International Space Station
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NASA TV to Air Launch, Docking of Russian Space Station Cargo Ship
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, July 31. Live coverage of the resupply craft’s launch and docking will begin at 7:45 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The Progress 73 spacecraft will lift off at 8:10 a.m., on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (5:10 p.m. Baikonur time)…
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SpaceX Dragon on Route to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to deliver the second commercial crew docking port and about 5,000 pounds of science investigations and supplies for the International Space Station after a 6:01 p.m. EDT Thursday launch from Florida. The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and is scheduled to arrive…
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Eagle Scouts to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Fifty years after NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong sent greetings from space to the 1969 Scout Jamboree, scouts will have an opportunity to talk live with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 24. The Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, who arrived at the space…
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NASA Updates Broadcast of Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 24, for the launch of its 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website with prelaunch events Tuesday, July 23. The company’s Dragon spacecraft will deliver supplies and critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science…
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NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 7:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, July 21, for the launch of its 18th agency-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website Sunday with prelaunch events. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver supplies and critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research…
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New York City Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station
Students in New York City will have an opportunity next week to talk with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:15 a.m. EDT Monday, July 8, on NASA television and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch will answer questions posed by kids participating in the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) Youth Strategies Divisions programs.…
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NASA Highlights Science on 18th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 9, to discuss select science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station. Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live SpaceX is targeting 7:35 p.m. Sunday, July 21, for the launch of its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket…
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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. EDT (8:47 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, local time) after months of science and four spacewalks aboard the microgravity laboratory. McClain, Expedition 59/Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency…
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NASA Television to Cover Departure, Landing of Astronaut Anne McClain and Space Station Crew
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two crewmates on the International Space Station are scheduled to conclude their stay aboard the orbiting laboratory Monday, June 24. Live coverage of their return will begin at 3:30 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. McClain, a flight engineer for Expedition 59, expedition and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David…
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Space Station Gets Powerful Boost
Powering the International Space Station (ISS) 24/7, 365 is a challenge — even for the nation’s top scientists at NASA. One unique aspect of this challenge is providing power to the station when solar energy is not an option — that job is left to the space station’s powerful batteries. NASA astronauts just completed a six and a half hour spacewalk in order to…
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