The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 6:08 p.m. EDT Monday, backing away for a deorbit maneuver and a planned destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to …
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Plants and Worms Informing Future Missions; Crew Preps for Computer Upgrades
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAdvanced botany and biology research to sustain crews on future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 74 crew also continued unpacking …
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Crew Begins New Space Research and Installs New Science Gear
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNew science experiments are getting underway and new research hardware is being activated aboard the International Space Station after being delivered by a Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on Monday. The Expedition 74 crew spent Wednesday …
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NASA Selects Voyager for Seventh Private Mission to Space Station
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida. This is …
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Station Orbits Higher as Crew Runs New Science Experiments
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe International Space Station is orbiting higher today after the Progress 93 resupply ship, docked to the Zvezda service module, fired its engines for just over five minutes Wednesday night. The orbital reboost places …
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Expedition 74 Opens Cygnus XL and Unpacks Advanced Science Gear
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe hatches are open between Northrop Grumman’s second Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft and the International Space Station following its robotic capture and installation on Monday. The Expedition 74 crew is now beginning to unload some of the new …
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Crew Preps for Cygnus XL Cargo Mission Targeted for Saturday Launch
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNorthrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket counting down to a launch targeted at 7:41 a.m. EDT on Saturday to resupply the Expedition 74 crew. Packed …
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Busy Day of Space Science and Lab Maintenance Greets Station Crew
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauA packed schedule filled with numerous science objectives and critical lab maintenance tasks greeted the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Meanwhile, the orbital residents await the next U.S. cargo …
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NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Targets April 11 Launch Amid Full Station Schedule
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 7:41 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 11, for the next Cygnus XL and Falcon 9 launch opportunity to resupply the International Space Station. …
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Station Crew Talks to Artemis II Crew Amid Busy Research Schedule
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauFour Expedition 74 astronauts had a ship-to-ship call with the four Artemis II astronauts on Tuesday after they flew around the Moon in a historic first for NASA and its international partners. The International Space …