The Artemis 2 moon crew during a launch simulation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 20, 2023. They stand on the crew access arm at Launch 39B, which will one day bring them to the waiting Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. From left: NASA astronaut and pilot Victor...
NASA’s first SpaceX astronaut launch debut briefing suggests that the duo’s inaugural crewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) could have an historically barebones media presence – if any at all. On April 20th, NASA published its first routine preflight briefing for an astronaut...
Behnken and Hurley began their day in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside Kennedy’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. The pair put on their black-and-white SpaceX spacesuits, took the elevator down to the ground level and exited through a pair of double doors, where their ...
"This is a dream come true, I think for me, and everyone at@SpaceX."@ElonMuskis ready to#LaunchAmerica:pic.twitter.com/xgScFca9eY — NASA (@NASA)May 27, 2020 Musk said he felt extra responsibility when he saw the astronaut's family members. ...
NASA announced the new target launch date for the first astronaut-crewed flight into space aboardBoeing's Starlinerafter several delays. The first flight will attempt to launch on Saturday, June 1, at 12:25 p.m. ET, with backup dates set for June 2, June 5 and June ...
craft to carry astronauts. NASA awarded SpaceX with $2.4 billion for six operational missions. Dividing those up, each Crew Dragon launch costs about $400 million, with $220 million of that cost allotted to the four astronauts NASA expects to fly per mission — or$55 million per astronaut....
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen: Hansen is a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force whose previous work has included efforts with NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and in the Arctic. He was selected by the CSA in 2009 and due to Canada's small contributions in space, is...
Speaking ahead of the launch, NASA astronaut Jim Bridenstine said thunderstorms were expected and that there was a 50-50 chance of lift-off. All went to plan, however, with Space X confirming the first stage of entry burn was complete within ten minutes of the launch. ...
NASA Is Seeking Ideas for Rescuing an Astronaut from the Moon Space exploration is a dangerous business, especially when squishy living organisms, such as humans, are involved. NASA has always prided itself on how seriously it takes the safety of its astronauts, so as it gears up for the nex...
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata right, as they depart for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL, today...