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Blastoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launches to space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov to the International Space Station on Sept. 28, 2024. Full Story: https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-9-astronaut-launch-success They’ll live on the station for about five months, coming home in February 2025. Crew Dragon capsules usually carry four people to the orbiting […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 1 Highlights

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on Aug. 26 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four crew members […]

Blastoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 launches to space station, booster lands in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew-7 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Aug. 26, 2023. Full Story: https://www.space.com/spacex-nasa-crew-7-launch-international-space-station The four astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon are NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, the second Iranian-American in space; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Postlaunch News Conference (March 2, 2023)

From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, mission experts discuss the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. Participants include: • Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters • Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy   • Dina Contella, operations integration manager, International Space Station Program, NASA’s Johnson Space Center  • Benji […]