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2024-03-04, 06:26 NASA Newsy

After about nine minutes of flight, the Falcon 9?s second stage has shut down and the Dragon spacecraft now is in orbit, where it will soon separate from Falcon 9?s upper stage and continue its ...

2024-03-04, 05:24 NASA Newsy

Matthew Dominick will serve as commander for Crew-8, his first spaceflight, after being selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2017. He is from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and earned a bachelor?s degree in ...

2024-03-04, 05:08 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

With communication checks complete, the hatch now is closed on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, which previously flew NASA?s SpaceX Demo Mission-2, Crew-2 and Crew-6, in addition to ...

2024-03-04, 04:54 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

During their time on the International Space Station, the members of Crew-8 will conduct new scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and benefit humanity on ...

2024-03-04, 04:38 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The SpaceX closeout team has left the crew access arm, which will soon retract away from the Dragon spacecraft. Launch, set for 10:53 p.m. EST, is now a little less than an hour away. Launch weather ...

2024-03-04, 04:24 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The crew has finished executing communication checks with the launch team, and their seats have been rotated into position for launch.For additional live launch coverage of the Crew-8 mission, watch ...

2024-03-04, 04:08 NASA Newsy

NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 flight crew just walked out of the double doors below the Neil A. Armstrong Building?s Astronaut Crew Quarters and made their way to the customized Tesla Model X cars that will ...

2024-03-04, 03:53 NASA Newsy

NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 crew NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander ...

2024-03-04, 03:38 NASA Newsy

NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin, ...

2024-03-04, 03:08 NASA Newsy

The Crew-8 crew members now are boarding SpaceX?s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.Before entering their spacecraft, all four crewmates signed the inside of the White Room, an area at the end of the crew ...