Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Northrop Grumman cargo ship concludes three-month stay at space station
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship departs the International Space Station Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo freighter departed the International Space Station Wednesday after delivering more than 7,800 pounds of equipment and experiments, heading for an extended mission with payloads to study fire behavior in microgravity and test a next-generation radio…
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Canadian astronaut to join NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission around the moon
The moon as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A Canadian space flier will join three NASA crew members on the first piloted flight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft around the moon, becoming the first non-U.S. astronaut on a lunar voyage, officials announced last week. There will be a second…
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NASA names 18 astronauts for Artemis moon missions
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The first 18 Artemis astronauts. Credit: NASA Eighteen astronauts have been selected — nine men and nine women — to begin training for upcoming Artemis missions to the moon, NASA announced Wednesday. The list includes the as-yet-unnamed next man and first woman who will set foot on the…
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New-generation Dragon cargo freighter docks at International Space Station
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station Monday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now A more spacious version of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule linked up with the International Space Station Monday, using a new approach corridor to deliver more than 6,000 pounds of provisions and experiments, a commercial airlock, and a holiday…
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SLS cryogenic tanking test preps begin this weekend
The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System inside the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA Final preparations began this weekend at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to load super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the massive core stage of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket for…