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Space.com

Watch Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS on Nov. 21

Liftoff is scheduled for 7:22 a.m. EST. (1222 GMT).

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Space.com

Watch Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launch to the ISS on Nov. 21

NASA Space Station

Astronaut Health Studies Fill Crew Day Before Thursday’s Cargo Launch

Keeping astronauts healthy on long term space missions is a key research topic this week aboard the International Space Station. Back on the ground, a cargo craft is counting down to its launch to resupply the Expedition 72 crew. NASA Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Nick Hague worked together all day ...

15 hours ago

NASA Space Station

Astronaut Health Studies Fill Crew Day Before Thursday’s Cargo Launch

NASA Space Station

Space Biology, Student Robotics Top Day as Cargo Craft Departs

Space biology to improve health and robotics to promote education were the primary research topics aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 72 crew members also saw the departure of a cargo craft as another one prepares for launch. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit continued nourishing ...

1 day ago

NASA Space Station

Space Biology, Student Robotics Top Day as Cargo Craft Departs

NASA Space Station

Monday’s Research Boosting Astronaut Health Amid Cargo Mission Preps

The Expedition 72 crew members began the week exploring the numerous ways living in space affects the human body to develop advanced therapies promoting health on and off the Earth. The orbital residents are also preparing for the departure of a cargo ship and the arrival of another this week at the ...

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

Monday’s Research Boosting Astronaut Health Amid Cargo Mission Preps

New York Times Space

SpaceX Starship Launch Ends With a Dramatic Water Landing

President-elect Donald J. Trump joined Elon Musk, as his company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out a sixth test flight that showed a mix of progress and setbacks.

1 day ago

SpaceX Starship Launch Ends With a Dramatic Water Landing

Space.com

NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones

The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.

9 hours ago

NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones

Space.com

Did NASA's Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren't so sure

Could Mars have once hosted life? NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a tantalizing clue, but scientists remain divided on what it truly means for the search for extraterrestrial life.

16 hours ago

Did NASA's Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren't so sure

NASA

Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars

Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 I am in the U.K., where we are approaching the time when trees are just branches and twigs. One tree that still has its full foliage is my little quince tree in my front garden. Its leaves have turned reddish-brown with a hint of orange, fairly dark by […]

7 hours ago

Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars

NASA

NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission

NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the human landing systems that will safely carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back throughout the agency’s Artemis campaign. For Artemis III, the first crewed return to the lunar surface in over 50 years, NASA is working with ...

12 hours ago

NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission

New York Times Space

SpaceX Starship’s Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds

An independent researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to standing 200 feet from a Boeing 747 during takeoff.

2 days ago

SpaceX Starship’s Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds

NASA

STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station

The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew members on Nov. 24, 2009. Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr., Randy Bresnik, Butch Wilmore, and Nicole Stott launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...

13 hours ago

STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station