Coverage Set for SpaceX's 30th Resupply Mission to Station

New research and technology demonstrations for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 4:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 21, lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live Read full post

Advanced Imager ready for Installation on IMAP Spacecraft

Another of the instruments planned for flight aboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is ready for installation on the spacecraft. IMAP-Ultra is a particle imager capable of capturing energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), particularly hydrogen atoms and is the third instrument to be delivered for integration. Engineers will now perform a Read full post

NASA Set to Launch Four CubeSats to Space Station

NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative is sending a group of four small satellites, called CubeSats, to the International Space Station as ELaNa 51 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites). These small payloads have been developed by NASA and universities and will be deployed from low Earth orbit.  Once circling Earth, the satellites will help Read full post

NASA Engineers Make Progress Toward Understanding Voyager 1 Issue

Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published March 13, 2024, on NASA’s Sun Spot blog. Future Voyager blog posts will appear here, on NASA’s Voyager blog. Since November 2023, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has been sending a steady radio signal to Earth, but the signal does not contain usable data. Read full post
Posted Mar 15, 2024 at 7:48 pm on Voyager

Engineers Working to Resolve Issue With Voyager 1 Computer

Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published Dec. 12, 2023, on NASA’s Sun Spot blog. Future Voyager blog posts will appear here, on NASA’s Voyager blog. A previous version of this post identified the TMU as the telecommunications unit. It is the telemetry modulation unit. Engineers are working to resolve Read full post
Posted Mar 15, 2024 at 7:46 pm on Voyager

Introducing the Voyager Mission Blog

Launched in 1977, NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft are the agency’s longest-operating and farthest-flung probes. Voyager 1 visited Jupiter and Saturn, revealing new features of both planets and their moons. Voyager 2 followed its twin to Jupiter and Saturn before changing its trajectory to fly by Uranus and Neptune. It remains Read full post
Posted Mar 15, 2024 at 1:07 pm on Voyager

Crew Ends Week Closing Out Health Investigations and Completing Training

The seven International Space Station residents are moving into an off-duty weekend following a busy week of crew departures, health investigations, and spacesuit operations. The Expedition 70 crew spent Friday wrapping up procedures that began earlier in the week and completing some SpaceX Dragon training. Yesterday, first-time station resident Jeanette Epps Read full post

ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/14/2024

ISS Reboost: At 8:11 AM CDT, the ISS performed a reboost using the Aft Progress 87P rendezvous and docking (R&D) thrusters. The purpose of this reboost was to set up proper phasing conditions for the upcoming Soyuz 71S launch and Soyuz 70S landing. The burn duration was 17 minutes 20 Read full post