The first element of what would become the International Space Station was the NASA-owned, Russian-built Zarya propulsion and storage module, also known as the Functional Cargo Block, or FGB. It was launched November 20, 1998, by a Proton rocket. Two weeks later, a space shuttle carried the...
"Today, all of our Crew Dragons are launching on (SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets)," said space station Program Manager Dana Weigel. "If there was a problem with F9, for example, and we had to stand down for a while ... if we had another vehicle we could cont...
More power will be needed to accommodate the growing number of ticket-buying visitors, NASA’s space station program manager, Joel Montalbano, said Wednesday. The cargo includes samples of saliva and oral bacteria from dental patients that will be treated with toothpaste and mouthwash in an exper...
"We've got some fun holiday treats for the crew, like chocolate, pumpkin spice cappuccino, rice cakes, turkey, duck, quail, seafood, cranberry sauce and mochi," Dana Weigel, deputy program manager for NASA's International Space Station Program, said during a media call on Wednesday. RELATED...
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch seen on the International Space Station.(Image credit: NASA) ISS expert Q&A We asked Raphael Grau, deputy manager of NASA's International Space Station External Integration Office, a few frequently asked questions about the ISS. ...
This paper discusses some of the experiences of the author after working 12 years on the International Space Station's integrated logistics & maintenance program. From his early days as a contractor supportability engineer and manager, to the NASA manager responsible for the entire ISS Logistics and...
NASA Flight Engineers Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover, who flew to the space station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft, will conduct both spacewalks, which will be the 233rd and 234th in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. ...
NASA deputy program manager Dina Contella said the two astronauts watched the SpaceX launch from the ISS, with Ms Williams cheering "go Dragon!" Boeing'sStarliner undocked from the ISSand flew back to Earth in September without the crew. NASA decided the thruster failures and helium leaks tha...
However, station managers are trying to ensure that two adapters will be installed and ready before Commercial Crew flights begin. Kirk Shireman, NASA’s ISS Program manager, said that the space agency plans to fly the replacement for the destroyed IDA on SpaceX CRS-16, or the company’s ...
The human dream of universal access to living and working in space has drawn one step closer. On Monday the National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected Axiom Space as the winner of the NextSTEP-2 Appendix I solicitation, which sought to grant access to the International Space Station'...