst, Luca Parmitano and Thomas Pesquet, in line with the European Area Company (ESA).

Artemyev struck notes of peace through the changeover ceremony, closing an expedition that had taken place in its entirety through the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February. “Warfare will finish in every single place,” he stated at one level.

“In the end, regardless of all of the storms on Earth, we proceed our worldwide cooperation, and thank God that there are sensible individuals who don’t cease such a thread of peace,” Artemyev added in Russian. (This translation was offered by Google from an automatic transcript of his speech.)

Full story: European lady takes command of Worldwide Area Station for 1st time

Hurricane Ian delays SpaceX Crew-5 launch

SpaceX and NASA will push again the Crew-5 flight to the Worldwide Area Station to Oct. 4 at least, a day later than deliberate.

The mission is scheduled to launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Area Middle (KSC) in Florida. However Hurricane Ian, which can be ‘catastrophic’ to Florida as some officers termed it, has delayed the launch; the brand new goal date is unsure.

“Mission groups will proceed to observe the impacts of Ian on the Area Coast and NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida and will modify the launch date once more, as obligatory,” NASA officers wrote in an replace Tuesday (Sept. 27).

Learn extra: Hurricane Ian delays SpaceX’s Crew-5 astronaut launch to Oct. 4

SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts prepared for launch

The three astronauts and Russian cosmonaut of Crew-5 could launch as quickly as Oct. 3 on a historic mission to the Worldwide Area Station. Not solely is it the primary time a Russian cosmonaut took a seat on a SpaceX spacecraft, however the mission is launching at a time when American and Russian relations are strained because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Learn extra: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts prepared for historic mission

Hatch opens, new Soyuz crew welcomed to Worldwide Area Station

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft efficiently opened the hatch to the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday (Sept. 21) at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT).

The Expedition 67 crew will quickly do a proper welcome and security briefing for NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. Protection is ongoing on NASA Tv. 

The crew had a swift journey to orbit, taking simply two orbits and three hours to achieve their vacation spot after launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT) earlier right this moment. It’s also possible to learn our full story on the launch.

Soyuz docks at Worldwide Area Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday (Sept. 21) at 1:06 p.m. EDT (1706 GMT) after simply two orbits and three hours in area, which is a super-speedy journey.

The Expedition 67 crew will quickly welcome the brand new arrivals to the orbiting complicated: NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.

The hatch opening will probably be broadcast at about 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) reside on NASA Tv. It’s also possible to learn our full story on the launch.

Worldwide Area Station astronauts spot Soyuz launch

The Worldwide Area Station Expedition 67 crew noticed the profitable Russian Soyuz spacecraft launch of three crewmates earlier this morning.

European Area Company astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured imagery of the launch at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT), which she shared on Twitter from orbit. “Wanting ahead to welcoming them to their new house,” she stated of the upcoming trio.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are about to carry out docking, which you’ll watch reside on NASA Tv. It’s also possible to learn our full story on the launch.

NASA astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts launch to Worldwide Area Station

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin launched to the Worldwide Area Station right this moment from the Russian-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT or 6:54 p.m. native time in Baikonur.)

The trio at the moment are of their preliminary orbit. They are going to take simply simply two orbits and three hours to achieve the ISS. The Soyuz will then dock and the hatches connecting the 2 spacecraft ought to open two hours later.

Learn our preview story to see timings on all of the occasions right this moment, in addition to protection instances on NASA Tv.

NASA requests two extra non-public Worldwide Area Station missions

NASA stated Wednesday (Sept. 14) that it has requested non-public trade for proposals for 2 non-public missions to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) that may run between late 2023 and 2024.

It is not the primary time such a mission has occurred; the Houston-based firm Axiom Area despatched three paying clients and a retired NASA spaceflyer to the ISS earlier this yr on a mission referred to as Ax-1, and a second mission is booked with Axiom for subsequent yr.

Full story: NASA requests 2 new non-public astronaut missions to Worldwide Area Station

Worldwide Area Station spacewalk concludes

NASA is concluding protection of an Worldwide Area Station (ISS) spacewalk that noticed a robotic arm and an enormous growth being manipulated in orbit.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev simply completed and exceeded their assigned spacewalk duties throughout a 7 hour, x minute that started at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT).

The duo blazed by the remaining duties left over from an Aug. 17 spacewalk minimize brief as a consequence of an influence problem in a spacesuit; the spacesuits, by the way, labored completely this time through the 7 hour, 47 minute spacewalk.

“You accomplished greater than you got down to do! Very productive,” a consultant from Moscow Mission Management instructed the cosmonauts simply after they closed the hatch. (The transmission was in Russian; interpretation was accessible in English on NASA Tv.)

The cosmonauts concluded a number of configuration duties for the European Robotic Arm and in one among a number of get-ahead actions, prolonged the Strela crane growth between the Poisk and FGB modules on the Russian facet of the ISS.

Learn extra: Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Watch two cosmonauts spacewalking reside earlier than they go inside

Two Russian cosmonauts are wrapping up their duties outdoors the Worldwide Area Station, however you continue to have time to observe them reside. NASA Tv is broadcasting the spacewalk, which began this morning at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT). 

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are far forward of schedule and dealing on get-ahead duties after configuring the European Robotic Arm. They’re now seven hours into what was scheduled to be a 6.5-hour spacewalk.

Russian cosmonauts prolong growth on Worldwide Area Station

At almost 6.5 hours into right this moment’s spacewalk, the Russian cosmonauts proceed to carry out get-ahead duties outdoors the Worldwide Area Station. They’re presently working at extending a growth between the Poisk and core FGB modules on the Russian facet of the complicated.

Each cosmonauts reported they have been feeling nice when requested by Russian mission management in Moscow, throughout a brief break earlier than orbital dawn. (The ISS circles Earth about each 90 minutes.) Their spacewalk was nominally anticipated to be 6.5 hours; the energetic duo is way forward of their timeline and persevering with their tour.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) to work on the European Robotic Arm. Protection is ongoing on NASA Tv.

Spacewalking cosmonauts pivot to ‘get-ahead’ duties

Greater than 5 hours into right this moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, two cosmonauts are thus far forward of schedule that they’re engaged on “get-ahead duties,” NASA officers stated in an replace minutes in the past on NASA Tv. Protection is ongoing.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) to configure a European Robotic Arm and have already executed what they have been requested to do for the 6.5-hour spacewalk.

They put in a piece platform on the Russian Nauka module, configured a management panel, adjusted the arm’s “finish effector” for greedy payloads, and tied down launch restraints and insulation they eliminated earlier within the spacewalk.

Cosmonauts greater than an hour forward of schedule

At greater than 4 hours into right this moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, the cosmonauts are at the very least 1 hour and 10 minutes forward of schedule.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) and made their manner over to the European Robotic Arm, which they’re presently configuring for in-orbit use.

To date the cosmonauts have eliminated and bundled some additional insulation, labored with a management panel and accomplished different configuration actions to get the robotic arm prepared for service.

The spacewalk is scheduled for six.5 hours.

Roscosmos spacewalkers 50 minutes forward of schedule

Two Russian cosmonauts working on the Worldwide Area Station are 50 minutes forward of the timeline on their 6.5-hour scheduled spacewalk.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev, who exited the Russian Poisk module at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), are roughly three hours into their effort to configure the European Robotic Arm.

They’ve eliminated an exterior management panel on the arm and at the moment are engaged on eradicating and bundling insulation, NASA officers stated in an replace.

Protection continues reside on NASA Tv.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Russian cosmonauts see forest fires from area

Two Russian cosmonauts commented on the highly effective forest fires raging within the western United States from their vantage level throughout a spacewalk on the Worldwide Area Station.

“You may see these forest fires. That’s spectacular,” one of many spacewalkers commented shortly earlier than 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), as the additional vehicular exercise approaches its second hour. (He was talking in Russian; the English interpretation got here by NASA.)

They have been referring to highly effective forest fires raging in California amid warmth warnings which are forcing evacuations close by Los Angeles.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are ending up duties they might not full in August after a spacewalk was minimize brief as a consequence of a spacesuit energy problem.

The duo are configuring the European Robotic Arm forward of operations. They’ve eliminated a protecting cowl and at the moment are engaged on a management panel to get the arm arrange after its first floor management take a look at just a few days in the past.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Russian cosmonaut spacewalkers method the Worldwide Area Station worksite

Roughly one hour into an Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are almost at their worksite.

The pair will quickly be eradicating protecting covers on the European Robotic Arm as half of a bigger set of configuration duties. Protection is now accessible on NASA Tv because the conflicting briefing on the principle channel has concluded.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Worldwide Area Station spacewalk begins

Two Russian cosmonauts formally exited the Poisk module of the Worldwide Area Station at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), NASA simply introduced on NASA Tv’s media channel.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are scheduled to spend 6.5 hours outdoors to configure the European Robotic Arm. This tour comes after the duo needed to minimize a spacewalk brief in August as a consequence of an influence problem.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Protection begins on Worldwide Area Station spacewalk

Stay from the Worldwide Area Station, NASA TV’s media channel is now carrying protection of right this moment’s spacewalk, which is predicted to start out round 9:20 a.m. EDT (0130 GMT) and to final 6.5 hours.

Two Russian spacewalkers will proceed to configure a robotic arm in area and can full unfinished duties from one other spacewalk in August that was minimize brief after a spacesuit energy fluctuation.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers take a look at European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Former NASA chief expresses concern about ISS transition

A former Trump-era NASA administrator says Congress must do extra to have business area stations prepared in time.

Throughout a livestream on Sunday, former chief Jim Bridenstine, who led NASA between April 2018 and January 2021, stated Congress is shifting too slowly on approving replacements to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), particularly given Russia is now saying it would pull out after 2024 to concentrate on constructing a Russian-owned area station.

He expressed fear that NASA-funded business stations won’t be prepared in time to fill gaps in low Earth orbit analysis. (The company is banking on the ISS partnership being prolonged to 2030, from 2024, to permit time for these replacements to stand up and operating.)

“Congress, fairly frankly, is at fault for any hole we now have on low Earth orbit, as a result of they’ve been negligent in a substitute for the Worldwide Area Station,” Bridenstine stated. “We have identified perpetually that it [the ISS] will not be going to final perpetually, however we have not been doing what’s obligatory to stop the hole from taking place. Now that hole appears to be accelerating, and no one is speaking about it.”

Full story: Former NASA chief criticizes ‘schizophrenic’ US area coverage relating to Russia

ISS will convey a surgical robotic on board in 2024

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Whereas it is no hologram physician like in “Star Trek”, extra surgical help will probably be coming to the Worldwide Area Station in simply two years. MIRA, or “Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant,” will fly to there on the again of a $100,000 award to the College of Nebraska-Lincoln, by the U.S. Division of Power’s Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR). The take a look at mission will use a microwave-sized experimental locker.

Full story: Worldwide Area Station will host a surgical robotic in 2024

Expedition 67 crew spots auroras, will get prepared for Dragon departure

A photo voltaic storm generated auroras inside view of the Worldwide Area Station crew. “Completely SPECTACULAR aurora right this moment!!!,” NASA astronaut Bob Hines tweeted, together with a number of footage of the sun-generated storm that hit the environment of Earth. “Grateful for the current photo voltaic exercise leading to these fantastic sights.”

The Expedition 67 crew additionally ready a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for departure, which is presently scheduled for Friday (Aug. 19). Learn extra particulars about learn how to watch reside right here.

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Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., is a employees author within the spaceflight channel since 2022. She was contributing author for Area.com for 10 years earlier than that, since 2012. Elizabeth’s on-site reporting consists of two human spaceflight launches from Kazakhstan, three area shuttle missions in Florida, and embedded reporting from a simulated Mars mission in Utah. 

Each cosmonauts inside airlock, spacewalk ends

Cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Oleg Artemyev at the moment are each contained in the Poisk airlok and have closed the outer hatch as they work to finish right this moment’s spacewalk.  

The hatch was closed at 1:54p.m. EDT (1754 GMT) to formally finish right this moment’s spacewalk early. 

Complete elapsed spacewalk time: 4 hours, 1 minute of 6 deliberate hours. 

Spacewalk aborted over spacesuit energy downside

Russian flight controllers have referred to as off right this moment’s spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station because of the spacesuit energy downside on Oleg Artemev’s Orlan spacesuit. Learn our preliminary story.

“At present’s spacewalk by Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev is being ended sooner than deliberate,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk reside now.

The spacewalk, which started round 9:20 a.m. EDT right this moment, was anticipated to run about six hours. However about three hours in, Artemyev skilled a spacesuit voltage drop as he and Matveev labored on the station’s new European Robotic Arm. Flight controllers instantly ordered Artemyev again contained in the station’s Poisk airlock to plug his go well with into the station’s energy system.  

Whereas Artemyev is contained in the Poisk airlock, Matveev has been outdoors performing clear up duties. He won’t full the robotic arm prep work as a consequence of it being minimize brief. Flight controllers cautioned Matveev to not rush. 

“Take your time, don’t be in a rush,” they stated.

Cosmonaut feels good regardless of spacesuit problem

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev says he’s in good spirits regardless of an influence problem together with his Orlan spacesuit. The difficulty occurred about an hour in the past outdoors the Worldwide Area Station as Artemyev and crewmate Denis Matveev labored on the station’s new European Robotic Arm. 

Flight controllers requested Artemyev how he felt. 

“I am energized, I’ve had a very good nap,” Artemyev stated. “I’ve had a very good relaxation.”

He added that he undoubtedly felt higher than at first of the airlock. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk reside now.

Russian flight controllers weigh spacewalk choices

Russian flight controllers are inserting the area station’s European Robotic Arm right into a protected configuration as they talk about whether or not to proceed with right this moment’s spacewalk by cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk reside now.

Artemyev stays contained in the Russian-built Poisk airlock together with his Orlan spacesuit plugged instantly into the station’s energy grid whereas Matveev waits outdoors. At present’s spacewalk start at about 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT) and was anticipated to final about 6 hours. The spacesuit problem cropped up at concerning the midpoint of the spacewalk round 12 p.m. EDT.

Cosmonaut suffers spacesuit problem on spacewalk

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been ordered again contained in the  Poisk airlock after his Orlan spacesuit skilled an sudden voltage fluctuation throughout right this moment’s spacewalk, NASA reviews. 

Russia’s Mission Management ordered Artemyeve to the station’s airlock, the place he plugged his go well with into the station’s energy provide. His spacewalking associate Denis Matveev is ready outdoors the airlock as Russian flight controllers talk about the subsequent steps for right this moment’s spacewalk.

“Artemyev is within the airlock, by no means was in any hazard,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated. 

The difficulty occurred at about 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT), Navias stated. 

First digicam put in, engaged on second digicam set up

As we method the two-hour mark of right this moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, the 2 Russian cosmonauts have arrange the primary elbow digicam and eliminated thermal insulation and a launch restraint from the European Robotic Arm, in line with NASA.

They’re now ready for the arm to be maneuvered into the proper configuration to permit for set up of a second elbow digicam. The cameras will probably be helpful to permit for proper depth notion of the arm, which is required to maneuver objects safely within the harsh lighting circumstances of area.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev, in crimson stripes, is on his seventh spacewalk and flight engineer Denis Matveev, in blue, is on his third spacewalk. The spacewalkers are anticipated to spend about 6.5 hours working outdoors of their Orlan spacesuits. Stay protection continues.

Cosmonauts put together for digicam set up

On the one-hour mark foe spacewalk, the cosmonauts are shifting in the direction of the European Robotic Arm in preparation for his or her first step. Their first main activity will probably be putting in one among two “elbow gentle” cameras to help the arm with depth notion. Depth notion is essential in area to permit for correct greedy and manipulation of objects. The spacewalk is about to final 6.5 hours.

Spacewalk formally begins

The hatch to the Poisk airlock is open, marking the official begin to the anticipated 6.5-hour lengthy spacewalk right this moment. 

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev (in crimson stripes) and flight engineer Denis Matveev (n blue stripes) formally started their spacewalk at 9:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT), in line with NASA, placing them about 33 minutes behind after they have been anticipated to start out the spacewalk.

Their objective is to proceed making ready the European Robotic Arm for operations.

Two Russian cosmonauts put together to depart ISS for spacewalk

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Two Russian cosmonauts will proceed engaged on the European Robotic Arm in a spacewalk right this moment (Aug. 17).

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev (in crimson stripes) and flight engineer Denis Matveev (n blue stripes) are scheduled to start out their 6.5-hour Worldwide Area Station spacewalk round 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT), in line with NASA.

You may watch reside right here at Area.com within the hyperlink above, on NASA’s YouTube(opens in new tab) channel or instantly at NASA’s web site.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers boot up a European robotic arm on the Worldwide Area Station right this moment

Elizabeth Howell

Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., is a employees author within the spaceflight channel since 2022. She was contributing author for Area.com for 10 years earlier than that, since 2012. Elizabeth’s on-site reporting consists of two human spaceflight launches from Kazakhstan, three area shuttle missions in Florida, and embedded reporting from a simulated Mars mission in Utah. 

President Biden approves ISS extension act to 2030

President Joe Biden signed the Creating Useful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act into legislation Thursday (Aug. 9). 

That authorization invoice approves NASA’s participation within the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) program by September 2030, six years past the present 2024 goal.

The act, which Congress authorised late final month, pledges $53 billion for the U.S. semiconductor trade. The included NASA authorization invoice is the primary Congress authorised previously 5 years.

Learn extra: President Biden indicators CHIPS Act, approving Worldwide Area Station extension to 2030

NASA and personal firms count on business area station demand

NASA, together with firms engaged on new low Earth orbit area stations, are optimistic these complexes will meet the wants of the Worldwide Area Station post-retirement.

These complexes will probably be obligatory because of the quantity of analysis being generated by the Worldwide Area Station, panelists stated at a July 26 dialogue at NASA’s eleventh annual Worldwide Area Station Analysis and Improvement Convention (ISSRDC).

“A platform to have the ability to proceed to do the science and different analysis that we’re doing on ISS will completely be wanted for exploration,” stated NASA’s Angela Hart, program supervisor for the company’s Business LEO Improvement Program Workplace, on the Johnson Area Middle (JSC) in Houston.

Learn extra: NASA, non-public firms rely on market demand for future area stations after ISS

SpaceX rocket for Crew 5 being repaired after harm

Each SpaceX and the passengers of Crew-5 say they’re assured NASA’s rigorous security necessities will probably be met following an incident that broken the Falcon 9 rocket now scheduled to hold individuals into area in September.

The primary stage of the booster sustained slight harm after colliding with a bridge throughout transport, delaying the launch as SpaceX addresses the underlying points, the corporate stated throughout a Crew-5 information convention Thursday (Aug. 5). (NASA disclosed the harm earlier than, however not the trigger.)

SpaceX is working by evaluation “to guarantee that that stage can be able to go, and completely protected to fly the crew as we do for each mission,” stated Benjamin Reed, SpaceX’s senior director of the human spaceflight program.

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, commander of Crew-5, stated SpaceX has been in common contact together with her crew. “Now we have full confidence that NASA and SpaceX and the worldwide companions usually are not going to place us on a rocket or a spacecraft that they really feel will not be able to go,” she added in the identical briefing.

Learn extra: SpaceX addressing Falcon 9 rocket harm forward of subsequent NASA astronaut launch

NASA requests former astronauts chaperone non-public missions

NASA is asking that every one non-public astronaut missions to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) have an skilled former company astronaut commanding the group. A new solicitation discover by NASA, not finalized, consists of this request amongst different modifications for personal astronaut missions.

The brand new rule comes from classes discovered based mostly on Axiom Area’s first mission to the ISS earlier this yr. The crew required assist from skilled astronauts of Expedition 67 to finish a few of their experiments. (The solicitation was first observed by SpaceNews).

Learn extra: Former astronauts should chaperone non-public missions to the Worldwide Area Station, NASA says

Russia says it would go away the Worldwide Area Station after 2024

Russia will go away the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) program after 2024, in line with an replace from the brand new chief of Russia’s federal area company Roscosmos Tuesday (July 26).

The announcement, which sounds extra definitive than previous statements, comes after Roscosmos management threatened to go away the Worldwide Area Station partnership for months. “The choice to go away the station after 2024 has been made,” the present head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, stated, in line with the Related Press.

Talking from area by video chat on the eleventh annual Worldwide Area Station Analysis and Improvement Convention, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren briefly addressed the matter. “That may be very current information, and so we have not heard something formally,” he stated. “In fact … we have been skilled to do a mission up right here, and that mission is one which requires the entire crew, and so we proceed to work every single day to conduct the science and analysis that we have been skilled to conduct.”

Learn extra in our story about Roscosmos leaving the ISS partenrship.

Spacewalk concludes

The European Area Company’s Samantha Cristoforetti concluded her historic first spacewalk for a European lady alongside skilled spacewalker Oleg Artemyev. 

The official finish to the Russian-segment spacewalk was at 5:55 p.m. EDT (2155 GMT) and the duo spent 7 hours, 5 minutes working outdoors the Worldwide Area Station, in line with NASA Tv. The work had been forecasted to final seven hours.

Russian mission management elected to maneuver one of many main duties to a different day, citing restricted assets within the Orlan spacesuits to perform the work. (The spacesuited crew have been delayed by roughly 50 minutes throughout routine tools checkouts previous to opening the hatch at 10:50 a.m. EDT or 1450 GMT.)

The spacewalkers and the remainder of the Expedition 67 crew have been additionally suggested right this moment that there will probably be no have to carry out an orbital particles avoidance maneuver after the spacewalk concludes. The likelihood had been introduced up through the spacewalk when a bit of unidentified particles strayed a bit of near the orbit of ISS. Nobody was ever in any hazard, NASA emphasised through the broadcast.

Watch Area.com for our wrap-up story masking the spacewalk.

ISS controllers monitoring area particles, no motion presently

Controllers for the Worldwide Area Station are monitoring a bit of area particles which will come into conjunction, or come close by, the orbiting complicated “properly after” the spacewalk is concluded, a NASA spokesperson stated in a reside replace.

Following a reside dialogue between Expedition 67 astronauts and Mission Management in Houston, spokesperson Rob Navias instructed NASA TV viewers at 3:18 p.m. EDT (0718 GMT) that the crew is in no hazard and that no rapid motion is required.

“In the intervening time there isn’t any concern or no motion that will probably be required until future monitoring updates dictate in any other case. We’ll hold you posted,” Navias stated through the spacewalk broadcast. Spacewalkers Samantha Cristoforetti (European Area Company) and Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos) are roughly 4.5 hours by their extravehicular actions that started at 10:50 EDT (14:50 GMT).

The area station is able to avoiding the area particles, ought to that be required, Navias emphasised. No additional particulars have been offered by Navias concerning the time of the anticipated conjunction, how far-off the particles is, the scale of the thing, or what object is being tracked.

Russian-European spacewalk protection begins

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You may watch a Russian cosmonaut and the primary European feminine spacewalker work outdoors the Worldwide Area Station right this moment. The Expedition 67 spacewalk is predicted to start round 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). Protection is out there within the video above, by way of NASA Tv.

The European Area Company’s (ESA) Samantha Cristoforetti will be part of skilled Russian cosmonaut spacewalker Oleg Artemyev for as much as seven hours. Cristoforetti will make historical past as the primary European feminine spacewalker, whereas Artemyev will embark on his third spacewalk.

A lot of their time will probably be spent readying the European Robotic Arm for operational use, however the duo can even deploy nanosatellites and carry out quite a few different duties on the Russian section of the ISS.

Artemyev and Cristoforetti will each put on Russian-built Orlan spacesuits throughout their spacewalk right this moment, with Artemyev in a go well with with crimson stripes whereas Cristoforetti’s go well with will bear blue stripes. The spacewalk will seemingly be performed within the Russian language with reside interpretation.

You may be taught extra in our preview story right here.

Soyuz crew in good well being after touchdown

The U.S.-Russian crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is in good well being and spirits after their clean touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Learn our full touchdown story.

Roscosmos TV cameras confirmed NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov with huge smiles on their faces as they have been helped out of their Soyuz capsule. Every of the area vacationers have been hoisted out of the Soyuz, which had rolled over after touchdown as a consequence of winds, and positioned in reclined couches as they readapt to life on Earth. 

They waved to cameras throughout a photograph session and have been then carried into a close-by medical tent for medical checks and to doff their Russian Sokol spacesuits and climb into extra comfy flight fits. 

As soon as these medical checks are full, every of the Soyuz crewmembers will head to a rally level airport in Kazakhstan. A NASA jet is awaiting Vande Hei to take him again to Houston whereas a Roscosmos aircraft will ferry Shkaplerov and Dubrov house to Russia’s Star Metropolis coaching web site close to Moscow. 

That is a wrap for our touchdown protection of Soyuz MS-19. 

The subsequent mission to the ISS would be the non-public Ax-1 mission launching on a SpaceX rocket on April 6. We’ll have reside protection of that right here and on our Ax-1 mission updates web page through the 11-day journey. 

NASA and SpaceX will then launch the Crew-4 mission to the ISS on April 19.

TOUCHDOWN! Soyuz lands with crew of three

Landing confirmed! The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov has landed safely on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT). 

Russian restoration crews are closing in on the touchdown web site in helicopters and floor autos. NASA and Roscosmos personnel will quickly extract the crew and put together the area vacationers for his or her journey house. 

First, Russian restoration groups will arrange an inflatable medical tent to organize to obtain the Soyuz crew whereas others safeguard the automobile so the crew will be extracted. 

As soon as the crew is extracted from the Soyuz, they are going to have a brief picture session outdoors the capsule earlier than heading off to medical tents, after which to an airport in for his or her journey house. Vande Hei will probably be headed again to Houston whereas Dubrov and Shkaplerov will head house to Moscow. — Tariq Malik 

Parachute deployed! Soyuz descending to Earth

The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying a crew of three has deployed its fundamental parachute and is safely descending again to Earth. 

All the things has gone as deliberate for the touchdown. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and his two Russian crewmates are doing properly as they return to Earth.

Soyuz spacecraft module separation

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov has jettisoned its orbital and propulsion modules as its crew capsule plunges by Earth’s environment for right this moment’s touchdown. 

The crew capsule is a gumdrop-shaped module that types the central core of the Soyuz spacecraft. Its orbital and propulsion modules are disposable and not wanted throughout reentry. 

The crew capsule will deploy a fundamental parachute to gradual its descent to the Earth’s floor in Kazakhstan. It can fireplace retrorockets simply earlier than landing to additional cushion its touchdown. 

Touchdown stays on schedule for 7:28 am ET (1128 GMT).

Deorbit burn: Soyuz returning to Earth

The deorbit burn has begun for right this moment’s Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft touchdown to return astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov house from the Worldwide Area Station. 

The deorbit burn is a brief 4-minute, 59-second maneuver to gradual the Soyuz in order that it could actually go away orbit and descend again to Earth for a touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan. You may see a profile of the touchdown method above. 

Beneath is the goal touchdown space and method in Kazakhstan for right this moment’s touchdown.

Soyuz MS-19 crew prepares for touchdown

With right this moment’s undocking from the Worldwide Area Station full, the Soyuz MS-19 crew is now making ready for the return to Earth in three hours. NASA’s reside webcast protection of the touchdown has resumed forward of the deliberate deorbit burn at 6:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT). You may watch the Soyuz touchdown reside on Area.com. Now we have feeds on our homepage and our preview for right this moment’s touchdown.

The deorbit burn will place the Soyuz MS-19 on a descending observe for its deliberate 7:38 a.m. EDT (1138 GMT) touchdown on the steps of Kazakhstan. 

Whereas we watch for the deorbit burn. Take a look at some superb views of the Soyuz’s undocking earlier right this moment.

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Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov is constant his picture and video session of the Worldwide Area Station as fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov flies the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft across the station after right this moment’s undocking.

“That is stunning, we’re flying over some continents and all of it seems stunning however the Russian section is all in shadow,” one of many cosmonauts stated. 

“Wow!” a cosmonaut added. “Each time you see it, it is virtually like a shock.”

The Soyuz and area station have been passing over western China when this view was captured from the Soyuz’s onboard digicam.  

Undocking! Soyuz MS-19 departs area station

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Undocking confirmed! With Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on the controls, the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft undocked from the Worldwide Area Station on time at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT) as each craft sailed excessive over the South Atlantic Ocean. 

Shkaplerov has backed the Soyuz away to a station-keeping level about 70 meters away from the station to permit cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov to take pictures and movies of the station’s Russian section. 

Dubrov is taking the pictures and movies from the Soyuz capsule’s orbital module, which will probably be discarded together with the propulsion module later right this moment forward of reentry. 

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is remaining in his seat throughout this area station picture session. 

It is touchdown day for ISS astronauts

It is undocking and touchdown day for American astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts on the Worldwide Area Station. Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. 

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the trio will undock from the area station right this moment at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT) and land at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT). You may watch the undocking reside on Area.com’s homepage, courtesy of NASA TV. Undocking protection is reside now. 

At 6:15 a.m. EDT (1015 GMT), NASA’s protection of the Soyuz touchdown will start to chronicle the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft’s deorbit burn, which is scheduled for six:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT) organising the deliberate touchdown on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan. 

Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after a 355-day mission to the Worldwide Area Station, the longest single spaceflight for an American astronaut. Shkaplerov is returning house to finish a 176-day spaceflight. 

Soyuz reaches orbit with 3 cosmonauts aboard

Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft has efficiently reached orbit and separated from its Soyuz rocket higher stage. 

The spacecraft is now chasing the Worldwide Area Station and can dock on the orbiting laboratory later right this moment at 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT). NASA TV may have reside protection of the docking beginning at 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT).

The cosmonauts – Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev, and Denis Matveev – will enter the area station at about 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT) after a sequence of leak checks.

• 11:15 a.m. – Protection of the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 11:55 a.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 2:15 p.m. – Protection of the rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Docking to the Prichal module scheduled at 3:05 p.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 5:15 p.m. – Protection of the Soyuz MS-21 hatch opening on the ISS (Hatch opening for Artemyev, Matveev and Korsakov scheduled at appx. 5:30 p.m. EDT)
• 8:30 p.m. – Video File of the Soyuz MS-21 launch, docking and hatch opening on the ISS (streamed on NASA TV’s media channel)

Liftoff! Soyuz rocket launches new crew

Liftoff! Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and rocket have launched towards area on time at 11:55 a.m. EDT. 

All techniques are nominal because it heads to area. 

Russia launching 3 cosmonauts to area station

Three Russian cosmonauts will launch towards the Worldwide Area Station on Friday (March 18), and you may watch the motion reside.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov is scheduled to raise off atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT). 

You may watch it reside right here at Area.com courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company. Protection will begin at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT). It’s also possible to see a Roscosmos feed right here

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Here is a schedule of ISS docking and crew arrival occasions for later right this moment after liftoff (All instances in EDT):

• 11:15 a.m. – Protection of the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 11:55 a.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 2:15 p.m. – Protection of the rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Docking to the Prichal module scheduled at 3:05 p.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 5:15 p.m. – Protection of the Soyuz MS-21 hatch opening on the ISS (Hatch opening for Artemyev, Matveev and Korsakov scheduled at appx. 5:30 p.m. EDT)
• 8:30 p.m. – Video File of the Soyuz MS-21 launch, docking and hatch opening on the ISS (streamed on NASA TV’s media channel)

Spacewalk right this moment! 2 NASA astronauts working outdoors ISS

Two NASA astronauts will spend hours working outdoors the Worldwide Area Station right this moment to improve the orbiting lab’s techniques. 

Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari are scheduled to step outdoors the orbiting lab Tuesday at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT), kicking off a deliberate 6.5-hour spacewalk geared toward making ready for upcoming photo voltaic array upgrades. 

You may watch the spacewalk reside within the video on the prime of this web page, courtesy of NASA TV. The reside webcast started at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT).

Spacecraft Separation for ISS cargo ship

Spacecraft separation! Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship is formally in orbit and chasing the Worldwide Area Station on a 2-day rendezvous observe.

LIFTOFF for Antares rocket carrying Cygnus NG-17 to ISS

Liftoff! Northrop Grumman has launched its Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship towards the Worldwide Area Station.

All techniques are working nominally after the on-time liftoff. 

Go for launch

Northrop Grumman is go for launch right this moment after a closing mission ballot. Climate and the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft don’t have any points for flight. 

Northrop Grumman launching cargo ship right this moment

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the business cargo ship Cygnus NG-17 right this moment at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT) and you can watch it reside right here and on our mission overview web page, courtesy of NASA TV. The reside webcast will start at 12:15 p.m. EST (1715 GMT). 

The Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship, named the S.S. Piers Sellers in honor of the late astronaut who died in December 2016, will launch from Pad 0A of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. It’s carrying greater than 8,300 kilos of provides and different gear for the Expedition 66 crew on the Worldwide Area station. 

“The launch vary forecast stays 75% favorable, with floor winds being the first concern,” NASA officers wrote in an replace right this moment.

Here is a have a look at the science aboard: 

Progress cargo ship docks early Thursday

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Russia’s Progress 80 cargo resupply ship, which launched on Monday (Feb. 14), will arrive on the Worldwide Area Station early Thursday (Feb. 17). 

The uncrewed cargo freighter is scheduled to dock with the orbiting laboratory at 2:06 a.m. EST (0706 GMT). You may watch the docking reside within the window above, courtesy of NASA TV, or instantly by way of NASA’s web site. 

Undocking!

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has efficiently undocked itself from the Worldwide Area Station’s Concord module and is backing away from the orbiting lab.

Undocking occurred on time at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT) as each spacecraft sailed excessive over the South Pacific Ocean. On the time of undocking, NASA and SpaceX didn’t have reside video protection from the Worldwide Area Station, however did seize views of it backing away after its departure. 

You may learn our full story about right this moment’s Dragon undocking right here.

Dragon undocking webcast underway

NASA’s reside webcast for right this moment’s SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 undocking on the Worldwide Area Station is underway. 

Dragon is on observe to undock from the station’s zenith port on its Concord module at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). The command to undock will probably be despatched by SpaceX at 10:35 a.m. EST, NASA says.

If all goes properly, Dragon will carry out two brief departure burns and finally return to Earth on Monday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. EST (2105 GMT) off the coast of Panama Metropolis, Florida.

Undocking day for SpaceX Dragon CRS-24

It is undocking day (once more) for SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship on the Worldwide Area Station. 

After a 24-hour delay as a consequence of unfavorable climate at its splashdown web site within the Gulf of Mexico, the Dragon cargo ship is as soon as once more anticipated to forged off from the area station’s space-facing docking port atop NASA’s Concord module and start its journey again to Earth. Undocking is scheduled for 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT) and you may watch it reside on this web page starting at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT), courtesy of NASA TV. 

The Dragon cargo ship launched to the station on Dec. 21 and has spent simply over a month on the orbiting lab. For its return journey, will probably be carrying almost 5,000 kilos (2,267 kilograms) of science experiment outcomes and different gear again to Earth. 

SpaceX’s Dragon is presently the one cargo ship able to returning cargo, tools and different gadgets again to Earth. 

Dragon undocking delayed by dangerous climate

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the undocking of of the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship by one other 24 hours as a consequence of excessive winds at its splashdown web site within the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft will now undock Sunday, Jan. 23, at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT).

“As a result of unfavorable climate within the splashdown places off the coast of Florida, now focusing on Sunday, January 23 at 10:40 a.m. EST for Dragon’s departure from the area station,” SpaceX wrote in a Twitter replace this morning.

That is the second undocking delay for the Dragon CRS-24 spacecraft, which was initially scheduled to depart from the area station on Friday, Jan. 21. That undocking was additionally delayed by dangerous climate on the splashdown websites. 

SpaceX now goals to undock the Dragon CRS-24 capsule from the area station’s space-facing Concord module on Sunday at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). NASA’s reside webcast will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT). 

SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 undocking right this moment

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will undock from the Worldwide Area Station right this moment and you can watch it reside on-line. Undocking is about for 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). Learn our full undocking preview right here.

NASA’s webcast of the Dragon CRS-24 departure will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT). You may watch it reside within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page. 

SpaceX launched the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship to the area station in December to ship 6,500 kilos (2,900 kilograms) of science gear and provides to astronauts on the orbiting lab. For its return to Earth, the spacecraft is carrying almost 5,000 kilos (2,267 kilograms) of science experiments and different gear aboard. 

The Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship will return to Earth on Monday, Jan. 24, at 12:44 a.m. EST (0544 GMT) with a splashdown within the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. SpaceX and NASA won’t present a reside webcast of the splashdown, however updates are anticipated to be shared on Twitter by SpaceX and on NASA’s area station weblog.

Cosmonauts to take spacewalk outdoors ISS right this moment

Two Russian cosmonauts will take a spacewalk outdoors the Worldwide Area Station right this moment to outfit the orbiting lab’s new Prichal module. You may watch the spacewalk reside within the video feed on the prime of this web page. Learn our preview story on the spacewalk right here.

Expedition 66 commander Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov, each of the Russian area company Roscosmos, will spend the day working so as to add new handrails, antennas, a tv digicam and docking targets to Prichal, permitting the docking module to just accept its first visiting spacecraft in March.

In the course of the spacewalk, you may spot Shkaplerov in a Russian Orlan spacesuit with crimson stripes, distinguishing him because the lead spacewalker. Dubrov’s spacesuit may have blue stripes. 

Docking! SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship reaches ISS

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship efficiently docked with the Worldwide Area Station at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT), linking up with the orbiting lab almost an hour sooner than deliberate as each spacecraft sailed 265 miles above the South Pacific Ocean. 

A sequence of hooks and hatches will safe the Dragon to the station forward of leak checks to create a safe seal between the 2 spacecraft. The station’s crew will then open the hatches between the 2 craft to start unpacking the spacecraft. 

SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship arriving at ISS

It is docking day for SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship. 

After a day’s flight in orbit, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship is closing in on the Worldwide Area Station and is scheduled to hyperlink up with the orbiting lab at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT). You may watch its method and docking reside within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page. 

The Dragon CRS-24 resupply ship is carrying 6,500 kilos of provides and experiment gear to the Worldwide Area Station. The spacecraft was initially scheduled to dock at 4:30 a.m. EST however is operating forward of schedule.

Dragon CRS-24 efficiently in orbit

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has efficiently opened its nostril cone to uncover its docking port, the ultimate step in right this moment’s launch towards the Worldwide Area Station. Learn our recap of the predawn liftoff.

The spacecraft, which has visited the area station earlier than, is scheduled to dock on the orbiting laboratory on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at 4:30 a.m. EST (0930 GMT). 

NASA will present reside protection of the Dragon spacecraft’s autonomous docking, starting at 3 a.m. EST (0800 GMT). You may watch that docking reside on this web page by way of the NASA TV feed on the prime of this web page.

Landing! SpaceX rocket lands as Dragon reaches orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 1st stage has landed efficiently after launching Dragon CRS-24 cargo mission for NASA. That is touchdown no. 100 for SpaceX.

In the meantime, the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has reached orbit and separated from its Falcon 9 higher stage. Nostril cone deployment is predicted quickly.

Stage Separation for Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket first stage has separated from its higher stage and is starting its return to Earth for a touchdown on the drone ship Simply Learn The Directions within the Atlantic Ocean.

The higher stage carrying the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship is constant its ascent to orbit.

LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches Dragon CRS-24

LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches a brand new Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship for NASA. Subsequent cease, Worldwide Area Station.

T-5 minutes to launch

SpaceX’s CRS-24 Dragon cargo mission is 5 minutes from launch and the climate seems like it might clear in time for right this moment’s launch, SpaceX reviews. 

Fueling is underway for the Falcon 9 rocket and ought to be accomplished about 2 minutes earlier than liftoff. 

SpaceX CRS-24 launch webcast begins

SpaceX’s launch webcast for right this moment’s CRS-24 Dragon cargo resupply mission has begun. You may watch it reside within the window above or instantly from NASA right here and from SpaceX. Liftoff is now focused for five:07 a.m. EST (1007 GMT), a minute later than earlier introduced.

The climate forecast is dismal for right this moment’s launch try, with only a 30% of excellent climate at NASA’s Pad 39A for right this moment’s launch. 

SpaceX to launch NASA CRS-24 cargo mission

SpaceX is counting right down to launch a brand new Falcon 9 rocket carrying the CRS-24 cargo mission to the Worldwide Area Station for NASA right this moment (Dec. 21) and you may watch it reside on the prime of this web page. Liftoff is at 5:06 a.m. EST (1006 GMT). 

NASA and SpaceX will start webcasting right this moment’s launch at 4:45 a.m. EST (0945 GMT). 

SpaceX is utilizing a uncommon new Falcon 9 rocket for right this moment’s launch. Its Cargo Dragon spacecraft beforehand flew to the area station. The mission will ship about 6,500 kilos of provides and experiment gear to the Worldwide Area Station for its Expedition 66 crew. 

NASA, SpaceX press briefing right this moment on CRS-24 cargo aunch

NASA and SpaceX are counting right down to launch a brand new cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station on Tuesday, Dec. 21, and can maintain a prelaunch press convention right this moment at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT). You may watch the prelaunch briefing reside on this web page, courtesy of NASA, within the window above.

The climate forecast is presently dismal, with solely a 30% likelihood of excellent launch circumstances. 

Soyuz MS-20 crew is protected on Earth

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his videographer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin have exited the Soyuz capsule and are headed to the Karaganda airport to start their journeys house.

After a 12-day spaceflight, the trio touched down at about 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT or 9:13 a.m. native time on Dec. 20) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

You may see video of the crew rising from the Soyuz capsule above, and browse our full story about right this moment’s Soyuz touchdown right here. 

1st view of the Soyuz!

NASA TV lastly has reside video footage from the touchdown web site. Right here is the primary view of the charred Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft that landed right this moment!

Restoration crew is on web site

The crew is reportedly protected and in good well being as search and restoration groups are serving to them out of the capsule. 

The Soyuz landed upright and didn’t tip over after the affect, which might assist velocity up the restoration course of. 

Roscosmos confirms Soyuz touchdown

The Soyuz MS-20 has efficiently touched down, Dmitry Rogozin, director normal of Russia’s area company Roscosmos, introduced on Twitter. 

NASA TV commentator Brandi Dean stated that dangerous climate in Kazakhstan has considerably hindered the restoration effort, however there’s “no purpose to suspect that something is mistaken.” 

Restoration groups “had visuals of the Soyuz descending below parachutes, however due to the visibility points with the climate there on the touchdown web site [they] didn’t see the precise landing,” Dean stated. “In order that they’re engaged on attending to the Soyuz at this level and we’re standing by for affirmation that they’re there with the crew.”

Landing?

The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft ought to have touched down on time at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT), however NASA and Roscosmos haven’t but confirmed the touchdown, and we’re nonetheless ready on the primary video footage from the touchdown web site. There are not any indications that something went mistaken with the touchdown, in line with NASA TV commentator Brandi Dean. 

Deorbit burn full

The Soyuz MS-20 has efficiently accomplished a deorbit burn after firing its engines for 4 minutes and 39 seconds. The spacecraft is on observe for an on-time touchdown in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT).

The Soyuz is on its approach to Earth

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The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft efficiently separated from the Worldwide Area Station at 6:50 p.m. EST (2350 GMT) and is now on its approach to Earth with Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin on board. The area station was orbiting 263 miles (423) kilometers above Mongolia on the time of undocking. 

NASA TV’s reside protection of their return to Earth will resume at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT), 18 minutes earlier than the deliberate deorbit burn. After the deorbit burn, the Soyuz spacecraft will spend just below an hour descending to Earth. The crew is predicted to the touch down in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT).

NASA TV’s undocking protection has begun

Alexander Misurkin, Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano are contained in the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and making ready for an on-time departure from the Worldwide Area Station. The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled to undock at 6:50 p.m. EST (2350 GMT) and land in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 Dec. 20 GMT). You may watch it reside now within the window above. Learn extra

Touchdown day for Japanese area vacationers

It is touchdown day for Japanese billionaire area vacationer Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.

The trio will return to Earth tonight, Dec. 19, of their Soyuz spacecraft with a touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan scheduled for 10:18 p.m. EST (0318 GMT on Dec. 20). You may watch it reside on this web page within the NASA TV video feed on the prime. 

NASA will broadcast a number of occasions right this moment main as much as tonight’s touchdown. Here is a schedule to plan your afternoon and night:

• 3 p.m. EST / 2000 GMT — NASA TV protection begins for hatch closing at 3:32 p.m. EST (2032 GMT)
• 6:30 p.m. EST / 2300 GMT — NASA TV protection begins for undocking at 6:54 p.m. EST (2354 GMT)
• 9 p.m. EST / 0200 GMT Dec. 20 — NASA TV protection begins for deorbit and touchdown. Touchdown is focused for 10:18 p.m. EST / 0318 GMT Dec. 20.

Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin launched to the area station on Dec. 8 on a mission brokered for Maezawa by the U.S. area tourism firm Area Adventures. Maezawa is financing the whole journey for an undisclosed sum, although previous vacationer flights to the station have value extra as much as $35 million for one particular person based mostly on reviews from Cirque du Soliel founder Man Laliberte’s flight in 2009. Maezawa has paid for 2 individuals, suggesting a good larger charge. 

Maezawa and Hirano have spent their time in area recording movies of Maezawa showcasing the spaceflight expertise. In addition they delivered the primary Uber Eats meal in area and Hirano is collaborating in some medical experiments to check the results of spaceflight on the human physique.

Watch NASA TV tonight to see the trio return to Earth.

Postcard from the area station

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has discovered learn how to float. Two days into his keep aboard the Worldwide Area Station, Maezawa on Twitter shared a picture of him seated cross-legged and waving on the digicam with the caption, “Hello from area.” 

Japanese billionaire

Japanese area vacationers Yusakuy Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have begun their 12-day keep aboard the Worldwide Area Station after coming into the orbiting laboratory at 11:11 a.m. EST (1611 GMT) with veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. 

The 2 area vacationers, whose flight was organized by the Virginia-based firm Area Adventures with Russia’s area company Roscosmos, are as a consequence of return to Earth on Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT Dec. 20) on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan.

Japanese area vacationers, cosmonaut to enter ISS

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin have climbed out of their Sokol launch stress fits and are making ready to enter the Worldwide Area Station after their profitable docking earlier right this moment. The Soyuz MS-20 crew are conducting closing leak checks between their Soyuz and the area station earlier than opening the hatches between their two spacecraft. 

NASA is broadcasting reside views of right this moment’s hatch opening ceremony, which you’ll watch within the video feed on the prime of this web page.

Docking full!

The Soyuz capsule carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin docked to the Worldwide Area Station at 8:40 a.m. EST (1340 GMT) after 4 orbits round Earth and about six hours after launch. Learn the total story.

The trio are scheduled to enter the area station at about 10:35 a.m. EST (1535 GMT), with a reside webcast starting about 20 minutes prior.

Watch Japanese area vacationers dock at area station

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his video producer Yozo Hirano will dock on the Worldwide Area Station right this moment at 8:41 a.m. EST (1341 GMT) with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and you may watch it reside right here. The reside webcast will start at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from NASA. 

Maezawa and his crewmates launched to the area station early Wednesday and can spend 12 days on the area station. Maezawa purchased the flight with Area Adventures, which has organized a number of area tourism flights to the Worldwide Area Station with Russia’s Roscosmos area company. 

Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin are scheduled to enter the area station at 10:35 a.m. EST (1535 GMT). A hatch opening ceremony webcast will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT).

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, two others launch towards area station

Billionaire Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his two crewmates are on their approach to the Worldwide Area Station.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Maezawa, fellow area vacationer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin launched atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). [Full story.]

The trio is predicted to reach on the area station round 8:41 a.m. EST (1341 GMT) on Wednesday. The spaceflyers will stay in orbit for almost 12 days, returning to Earth on Dec. 19.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa launching to area station early Wednesday

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and two crewmates will launch towards the Worldwide Area Station early Wednesday morning (Dec. 8), and you may watch the motion reside.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin is scheduled to raise off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). Watch it reside at Area.com’s homepage courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company.

Maezawa paid for his seat and that of Hirano, who will doc the mission. Their flight was organized by Virginia firm Area Adventures, which has despatched eight different individuals on seven journeys to the orbiting lab through the years.

Prepare for tomorrow’s spacewalk!

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At 2 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) right this moment (Nov. 29), NASA will probably be internet hosting a information convention detailing what they count on to occur throughout tomorrow’s upcoming spacewalk.

The information convention will embrace three consultants who will talk about the spacewalk and reply questions with a Q&A. These consultants embrace Dana Weigel, NASA’s deputy supervisor of the Worldwide Area Station Program, Vincent LaCourt, NASA’s spacewalk flight director and Artwork Thomason, NASA’s spacewalk officer. 

Take a look at the NASA TV reside video above to catch the press convention.

The spacewalk being mentioned will see NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, who just lately arrived on the orbiting lab aboard SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission. They are going to exit the station’s Quest airlock round 7:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT) tomorrow (Nov. 30) to exchange a defective antenna system. Stay protection for the spacewalk itself is about to start at 5:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT). 

DOCKING! Progress 79 at area station

Progress 79 has efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station, linking up with the orbiting lab’s Russian-built Zvezda service module at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT) as the 2 ships sailed 258 miles over Argentina, simply south of Buenos Aires. 

“It would not get a lot smoother than that,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated of the docking throughout reside commentary. “A flawless experience from the launch pad at Baikonur to docking on the Worldwide Area Station.”

That may wrap our protection of Roscosmos’ Progress 79 cargo ship docking on the Worldwide Area Station. Keep tuned for extra updates from the station as they arrive up!

Progress 79 on closing method to ISS

The Progress 79 cargo ship is now on closing method to its docking port on the Zvezda service module of the Worldwide Area Station. 

The berth is on the aft finish of the station’s Russian section. 

Progress 79 flyaround underway

Progress 79 is now flying across the Worldwide Area Station to achieve some extent about 150 meters from the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module, its vacation spot for right this moment’s cargo supply. 

Docking nonetheless set for 9:34 pm EDT (0134 GMT). 

Progress 79 in sight of area station

Progress 79 is now lower than 1 kilometers from the Worldwide Area Station because it nears the area station. Cameras on the station are exhibiting gorgeous views of the approaching spacecraft.

At present’s docking method is on observe with no points. 

NASA livestream underway for Progress 79 docking

NASA’s webcast for tonight’s Progress 79 cargo ship docking on the Worldwide Area Station has start. 

The Russian constructed Progress 79 cargo ship will dock on the Zvezda service module on the area station at 9:34 p.m. EDT (0134 GMT). The spacecraft is carrying greater than 5,600 kilos of provides and equipment — 2.8 tons in all —  for the station’s seven-astronaut crew. 

You may watch the docking reside above on the prime of this web page. 

Progress 79 is presently about 7 kilometers away from the area station because it approaches  a flyaround level to achieve its docking port.  

Progress 79 cargo ship to dock tonight

The uncrewed Russian cargo ship Progress 79, which launched into orbit late Wednesday (Oct. 27), is because of dock on the Worldwide Area Station tonight and you may watch it reside right here. 

Progress 79, which is hauling almost 3 tons of meals, clothes, propellant and different provides, will hyperlink as much as the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module at 9:34 p.m. EDT (0134 GMT). NASA’s reside webcast of the rendezvous will start at 8:45 p.m. EDT (0045 GMT). 

You may watch the occasions reside within the window on the prime of this web page. At 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT), NASA and SpaceX can even conduct a launch readiness overview press convention for the Crew-3 SpaceX astronaut mission, as a consequence of launch on Oct. 31. 

Progress 79 launches to area station

Russia’s area company Roscosmos efficiently launched the Progress 79 cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station tonight at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) from Pad 6 of Website 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was 5 a.m. native time on the launch web site. 

NASA spokesman Rob Navias stated throughout reside commentary that the Soyuz 2.1a rocket’s liftoff was a “excellent launch.”

The Progress 79 cargo ship is now making its uncrewed flight to the station, the place it would dock late Friday evening on the aft finish of the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module. 

Docking is about for 9:34 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 29 (0134 GMT Saturday, Oct. 30).

Russian Progress 79 cargo ship able to launch

A Russian Soyuz rocket is poised to launch a brand new Progress cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station tonight and you may watch it reside right here on the prime of this web page. 

The Progress 79 cargo ship will launch about 3 tons of provides to the area station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ship will dock on the station on Friday, Oct. 29. 

You may watch the launch reside above, or from our launch preview web page right here. 

Progress 78 efficiently docks at Nauka

The uncrewed Progress 78 cargo resupply ship has efficiently docked with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory module, or Nauka, almost 29 hours after undocking from Russia’s Poisk module. The time of seize was 12:21 a.m. EDT (0421 GMT).

Watch Progress 78 dock with the area station

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Russia’s Progress 78 cargo resupply spacecraft efficiently undocked from the area station’s Poisk module late Wednesday (Oct. 20) and is presently scheduled to dock on the Nauka module at 12:24 a.m. EDT (0424 GMT) on Friday (Oct. 22). You may watch a reside webcast of the docking within the window above. 

Learn the total story: Russian cargo ship strikes to new parking spot at area station

That is a wrap!

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko landed with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy Sunday (Oct. 17) at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 GMT or 10:35 a.m. native time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan. Learn the total story

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Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko are on their manner again to Earth after undocking from the Worldwide Area Station of their Soyuz spacecraft.

NASA TV’s reside protection of the deorbit burn and touchdown will resume tonight (Oct. 16) at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT); the touchdown in Kazakhstan is scheduled for about 12:36 a.m. (0436 GMT; 10:36 a.m. Kazakhstan time) on Sunday, Oct. 17.

It is touchdown day!

It is touchdown day! Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who’s wrapping up a six-month keep in area, and a Russian actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, who’ve spent lower than two weeks in orbit, are headed again to Earth.

In the event you’re considering of tuning in, try our full information to right this moment’s touchdown webcasts.

The trio will say their goodbyes at about 4:15 p.m. EDT (2015 GMT) earlier than climbing into the Soyuz MS-18 capsule, which can undock from Russia’s Nauka module of the Worldwide Area Station on Saturday (Oct. 16) at 9:14 p.m. EDT (0114 GMT on Oct. 17) for the journey house.

The capsule, slowed by parachutes, will land in Kazakhstan on Sunday (Oct. 17) at 12:36 a.m. EDT (0436 GMT; 10:36 a.m. native time).

NASA TV and Area.com will supply reside protection of all three milestones, so keep tuned!

Megan McArthur shares gorgeous Earth timelapse

Lightning storms, auroras and metropolis lights glow throughout planet Earth on this beautiful new timelapse video captured by NASA astronaut Megan McArther on the Worldwide Area Station. 

“Friday Evening Lightning!” McArthur tweeted. “Checkout this time lapse taken over Africa from our cupola. Along with thunderstorms, you may see metropolis lights, the Milky Method, satellites, and even a little bit of aurora on the finish.” 

Russian movie crew boards area station

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko have entered the Worldwide Area Station with their cosmonaut information Anton Shkaplerov to start their 12-day film shoot in orbit.

The trio entered the station’s Rassvet module at about 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), jus about 6 hours after launching into orbit on their Soyuz rocket. They joined seven different crewmembers already aboard the station, together with Expedition 65 cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who will seem within the movie Peresild and Shipenko are taking pictures. It is referred to as “The Problem,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon despatched into orbit to assist a cosmonaut (Novitskiy) in medical misery. 

“I nonetheless really feel that it is all a dream and I am nonetheless asleep,” Peresild, 37, instructed Russia’s Channel One throughout a welcome ceremony on the station. 

Shipenko agreed. 

“Sure, it is virtually inconceivable to suppose that this all got here to actuality,” the 38-year-old director stated.

In the course of the welcome ceremony, Peresild obtained a congratulatory name from Valentina Tereshkova, who turned the primary lady in area in 1963 on the Vostok 6 mission. 

“It was extraordinarily emotional for everybody, from disappointment to happiness,” Tereshkova stated of the launch in Russian, which was translated on NASA TV. “We’re very happy with you,” she added, saying she had just one want for the crew.

“All the things ought to go nominal, that is our greatest want,” Tereshkova stated. “We wish all of your desires to come back true and we’ll be ready for you again right here on Earth.”

Hatch Opening Underway

Astronauts on the Worldwide Area Station at the moment are working to open the hatches between the station and the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, permitting the Russian movie crew to enter the orbiting lab.

Area station hatch opening delayed

Russian mission management officers have instructed the station and Soyuz crews that hatch opening will happen in about an hour, a bit later than deliberate.

We’re awaiting a brand new hatch opening goal time from NASA.

Russian movie crew to enter area station

The Russian movie crew that launched to the Worldwide Area Station right this moment on a Soyuz spacecraft is making ready to enter the orbiting laboratory for the primary time. Hatches between the area station and their Soyuz MS-19 are as a consequence of be opened at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT). 

You may watch the hatch opening and a welcome ceremony reside within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page.

Superb views of Soyuz docking with Russian movie crew

At present’s profitable docking of a Russian movie crew on the Worldwide Area Station had some star high quality of its personal. Because the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov neared the station, a digicam on the orbiting lab captured spectacular views of the approaching spacecraft. 

Take a look at the views within the video above!

Docking! Soyuz delivers Russian movie crew to area station

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The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying a Russian actress and her producer/director has efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station. It linked up with a port on the station’s Rassvet module at 8:22 a.m. EDT (1222 GMT), about 10 minutes later than deliberate after communications points compelled cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov to take handbook management of the Soyuz for the docking. 

Regardless of the communications problem, Shklaperov docked the Soyuz at its port to ship Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko to the station. The duo will movie scenes for an upcoming area movie referred to as “The Problem,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon launched into area to assist an ailing cosmonaut, to be portrayed by cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who’s already aboard the area station.

“So the Soyuz MS-19’s safely at port, and a Russian actress and her producer-director are on set on the Worldwide Area Station for 12 days of film making,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias stated throughout reside commentary.

Peresild, Shipenko and Shklaperov will enter the area station at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT) when the hatches are as a consequence of open between the Soyuz and station. NASA’s reside protection will resume at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT). 

Stay docking protection has begun

NASA’s webcast for right this moment’s Soyuz docking on the Worldwide Area Station has begun. The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft will dock its Russian movie crew and cosmonaut commander on the station at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT).

Soyuz reaches orbit with Russian movie crew

Spacecraft separation! The Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko has efficiently reached orbit after separating from its third stage and deploying photo voltaic arrays. 

‘We’re feeling nice, every thing’s working nominally’ Soyuz commander Shklaperov reviews.

The three area vacationers are on a two-orbit journey to the Worldwide Area Station and can arrive at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT). NASA’s docking protection will start at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). You may watch that within the window on the prime of this web page at begin time.

LIFTOFF! Russian movie crew launches to area station

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Liftoff! The Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian movie crew to the Worldwide Area Station lifted off on time at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT). 

Russian movie crew earlier than launch

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Listed below are just a few views of the Soyuz MS-18 crew taken within the hours earlier than launch. NASA TV is showcasing their pre-flight actions with a sequence of video clips as we close to the T-10 minute mark for launch. 

Russia launching movie crew to Worldwide Area Station

Russia is counting right down to launching the world’s first movie crew to the Worldwide Area Station on a Soyuz spacecraft. Liftoff is about for 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from Launch Website 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 

The Soyuz is carrying Russian actress Yulia Perselid and director Klim Shipenko alongside veteran cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov. Perselid and Shipenko will spend 12 days in area filming scenes for a function movie referred to as “The Problem” whereas Shklaperov will start a months-long keep on the area station. 

The trio are presently tucked inside their Soyuz spacecraft and rocket as they await launch.