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    Aquariids May Be More Sprinkle Than Sparkle on July 30 Peak

    A wisp of light quickly appears and disappears centered within a moving target over a dark background

    Heads up, skywatchers! The Southern delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks the night of July 30 into the early morning hours of July 31. But before you grab your blanket and bug spray, let’s dial things in a bit. At NASA, we love a good meteor shower – we have cameras dedicated to watching them! But we also love […]

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    NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Earth Satellite Ready for Launch

    The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to launch at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), Wednesday, July 30, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast aboard an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. About the length of a pickup […]

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    NASA, SpaceX Complete Crew-11 Dry Dress Rehearsal

    Monitors show a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft and members of the closeout crew during a dress rehearsal in preparation for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission moved closer to launch, as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft slated to take the four-member crew to the International Space Station rolled to the pad and the crew participated in a dry dress rehearsal on Monday, July 28 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Zena […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad

    SpaceX rocket rolling to the launch pad on a transport truck.

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon crew spacecraft atop, for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission rolled out to the launch pad early Sunday, July 27, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket was raised to vertical position at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, awaiting lift off no earlier than 12:09 p.m. EDT […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Lands at NASA Kennedy 

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    NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed shortly after 1:10 p.m. EDT at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following a two-hour flight from Houston.  Watch Crew-11’s remarks on NASA Kennedy’s social media and […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Departs Houston 

    The official portrait of the four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station. From left, are Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov; NASA astronaut and Pilot Mike Fincke; JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui; and NASA astronaut and Commander Zena Cardman.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew members are in the air and on their way to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch to the International Space Station.   NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov departed from Ellington Field aboard […]

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    NASA Assessing One of Two Satellites Set to Study Magnetic Reconnection

    After launch of NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission on July 23, the team successfully achieved telemetry lock and command functions with each of the two satellites. During the commissioning process, the team made routine adjustments to the power subsystem on both vehicles. While the adjustments achieved the desired results on […]

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