Tag: International Space Station
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Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station
The International Space Station will soon get a connection to Microsoft Azure. (NASA Photo) The sky’s not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2, which is due for launch to the station as early as Feb. 20…
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Crew Dragon breaks record for longest flight by human-rated U.S. spacecraft
An astronaut snapped this picture of the Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft while outside the International Space Station on a spacewalk Jan. 27. Credit: NASA The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried four astronauts to the International Space Station in November broke the record Sunday for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crew vehicle, surpassing the…
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Spacewalkers upgrade station cameras, complete battery work
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Victor Glover works outside the International Space Station on Feb. 1, 2021. Image: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now. Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated back outside the International Space Station Monday and completed solar array battery replacement work that began four years ago. They also installed three new video…
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Starliner test flight next on ULA’s launch schedule after military mission delay
The Starliner crew module for the unpiloted Orbital Flight Test-2 mission was mated to its service module Jan. 14 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing/John Proferes The U.S. Space Force has decided to delay the planned late February launch of two military satellites aboard…
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Boeing making progress on Starliner software for test flight in March
The crew module Boeing’s second Starliner spacecraft is lifted Jan. 13 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing/John Proferes Boeing said Monday it has re-qualified software for the company’s Starliner crew capsule after programming errors cut short the spacecraft’s first orbital test flight in 2019,…
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French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged French wine. The commercial…
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Boeing says assembly complete on first set of new space station solar arrays
An artist’s concept shows the International Space Station with new solar arrays in place. Credit: Boeing Engineers from Boeing and a team of subcontractors have finished building the first pair of six new solar arrays to bolster the International Space Station’s aging electrical system ahead of their launch to the orbiting outpost as soon as…
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Cargo Dragon heads for splashdown off Florida’s west coast
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station Tuesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s first upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship departed the International Space Station Tuesday morning with more than 4,400 pounds of research specimens and other equipment, heading for splashdown Wednesday night in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida. Poor…
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Cargo Dragon return delayed by poor weather
Live coverage of the undocking and return to Earth of SpaceX’s 21st operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. This is the first flight of SpaceX’s upgraded Cargo Dragon vehicle. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] NASA TV’s live coverage…
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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…