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Montana, Vermont Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station
Students from Montana and Vermont will talk with astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station. NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Scott Tingle will answer questions about life aboard the space station, NASA’s deep space exploration plans and conducting science in space during two opportunities. The Expedition 55 astronauts are living, working and researching aboard the International…
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US Cargo Spaceship Set for Departure from International Space Station
After delivering more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations and cargo for NASA, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 2. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of Dragon’s departure beginning at 10 a.m. EDT. Flight controllers on Earth will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach the Dragon capsule, which…
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Astronaut Drew Feustel Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Replica of Drawing First Flown in Space by the Late Ilan Ramon
Astronaut Drew Feustel, who is currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, took with him to space a copy of a special drawing entitled “Moon Landscape” which was created by a Jewish Czech boy named Petr Ginz while incarcerated in Terezin, Czechoslovakia, during World War II. The drawing depicts how Earth would look from the surface of the moon.…
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New Research Heading to Space Station Aboard 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station soon will receive a delivery of experiments dealing with how the human body, plants and materials behave in space following the 4:30 p.m. EDT launch Monday of a SpaceX commercial resupply mission. A SpaceX Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with…
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Two NASA Astronauts Among Crew Heading to International Space Station
Three crew members, including NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:44 p.m. EDT Wednesday (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time). The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Feustal, Arnold and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is scheduled to dock to the space station’s Rassvet module at 3:41 p.m.…
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NASA to Preview Upcoming US Spacewalk, Provide Live Coverage
Two American astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Thursday, March 29, for a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk. Experts from NASA will preview this work in a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 27, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Live coverage of the briefing and spacewalk will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Participants in…
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Press Releases
NASA to Highlight Science Launching on Next Resupply Mission to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, March 19, to discuss a number of science investigations and instruments launching in April to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA’s website. To participate in the teleconference, media must contact Stephanie Schierholz at 202-358-1100 or [email protected] by 5 p.m. Friday,…
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NASA Television Coverage Set for Space Station Crew Launch, Docking
Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are ready for their journey to the International Space Station that begins on Wednesday, March 21. Live coverage will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, are set to launch in the…
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Science Teachers at National Conference to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference in Atlanta will speak with NASA astronaut Scott Tingle, currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, at 10:40 a.m. EDT Friday, March 16. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will be one of several interactive events to air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website during the week. A call will be made from the conference…
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NASA, Partners Seek Input on Standards for Deep Space Technologies
In order to maximize investment in, and benefits of, future deep space exploration platforms and technologies, NASA and its International Space Station partners have collaborated to draft standards that address seven priority areas in which technology compatibility is crucial for global cooperation. The agency and its partners are seeking feedback on these draft interoperability standards, which cover: avionics, communications, environmental control and life support…
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