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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission

November 1, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

After spending 235 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-flight news conference at 3:15 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 8, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps will answer questions about their mission.…
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown

October 11, 2024

Roxana Bardan

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the International Space Station. Pending weather conditions, the earliest splashdown time is targeted for 3:38 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at one of the multiple zones available off the coast of Florida. NASA…
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Kathryn Sullivan: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

October 10, 2024

Jennifer Ross-Nazzal

Forty years ago, in October 1984, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. But being the first presented several challenges that started well before she took those historic steps. Things got complicated just after she learned of her assignment. Questions of Physiology Biomedical researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) raised what…
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NASA Astronauts, Leadership Visit Children’s Hospital, Cancer Moonshot Event

October 9, 2024

Tara Friesen

NASA astronauts, scientists, and researchers, and leadership from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) met with cancer patients and gathered in a discussion about potential research opportunities and collaborations as part of President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative on Oct. 4. Roundtable discussions centered conversation around the five hazards of…
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How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New “Ask SME” from NASA eClips

October 9, 2024

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The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), aims to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) literacy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists by providing effective web-based, standards-aligned, in-school and out-of-school learning and teaching resources through the lens of NASA. As a part…
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How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station

October 3, 2024

Dominique V. Crespo

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the opportunity to vote in general elections through absentee ballots or early voting in coordination with the county clerk’s office where they live. So, how is voting from space possible? Through NASA’s Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Program. Similar to most data transmitted between the space…
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NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to Discuss Science, Station Mission

September 30, 2024

Jessica Taveau

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson will share details of her recent six-month mission aboard the International Space Station in a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 4, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a…
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NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station

September 23, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson completed a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Monday, returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft at 4:36 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, making a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 7:59 a.m. (4:59 p.m.…
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NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return

September 19, 2024

Tiernan P. Doyle

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and return to Earth. Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at…
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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

September 13, 2024

NASA

At first glance, it seems like a scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface…except the people are in hiking gear, not spacesuits.
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown

Kathryn Sullivan: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

NASA Astronauts, Leadership Visit Children’s Hospital, Cancer Moonshot Event

How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New “Ask SME” from NASA eClips

How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to Discuss Science, Station Mission

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

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