Worldwide Area Station: Reside updates

Teamwork and a ‘2001’ cosplay

Expedition 67 commander Samantha Cristoforetti had a cosplay technique in orbit. The Italian astronaut, regardless of having seen “about 15 motion pictures”, is a fan of the traditional 1968 area opera movie “2001: A Area Odyssey.” 

A go to to a thrift retailer, and consultations with SpaceX and fellow area station residents,, helped on her long-standing quest to construct up teamwork in orbit, whereas replicating an iconic scene from the movie throughout which a flight attendant hangs the other way up in a hatch.

“That’s not one thing that I might purchase for myself, usually,” the European Area Company astronaut advised Area.com of her costume throughout a post-flight press convention with different SpaceX Crew-4 members on Thursday (Oct. 20). “But it surely appeared to suit completely for that want.”

Learn extra: This area station astronaut’s ‘2001’ cosplay in orbit started with Velcro and thrift retailer duds (video)

Crew-4 astronauts out of spacecraft as restoration concludes

The Crew-4 astronauts are all out of their SpaceX spacecraft as they begin restoration again on Earth: NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins together with the European Area Company’s Samantha Cristoforetti. You possibly can learn extra in regards to the profitable Worldwide Area Station mission, which lasted 5.5 months, in our wrap story on the mission.

Crew-4 splashes down

The SpaceX Crew-4 splashed down efficiently close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). 

Crew-4 jettisons trunk efficiently

The SpaceX Crew-4 has jettisoned the “trunk”, an unpressurized cargo maintain that additionally helps Crew Dragon throughout area operations. The Worldwide Area Station crew of 4 stays on monitor for splashdown close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). You possibly can watch stay at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 finishes ‘prop waste’ burn on journey residence

SpaceX‘s Crew-4 efficiently completed a standard “prop waste” burn on the journey residence to eliminate extra propellant forward of re-entry. They completed the seven-minute engine burn at 2:44 p.m. EDT (1844 GMT) and stay on monitor to splash down close to Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT).

Crew-4 undocks from Worldwide Area Station

The SpaceX Crew-4 undocked from the Worldwide Area Station at 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) and ready for a set of departure burns forward of splashdown. Nominal splashdown is predicted later at the moment round 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT) close to Jacksonville, Florida. You possibly can watch stay right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 delays undocking to 12:05 p.m. EDT

Crew-4 will delay their undocking from the Worldwide Area Station about half-hour to 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) to “verify the hatch alignment” on their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, based on NASA Tv. 

NASA has not but disclosed if the splashdown time will change, besides to say there’s a one-hour window for undocking and the timing now falls in the midst of that window. Splashdown is predicted at roughly 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT). Reside protection is ongoing right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 closes hatch to Worldwide Area Station

SpaceX Crew-4 has closed the hatch to the Worldwide Area Station forward of an anticipated undocking at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT) for splashdown later at the moment. Watch stay right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 prepares to shut spacecraft hatch

The astronauts of Crew-4 are scheduled to shut the hatch to their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT) as they put together to depart the Worldwide Area Station for a splashdown later at the moment. You possibly can watch stay right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

Crew-4 undocking delayed to Friday (Oct. 14)

Crew-4’s undocking might be delayed to no sooner than Friday (Oct. 14) at 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT), officers introduced on NASA Tv at the moment (Oct. 13) as a result of poor climate circumstances in Florida. Splashdown can be delayed from an anticipated timing of at the moment. You possibly can watch the occasions stay right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA Tv.

SpaceX Crew-4 mission departure delayed as a result of climate

Tough climate circumstances on the splashdown web site pressured a delay in Crew-4’s departure from the Worldwide Area Station. Crew-4’s Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab Thursday at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT), NASA officers mentioned in a weblog submit (opens in new tab) Wednesday (Oct. 13). This can be a delay from Wednesday night as a result of climate. You possibly can watch protection stay at Area.com, courtesy of NASA TV and SpaceX.

Throughout departure remarks and the change-of-command ceremony earlier at the moment, Expedition 68 commander Samantha Cristoforetti thanked her “area ninja” crew for help through the two weeks she commanded the orbiting advanced.  “I simply wish to say what a privilege it has been to function a commander for this quick time frame — quick however intense,” Cristoforetti, the primary European feminine to command ISS, mentioned through the broadcast.

Crew-4 offers farewell remarks earlier than ISS departure

At 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT), the 4 Crew-4 astronauts will give some farewell remarks. And one in all them — European Area Company astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the present ISS commander — will hand the reins of the orbiting lab over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev throughout a change-of-command ceremony round that very same time.

Crew-4’s Dragon capsule, named Freedom, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT), NASA officers mentioned in an emailed assertion on Tuesday night (Oct. 11). You possibly can watch it stay right here at Area.com, courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company (opens in new tab).

Learn extra: Watch SpaceX Crew-4 mission depart area station at the moment (Oct. 12)

Crew-5 arrives at Worldwide Area Station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft safely delivered Crew-5 to the Worldwide Area Station. The hatches between Endurance and the ISS opened round 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) on Thursday (Oct. 7), and the Crew-5 astronauts — NASA’s Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan’s Koichi Wakata and cosmonaut Anna Kikina — got here aboard roughly 10 minutes later.

Learn extra: SpaceX’s Crew-5 astronaut mission arrives on the Worldwide Area Station

Hurricane Ian noticed from Worldwide Area Station after Florida landfall

NASA cameras on the Worldwide Area Station confirmed stay views of Hurricane Ian because the storm surge reached Florida’s coast Wednesday (Sept. 28), close to Cayo Costa, based on the Nationwide Hurricane Heart. 

“Hurricane Ian has made landfall as an especially harmful hurricane close to Cayo Costa, Florida with most sustained winds at 150 mph,” NHC officers wrote (opens in new tab) in an replace on Twitter at 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT). 

Full story: ‘Extraordinarily harmful’ Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as NASA watches from area (video)

First European feminine commander helms Worldwide Area Station

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took command of the Worldwide Area Station and Expedition 68 in a ceremony at the moment (Sept. 28) livestreamed from orbit.

The expedition formally begins when earlier ISS commander Oleg Artemyev and fellow cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov depart the orbiting lab early Thursday (Sept. 29) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Cristoforetti is the fifth European commander (opens in new tab) of the ISS, following Frank De Winne, Alexander Gerst, Luca Parmitano and Thomas Pesquet, based on the European Area Company (ESA).

Artemyev struck notes of peace through the changeover ceremony, closing an expedition that had taken place in its entirety through the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February. “Conflict will finish all over the place,” he mentioned at one level.

“In the end, despite all of the storms on Earth, we proceed our worldwide cooperation, and thank God that there are sensible individuals who don’t cease such a thread of peace,” Artemyev added in Russian. (This translation was supplied by Google from an automatic transcript of his speech.)

Full story: European girl takes command of Worldwide Area Station for 1st time

Hurricane Ian delays SpaceX Crew-5 launch

SpaceX and NASA will push again the Crew-5 flight to the Worldwide Area Station to Oct. 4 as a minimum, a day later than deliberate.

The mission is scheduled to launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Area Heart (KSC) in Florida. However Hurricane Ian, which can be ‘catastrophic’ to Florida as some officers termed it, has delayed the launch; the brand new goal date is unsure.

“Mission groups will proceed to observe the impacts of Ian on the Area Coast and NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida and will alter the launch date once more, as essential,” NASA officers wrote in an replace (opens in new tab) Tuesday (Sept. 27).

Learn extra: Hurricane Ian delays SpaceX’s Crew-5 astronaut launch to Oct. 4

SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts prepared for launch

The three astronauts and Russian cosmonaut of Crew-5 could launch as quickly as Oct. 3 on a historic mission to the Worldwide Area Station. Not solely is it the primary time a Russian cosmonaut took a seat on a SpaceX spacecraft, however the mission is launching at a time when American and Russian relations are strained as a result of ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Learn extra: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts prepared for historic mission

Hatch opens, new Soyuz crew welcomed to Worldwide Area Station

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft efficiently opened the hatch to the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday (Sept. 21) at 3:34 p.m. EDT (1934 GMT).

The Expedition 67 crew will quickly do a proper welcome and security briefing for NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. Protection is ongoing on NASA Tv (opens in new tab). 

The crew had a swift journey to orbit, taking simply two orbits and three hours to achieve their vacation spot after launching at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT) earlier at the moment. You too can learn our full story on the launch.

Soyuz docks at Worldwide Area Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday (Sept. 21) at 1:06 p.m. EDT (1706 GMT) after simply two orbits and three hours in area, which is a super-speedy journey.

The Expedition 67 crew will quickly welcome the brand new arrivals to the orbiting advanced: NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.

The hatch opening might be broadcast at about 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) stay on NASA Tv (opens in new tab). You too can learn our full story on the launch.

Worldwide Area Station astronauts spot Soyuz launch

The Worldwide Area Station Expedition 67 crew noticed the profitable Russian Soyuz spacecraft launch of three crewmates earlier this morning.

European Area Company astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured imagery of the launch at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT), which she shared on Twitter from orbit (opens in new tab). “Wanting ahead to welcoming them to their new residence,” she mentioned of the upcoming trio.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are about to carry out docking, which you’ll be able to watch stay on NASA Tv (opens in new tab). You too can learn our full story on the launch.

NASA astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts launch to Worldwide Area Station

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin launched to the Worldwide Area Station at the moment from the Russian-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:54 a.m. EDT (1354 GMT or 6:54 p.m. native time in Baikonur.)

The trio at the moment are of their preliminary orbit. They are going to take simply simply two orbits and three hours to achieve the ISS. The Soyuz will then dock and the hatches connecting the 2 spacecraft ought to open two hours later.

Learn our preview story to see timings on all of the occasions at the moment, in addition to protection instances on NASA Tv (opens in new tab).

NASA requests two extra non-public Worldwide Area Station missions

NASA mentioned Wednesday (Sept. 14) that it has requested non-public business for proposals for 2 non-public missions to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) that may run between late 2023 and 2024.

It is not the primary time such a mission has occurred; the Houston-based firm Axiom Area despatched three paying clients and a retired NASA spaceflyer to the ISS earlier this 12 months on a mission referred to as Ax-1, and a second mission is booked with Axiom for subsequent 12 months.

Full story: NASA requests 2 new non-public astronaut missions to Worldwide Area Station

Worldwide Area Station spacewalk concludes

NASA is concluding protection of an Worldwide Area Station (ISS) spacewalk that noticed a robotic arm and an enormous increase being manipulated in orbit.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev simply completed and exceeded their assigned spacewalk duties throughout a 7 hour, x minute that started at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT).

The duo blazed by means of the remaining duties left over from an Aug. 17 spacewalk reduce quick as a result of an influence situation in a spacesuit; the spacesuits, by the way, labored completely this time through the 7 hour, 47 minute spacewalk.

“You accomplished greater than you got down to do! Very productive,” a consultant from Moscow Mission Management advised the cosmonauts simply after they closed the hatch. (The transmission was in Russian; interpretation was accessible in English on NASA Tv.)

The cosmonauts concluded a number of configuration duties for the European Robotic Arm and in one in all a number of get-ahead actions, prolonged the Strela crane increase between the Poisk and FGB modules on the Russian aspect of the ISS.

Learn extra: Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Watch two cosmonauts spacewalking stay earlier than they go inside

Two Russian cosmonauts are wrapping up their duties exterior the Worldwide Area Station, however you continue to have time to observe them stay. NASA Tv (opens in new tab) is broadcasting the spacewalk, which began this morning at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT). 

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are far forward of schedule and dealing on get-ahead duties after configuring the European Robotic Arm. They’re now seven hours into what was scheduled to be a 6.5-hour spacewalk.

Russian cosmonauts prolong increase on Worldwide Area Station

At almost 6.5 hours into at the moment’s spacewalk, the Russian cosmonauts proceed to carry out get-ahead duties exterior the Worldwide Area Station. They’re presently working at extending a increase between the Poisk and core FGB modules on the Russian aspect of the advanced.

Each cosmonauts reported they had been feeling nice when requested by Russian mission management in Moscow, throughout a brief break earlier than orbital dawn. (The ISS circles Earth about each 90 minutes.) Their spacewalk was nominally anticipated to be 6.5 hours; the energetic duo is much forward of their timeline and persevering with their tour.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) to work on the European Robotic Arm. Protection is ongoing on NASA Tv (opens in new tab).

Spacewalking cosmonauts pivot to ‘get-ahead’ duties

Greater than 5 hours into at the moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, two cosmonauts are to date forward of schedule that they’re engaged on “get-ahead duties,” NASA officers mentioned in an replace minutes in the past on NASA Tv. Protection is ongoing.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) to configure a European Robotic Arm and have already executed what they had been requested to do for the 6.5-hour spacewalk.

They put in a piece platform on the Russian Nauka module, configured a management panel, adjusted the arm’s “finish effector” for greedy payloads, and tied down launch restraints and insulation they eliminated earlier within the spacewalk.

Cosmonauts greater than an hour forward of schedule

At greater than 4 hours into at the moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, the cosmonauts are at the least 1 hour and 10 minutes forward of schedule.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev exited the Poisk airlock at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT) and made their manner over to the European Robotic Arm, which they’re presently configuring for in-orbit use.

Thus far the cosmonauts have eliminated and bundled some additional insulation, labored with a management panel and finished different configuration actions to get the robotic arm prepared for service.

The spacewalk is scheduled for six.5 hours.

Roscosmos spacewalkers 50 minutes forward of schedule

Two Russian cosmonauts working on the Worldwide Area Station are 50 minutes forward of the timeline on their 6.5-hour scheduled spacewalk.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev, who exited the Russian Poisk module at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), are roughly three hours into their effort to configure the European Robotic Arm.

They’ve eliminated an exterior management panel on the arm and at the moment are engaged on eradicating and bundling insulation, NASA officers mentioned in an replace.

Protection continues stay on NASA Tv (opens in new tab).

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Russian cosmonauts see forest fires from area

Two Russian cosmonauts commented on the highly effective forest fires raging within the western United States from their vantage level throughout a spacewalk on the Worldwide Area Station.

“You possibly can see these forest fires. That’s spectacular,” one of many spacewalkers commented shortly earlier than 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), as the additional vehicular exercise approaches its second hour. (He was talking in Russian; the English interpretation got here by means of NASA.)

They had been referring to highly effective forest fires raging in California amid warmth warnings which might be forcing evacuations close by Los Angeles.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are ending up duties they couldn’t full in August after a spacewalk was reduce quick as a result of a spacesuit energy situation.

The duo are configuring the European Robotic Arm forward of operations. They’ve eliminated a protecting cowl and at the moment are engaged on a management panel to get the arm arrange after its first floor management check a couple of days in the past.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Russian cosmonaut spacewalkers strategy the Worldwide Area Station worksite

Roughly one hour into an Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are almost at their worksite.

The pair will quickly be eradicating protecting covers on the European Robotic Arm as half of a bigger set of configuration duties. Protection is now accessible on NASA Tv (opens in new tab) because the conflicting briefing on the primary channel has concluded.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Worldwide Area Station spacewalk begins

Two Russian cosmonauts formally exited the Poisk module of the Worldwide Area Station at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), NASA simply introduced on NASA Tv’s media channel.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev and flight engineer Denis Matveev are scheduled to spend 6.5 hours exterior to configure the European Robotic Arm. This tour comes after the duo needed to reduce a spacewalk quick in August as a result of an influence situation.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Protection begins on Worldwide Area Station spacewalk

Reside from the Worldwide Area Station, NASA TV’s media channel is now carrying protection of at the moment’s spacewalk, which is predicted to begin round 9:20 a.m. EDT (0130 GMT) and to final 6.5 hours.

Two Russian spacewalkers will proceed to configure a robotic arm in area and can full unfinished duties from one other spacewalk in August that was reduce quick after a spacesuit energy fluctuation.

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers check European robotic arm on the area station Friday

Former NASA chief expresses concern about ISS transition

A former Trump-era NASA administrator says Congress must do extra to have industrial area stations prepared in time.

Throughout a livestream on Sunday, former chief Jim Bridenstine, who led NASA between April 2018 and January 2021, mentioned Congress is transferring too slowly on approving replacements to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), particularly given Russia is now saying it is going to pull out after 2024 to give attention to constructing a Russian-owned area station.

He expressed fear that NASA-funded industrial stations is not going to be prepared in time to fill gaps in low Earth orbit analysis. (The company is banking on the ISS partnership being prolonged to 2030, from 2024, to permit time for these replacements to rise up and operating.)

“Congress, fairly frankly, is at fault for any hole we now have on low Earth orbit, as a result of they’ve been negligent in a substitute for the Worldwide Area Station,” Bridenstine mentioned. “We have identified endlessly that it [the ISS] just isn’t going to final endlessly, however we’ve not been doing what’s essential to forestall the hole from occurring. Now that hole appears to be accelerating, and no one is speaking about it.”

Full story: Former NASA chief criticizes ‘schizophrenic’ US area coverage relating to Russia

ISS will carry a surgical robotic on board in 2024

Whereas it is no hologram physician like in “Star Trek”, extra surgical help might be coming to the Worldwide Area Station in simply two years. MIRA, or “Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant,” will fly to there on the again of a $100,000 award to the College of Nebraska-Lincoln, by means of the U.S. Division of Power’s Established Program to Stimulate Aggressive Analysis (EPSCoR). The check mission will use a microwave-sized experimental locker.

Full story: Worldwide Area Station will host a surgical robotic in 2024

Expedition 67 crew spots auroras, will get prepared for Dragon departure

A photo voltaic storm generated auroras inside view of the Worldwide Area Station crew. “Completely SPECTACULAR aurora at the moment!!!,” NASA astronaut Bob Hines tweeted (opens in new tab), together with a number of photos of the solar-generated storm that hit the ambiance of Earth. “Grateful for the latest photo voltaic exercise leading to these fantastic sights.”

The Expedition 67 crew additionally ready a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for departure, which is presently scheduled for Friday (Aug. 19). Learn extra particulars about how you can watch stay right here.

Each cosmonauts inside airlock, spacewalk ends

Cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Oleg Artemyev at the moment are each contained in the Poisk airlok and have closed the outer hatch as they work to finish at the moment’s spacewalk.  

The hatch was closed at 1:54p.m. EDT (1754 GMT) to formally finish at the moment’s spacewalk early. 

Whole elapsed spacewalk time: 4 hours, 1 minute of 6 deliberate hours. 

Spacewalk aborted over spacesuit energy downside

Russian flight controllers have referred to as off at the moment’s spacewalk exterior the Worldwide Area Station as a result of spacesuit energy downside on Oleg Artemev’s Orlan spacesuit. Learn our preliminary story.

“Right now’s spacewalk by Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev is being ended sooner than deliberate,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias mentioned. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk stay now.

The spacewalk, which started round 9:20 a.m. EDT at the moment, was anticipated to run about six hours. However about three hours in, Artemyev skilled a spacesuit voltage drop as he and Matveev labored on the station’s new European Robotic Arm. Flight controllers instantly ordered Artemyev again contained in the station’s Poisk airlock to plug his go well with into the station’s energy system.  

Whereas Artemyev is contained in the Poisk airlock, Matveev has been exterior performing clear up duties. He is not going to full the robotic arm prep work as a result of it being reduce quick. Flight controllers cautioned Matveev to not rush. 

“Take your time, don’t be in a rush,” they mentioned.

Cosmonaut feels good regardless of spacesuit situation

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev says he’s in good spirits regardless of an influence situation along with his Orlan spacesuit. The difficulty occurred about an hour in the past exterior the Worldwide Area Station as Artemyev and crewmate Denis Matveev labored on the station’s new European Robotic Arm. 

Flight controllers requested Artemyev how he felt. 

“I am energized, I’ve had a superb nap,” Artemyev mentioned. “I’ve had a superb relaxation.”

He added that he undoubtedly felt higher than firstly of the airlock. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk stay now.

Russian flight controllers weigh spacewalk choices

Russian flight controllers are inserting the area station’s European Robotic Arm right into a secure configuration as they focus on whether or not to proceed with at the moment’s spacewalk by cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev. 

Watch the Russian spacewalk stay now.

Artemyev stays contained in the Russian-built Poisk airlock along with his Orlan spacesuit plugged instantly into the station’s energy grid whereas Matveev waits exterior. Right now’s spacewalk start at about 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT) and was anticipated to final about 6 hours. The spacesuit situation cropped up at in regards to the midpoint of the spacewalk round 12 p.m. EDT.

Cosmonaut suffers spacesuit situation on spacewalk

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been ordered again contained in the  Poisk airlock after his Orlan spacesuit skilled an sudden voltage fluctuation throughout at the moment’s spacewalk, NASA experiences. 

Russia’s Mission Management ordered Artemyeve to the station’s airlock, the place he plugged his go well with into the station’s energy provide. His spacewalking accomplice Denis Matveev is ready exterior the airlock as Russian flight controllers focus on the following steps for at the moment’s spacewalk.

“Artemyev is within the airlock, by no means was in any hazard,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias mentioned. 

The difficulty occurred at about 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT), Navias mentioned. 

First digicam put in, engaged on second digicam set up

As we strategy the two-hour mark of at the moment’s Worldwide Area Station spacewalk, the 2 Russian cosmonauts have arrange the primary elbow digicam and eliminated thermal insulation and a launch restraint from the European Robotic Arm, based on NASA.

They’re now ready for the arm to be maneuvered into the proper configuration to permit for set up of a second elbow digicam. The cameras might be helpful to permit for proper depth notion of the arm, which is required to maneuver objects safely within the harsh lighting circumstances of area.

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev, in pink stripes, is on his seventh spacewalk and flight engineer Denis Matveev, in blue, is on his third spacewalk. The spacewalkers are anticipated to spend about 6.5 hours working exterior of their Orlan spacesuits. Reside protection continues.

Cosmonauts put together for digicam set up

On the one-hour mark foe spacewalk, the cosmonauts are transferring in the direction of the European Robotic Arm in preparation for his or her first step. Their first main job might be putting in one in all two “elbow mild” cameras to help the arm with depth notion. Depth notion is essential in area to permit for correct greedy and manipulation of objects. The spacewalk is about to final 6.5 hours.

Spacewalk formally begins

The hatch to the Poisk airlock is open, marking the official begin to the anticipated 6.5-hour lengthy spacewalk at the moment. 

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev (in pink stripes) and flight engineer Denis Matveev (n blue stripes) formally started their spacewalk at 9:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT), based on NASA, placing them about 33 minutes behind after they had been anticipated to begin the spacewalk.

Their objective is to proceed getting ready the European Robotic Arm for operations.

Two Russian cosmonauts put together to depart ISS for spacewalk

Two Russian cosmonauts will proceed engaged on the European Robotic Arm in a spacewalk at the moment (Aug. 17).

Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev (in pink stripes) and flight engineer Denis Matveev (n blue stripes) are scheduled to begin their 6.5-hour Worldwide Area Station spacewalk round 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT), based on NASA (opens in new tab).

You possibly can watch stay right here at Area.com within the hyperlink above, on NASA’s YouTube (opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) channel or instantly at NASA’s web site (opens in new tab).

Learn extra: Watch Russian spacewalkers boot up a European robotic arm on the Worldwide Area Station at the moment

President Biden approves ISS extension act to 2030

President Joe Biden signed the Creating Useful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act into legislation Thursday (Aug. 9). 

That authorization invoice approves NASA’s participation within the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) program by means of September 2030, six years past the present 2024 goal.

The act, which Congress accredited late final month, pledges $53 billion for the U.S. semiconductor business. The included NASA authorization invoice is the primary Congress accredited up to now 5 years.

Learn extra: President Biden indicators CHIPS Act, approving Worldwide Area Station extension to 2030

NASA and personal firms anticipate industrial area station demand

NASA, together with firms engaged on new low Earth orbit area stations, are optimistic these complexes will meet the wants of the Worldwide Area Station post-retirement.

These complexes might be essential as a result of quantity of analysis being generated by the Worldwide Area Station, panelists mentioned at a July 26 dialogue at NASA’s eleventh annual Worldwide Area Station Analysis and Improvement Convention (ISSRDC).

“A platform to have the ability to proceed to do the science and different analysis that we’re doing on ISS will completely be wanted for exploration,” mentioned NASA’s Angela Hart, program supervisor for the company’s Business LEO Improvement Program Workplace, on the Johnson Area Heart (JSC) in Houston.

Learn extra: NASA, non-public firms rely on market demand for future area stations after ISS

SpaceX rocket for Crew 5 being repaired after injury

Each SpaceX and the passengers of Crew-5 say they’re assured NASA’s rigorous security necessities might be met following an incident that broken the Falcon 9 rocket now scheduled to hold folks into area in September.

The primary stage of the booster sustained slight injury after colliding with a bridge throughout transport, delaying the launch as SpaceX addresses the underlying points, the corporate mentioned throughout a Crew-5 information convention Thursday (Aug. 5). (NASA disclosed the injury earlier than, however not the trigger.)

SpaceX is working by means of evaluation “to guarantee that that stage can be able to go, and completely secure to fly the crew as we do for each mission,” mentioned Benjamin Reed, SpaceX’s senior director of the human spaceflight program.

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, commander of Crew-5, mentioned SpaceX has been in common contact along with her crew. “We’ve got full confidence that NASA and SpaceX and the worldwide companions are usually not going to place us on a rocket or a spacecraft that they really feel just isn’t able to go,” she added in the identical briefing.

Learn extra: SpaceX addressing Falcon 9 rocket injury forward of subsequent NASA astronaut launch

NASA requests former astronauts chaperone non-public missions

NASA is asking that every one non-public astronaut missions to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) have an skilled former company astronaut commanding the group. A new solicitation discover (opens in new tab) by NASA, not finalized, contains this request amongst different modifications for personal astronaut missions.

The brand new rule comes from classes realized based mostly on Axiom Area‘s first mission to the ISS earlier this 12 months. The crew required assist from skilled astronauts of Expedition 67 to finish a few of their experiments. (The solicitation was first seen by SpaceNews (opens in new tab)).

Learn extra: Former astronauts should chaperone non-public missions to the Worldwide Area Station, NASA says

Russia says it is going to go away the Worldwide Area Station after 2024

Russia will go away the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) program after 2024, based on an replace from the brand new chief of Russia’s federal area company Roscosmos Tuesday (July 26).

The announcement, which sounds extra definitive than previous statements, comes after Roscosmos management threatened to go away the Worldwide Area Station partnership for months. “The choice to go away the station after 2024 has been made,” the present head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, mentioned (opens in new tab), based on the Related Press.

Talking from area by means of video chat on the eleventh annual Worldwide Area Station Analysis and Improvement Convention, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren briefly addressed the matter. “That may be very latest information, and so we’ve not heard something formally,” he mentioned. “In fact … we had been skilled to do a mission up right here, and that mission is one which requires the entire crew, and so we proceed to work on daily basis to conduct the science and analysis that we have been skilled to conduct.”

Learn extra in our story about Roscosmos leaving the ISS partenrship.

Spacewalk concludes

The European Area Company’s Samantha Cristoforetti concluded her historic first spacewalk for a European girl alongside skilled spacewalker Oleg Artemyev. 

The official finish to the Russian-segment spacewalk was at 5:55 p.m. EDT (2155 GMT) and the duo spent 7 hours, 5 minutes working exterior the Worldwide Area Station, based on NASA Tv. The work had been forecasted to final seven hours.

Russian mission management elected to maneuver one of many main duties to a different day, citing restricted sources within the Orlan spacesuits to perform the work. (The spacesuited crew had been delayed by roughly 50 minutes throughout routine gear checkouts previous to opening the hatch at 10:50 a.m. EDT or 1450 GMT.)

The spacewalkers and the remainder of the Expedition 67 crew had been additionally suggested at the moment that there might be no must carry out an orbital particles avoidance maneuver after the spacewalk concludes. The likelihood had been introduced up through the spacewalk when a bit of unidentified particles strayed slightly near the orbit of ISS. Nobody was ever in any hazard, NASA emphasised through the broadcast.

Watch Area.com for our wrap-up story protecting the spacewalk.

ISS controllers monitoring area particles, no motion right now

Controllers for the Worldwide Area Station are monitoring a bit of area particles that will come into conjunction, or come close by, the orbiting advanced “effectively after” the spacewalk is concluded, a NASA spokesperson mentioned in a stay replace.

Following a stay dialogue between Expedition 67 astronauts and Mission Management in Houston, spokesperson Rob Navias advised NASA TV viewers at 3:18 p.m. EDT (0718 GMT) that the crew is in no hazard and that no rapid motion is required.

“In the intervening time there isn’t any concern or no motion that might be required until future monitoring updates dictate in any other case. We’ll hold you posted,” Navias mentioned through the spacewalk broadcast. Spacewalkers Samantha Cristoforetti (European Area Company) and Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos) are roughly 4.5 hours by means of their extravehicular actions that started at 10:50 EDT (14:50 GMT).

The area station is able to avoiding the area particles, ought to that be required, Navias emphasised. No additional particulars had been supplied by Navias in regards to the time of the anticipated conjunction, how distant the particles is, the scale of the item, or what object is being tracked.

Russian-European spacewalk protection begins

You possibly can watch a Russian cosmonaut and the primary European feminine spacewalker work exterior the Worldwide Area Station at the moment. The Expedition 67 spacewalk is predicted to start round 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). Protection is accessible within the video above, by way of NASA Tv.

The European Area Company’s (ESA) Samantha Cristoforetti will be a part of skilled Russian cosmonaut spacewalker Oleg Artemyev for as much as seven hours. Cristoforetti will make historical past as the primary European feminine spacewalker, whereas Artemyev will embark on his third spacewalk.

A lot of their time might be spent readying the European Robotic Arm for operational use, however the duo will even deploy nanosatellites and carry out quite a few different duties on the Russian phase of the ISS.

Artemyev and Cristoforetti will each put on Russian-built Orlan spacesuits throughout their spacewalk at the moment, with Artemyev in a go well with with pink stripes whereas Cristoforetti’s go well with will bear blue stripes. The spacewalk will possible be performed within the Russian language with stay interpretation.

You possibly can be taught extra in our preview story right here.

Soyuz crew in good well being after touchdown

The U.S.-Russian crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is in good well being and spirits after their clean touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Learn our full touchdown story.

Roscosmos TV cameras confirmed NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov with extensive smiles on their faces as they had been helped out of their Soyuz capsule. Every of the area vacationers had been hoisted out of the Soyuz, which had rolled over after touchdown as a result of winds, and positioned in reclined couches as they readapt to life on Earth. 

They waved to cameras throughout a photograph session and had been then carried into a close-by medical tent for medical checks and to doff their Russian Sokol spacesuits and climb into extra snug flight fits. 

As soon as these medical checks are full, every of the Soyuz crewmembers will head to a rally level airport in Kazakhstan. A NASA jet is awaiting Vande Hei to take him again to Houston whereas a Roscosmos airplane will ferry Shkaplerov and Dubrov residence to Russia’s Star Metropolis coaching web site close to Moscow. 

That is a wrap for our touchdown protection of Soyuz MS-19. 

The subsequent mission to the ISS would be the non-public Ax-1 mission launching on a SpaceX rocket on April 6. We’ll have stay protection of that right here and on our Ax-1 mission updates web page through the 11-day journey. 

NASA and SpaceX will then launch the Crew-4 mission to the ISS on April 19.

TOUCHDOWN! Soyuz lands with crew of three

Landing confirmed! The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov has landed safely on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT). 

Russian restoration crews are closing in on the touchdown web site in helicopters and floor autos. NASA and Roscosmos personnel will quickly extract the crew and put together the area vacationers for his or her journey residence. 

First, Russian restoration groups will arrange an inflatable medical tent to arrange to obtain the Soyuz crew whereas others safeguard the car so the crew will be extracted. 

As soon as the crew is extracted from the Soyuz, they may have a brief photograph session exterior the capsule earlier than heading off to medical tents, after which to an airport in for his or her journey residence. Vande Hei might be headed again to Houston whereas Dubrov and Shkaplerov will head residence to Moscow. — Tariq Malik 

Parachute deployed! Soyuz descending to Earth

The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying a crew of three has deployed its most important parachute and is safely descending again to Earth. 

Every little thing has gone as deliberate for the touchdown. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and his two Russian crewmates are doing effectively as they return to Earth.

Soyuz spacecraft module separation

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov has jettisoned its orbital and propulsion modules as its crew capsule plunges by means of Earth’s ambiance for at the moment’s touchdown. 

The crew capsule is a gumdrop-shaped module that kinds the central core of the Soyuz spacecraft. Its orbital and propulsion modules are disposable and not wanted throughout reentry. 

The crew capsule will deploy a most important parachute to sluggish its descent to the Earth’s floor in Kazakhstan. It would hearth retrorockets simply earlier than landing to additional cushion its touchdown. 

Touchdown stays on schedule for 7:28 am ET (1128 GMT).

Deorbit burn: Soyuz returning to Earth

The deorbit burn has begun for at the moment’s Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft touchdown to return astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov residence from the Worldwide Area Station. 

The deorbit burn is a brief 4-minute, 59-second maneuver to sluggish the Soyuz in order that it could possibly go away orbit and descend again to Earth for a touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan. You possibly can see a profile of the touchdown strategy above. 

Beneath is the goal touchdown space and strategy in Kazakhstan for at the moment’s touchdown.

Soyuz MS-19 crew prepares for touchdown

With at the moment’s undocking from the Worldwide Area Station full, the Soyuz MS-19 crew is now getting ready for the return to Earth in three hours. NASA’s stay webcast protection of the touchdown has resumed forward of the deliberate deorbit burn at 6:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT). You possibly can watch the Soyuz touchdown stay on Area.com. We’ve got feeds on our homepage and our preview for at the moment’s touchdown.

The deorbit burn will place the Soyuz MS-19 on a descending monitor for its deliberate 7:38 a.m. EDT (1138 GMT) touchdown on the steps of Kazakhstan. 

Whereas we watch for the deorbit burn. Take a look at some wonderful views of the Soyuz’s undocking earlier at the moment.

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Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov is continuous his photograph and video session of the Worldwide Area Station as fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov flies the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft across the station after at the moment’s undocking.

“That is lovely, we’re flying over some continents and all of it appears lovely however the Russian phase is all in shadow,” one of many cosmonauts mentioned. 

“Wow!” a cosmonaut added. “Each time you see it, it is virtually like a shock.”

The Soyuz and area station had been passing over western China when this view was captured from the Soyuz’s onboard digicam.  

Undocking! Soyuz MS-19 departs area station

Undocking confirmed! With Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on the controls, the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft undocked from the Worldwide Area Station on time at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT) as each craft sailed excessive over the South Atlantic Ocean. 

Shkaplerov has backed the Soyuz away to a station-keeping level about 70 meters away from the station to permit cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov to take pictures and movies of the station’s Russian phase. 

Dubrov is taking the pictures and movies from the Soyuz capsule’s orbital module, which might be discarded together with the propulsion module later at the moment forward of reentry. 

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is remaining in his seat throughout this area station photograph session. 

It is touchdown day for ISS astronauts

It is undocking and touchdown day for American astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts on the Worldwide Area Station. Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. 

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying the trio will undock from the area station at the moment at 3:21 a.m. EDT (0721 GMT) and land at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT). You possibly can watch the undocking stay on Area.com’s homepage, courtesy of NASA TV. Undocking protection is stay now. 

At 6:15 a.m. EDT (1015 GMT), NASA’s protection of the Soyuz touchdown will start to chronicle the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft’s deorbit burn, which is scheduled for six:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT) establishing the deliberate touchdown on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan. 

Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after a 355-day mission to the Worldwide Area Station, the longest single spaceflight for an American astronaut. Shkaplerov is returning residence to finish a 176-day spaceflight. 

Soyuz reaches orbit with 3 cosmonauts aboard

Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft has efficiently reached orbit and separated from its Soyuz rocket higher stage. 

The spacecraft is now chasing the Worldwide Area Station and can dock on the orbiting laboratory later at the moment at 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT). NASA TV can have stay protection of the docking beginning at 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT).

The cosmonauts – Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev, and Denis Matveev – will enter the area station at about 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT) after a sequence of leak checks.

• 11:15 a.m. – Protection of the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 11:55 a.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 2:15 p.m. – Protection of the rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Docking to the Prichal module scheduled at 3:05 p.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 5:15 p.m. – Protection of the Soyuz MS-21 hatch opening on the ISS (Hatch opening for Artemyev, Matveev and Korsakov scheduled at appx. 5:30 p.m. EDT)
• 8:30 p.m. – Video File of the Soyuz MS-21 launch, docking and hatch opening on the ISS (streamed on NASA TV’s media channel)

Liftoff! Soyuz rocket launches new crew

Liftoff! Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and rocket have launched towards area on time at 11:55 a.m. EDT. 

All programs are nominal because it heads to area. 

Russia launching 3 cosmonauts to area station

Three Russian cosmonauts will launch towards the Worldwide Area Station on Friday (March 18), and you’ll watch the motion stay.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov is scheduled to raise off atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT). 

You possibly can watch it stay right here at Area.com courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company (opens in new tab). Protection will begin at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT). You too can see a Roscosmos feed right here

This is a schedule of ISS docking and crew arrival occasions for later at the moment after liftoff (All instances in EDT):

• 11:15 a.m. – Protection of the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 11:55 a.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 2:15 p.m. – Protection of the rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz MS-21 crew to the ISS (Docking to the Prichal module scheduled at 3:05 p.m. EDT; Artemyev, Matveev, Korsakov)
• 5:15 p.m. – Protection of the Soyuz MS-21 hatch opening on the ISS (Hatch opening for Artemyev, Matveev and Korsakov scheduled at appx. 5:30 p.m. EDT)
• 8:30 p.m. – Video File of the Soyuz MS-21 launch, docking and hatch opening on the ISS (streamed on NASA TV’s media channel)

Spacewalk at the moment! 2 NASA astronauts working exterior ISS

Two NASA astronauts will spend hours working exterior the Worldwide Area Station at the moment to improve the orbiting lab’s programs. 

Astronauts Kayla Barron and Raja Chari are scheduled to step exterior the orbiting lab Tuesday at 8:05 a.m. EDT (1205 GMT), kicking off a deliberate 6.5-hour spacewalk geared toward getting ready for upcoming photo voltaic array upgrades. 

You possibly can watch the spacewalk stay within the video on the prime of this web page, courtesy of NASA TV. The stay webcast started at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT).

Spacecraft Separation for ISS cargo ship

Spacecraft separation! Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship is formally in orbit and chasing the Worldwide Area Station on a 2-day rendezvous monitor.

LIFTOFF for Antares rocket carrying Cygnus NG-17 to ISS

Liftoff! Northrop Grumman has launched its Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship towards the Worldwide Area Station.

All programs are working nominally after the on-time liftoff. 

Go for launch

Northrop Grumman is go for launch at the moment after a ultimate mission ballot. Climate and the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-17 spacecraft haven’t any points for flight. 

Northrop Grumman launching cargo ship at the moment

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the industrial cargo ship Cygnus NG-17 at the moment at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT) and you’ll watch it stay right here and on our mission overview web page, courtesy of NASA TV. The stay webcast will start at 12:15 p.m. EST (1715 GMT). 

The Cygnus NG-17 cargo ship, named the S.S. Piers Sellers in honor of the late astronaut who died in December 2016, will launch from Pad 0A of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. It’s carrying greater than 8,300 kilos of provides and different gear for the Expedition 66 crew on the Worldwide Area station. 

“The launch vary forecast stays 75% favorable, with floor winds being the first concern,” NASA officers wrote in an replace at the moment (opens in new tab).

This is a take a look at the science aboard: 

Progress cargo ship docks early Thursday

Russia’s Progress 80 cargo resupply ship, which launched on Monday (Feb. 14), will arrive on the Worldwide Area Station early Thursday (Feb. 17). 

The uncrewed cargo freighter is scheduled to dock with the orbiting laboratory at 2:06 a.m. EST (0706 GMT). You possibly can watch the docking stay within the window above, courtesy of NASA TV, or instantly by way of NASA’s web site (opens in new tab). 

Undocking!

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has efficiently undocked itself from the Worldwide Area Station’s Concord module and is backing away from the orbiting lab.

Undocking occurred on time at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT) as each spacecraft sailed excessive over the South Pacific Ocean. On the time of undocking, NASA and SpaceX didn’t have stay video protection from the Worldwide Area Station, however did seize views of it backing away after its departure. 

You possibly can learn our full story about at the moment’s Dragon undocking right here.

Dragon undocking webcast underway

NASA’s stay webcast for at the moment’s SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 undocking on the Worldwide Area Station is underway. 

Dragon is on monitor to undock from the station’s zenith port on its Concord module at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). The command to undock might be despatched by SpaceX at 10:35 a.m. EST, NASA says.

If all goes effectively, Dragon will carry out two quick departure burns and in the end return to Earth on Monday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. EST (2105 GMT) off the coast of Panama Metropolis, Florida.

Undocking day for SpaceX Dragon CRS-24

It is undocking day (once more) for SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship on the Worldwide Area Station. 

After a 24-hour delay as a result of unfavorable climate at its splashdown web site within the Gulf of Mexico, the Dragon cargo ship is as soon as once more anticipated to solid off from the area station’s space-facing docking port atop NASA’s Concord module and start its journey again to Earth. Undocking is scheduled for 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT) and you’ll watch it stay on this web page starting at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT), courtesy of NASA TV. 

The Dragon cargo ship launched to the station on Dec. 21 and has spent simply over a month on the orbiting lab. For its return journey, will probably be carrying almost 5,000 kilos (2,267 kilograms) of science experiment outcomes and different gear again to Earth. 

SpaceX’s Dragon is presently the one cargo ship able to returning cargo, gear and different gadgets again to Earth. 

Dragon undocking delayed by unhealthy climate

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the undocking of of the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship by one other 24 hours as a result of excessive winds at its splashdown web site within the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft will now undock Sunday, Jan. 23, at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT).

“As a consequence of unfavorable climate within the splashdown places off the coast of Florida, now focusing on Sunday, January 23 at 10:40 a.m. EST for Dragon’s departure from the area station,” SpaceX wrote in a Twitter replace (opens in new tab) this morning.

That is the second undocking delay for the Dragon CRS-24 spacecraft, which was initially scheduled to depart from the area station on Friday, Jan. 21. That undocking was additionally delayed by unhealthy climate on the splashdown websites. 

SpaceX now goals to undock the Dragon CRS-24 capsule from the area station’s space-facing Concord module on Sunday at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). NASA’s stay webcast will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT). 

SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 undocking at the moment

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will undock from the Worldwide Area Station at the moment and you’ll watch it stay on-line. Undocking is about for 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT). Learn our full undocking preview right here.

NASA’s webcast of the Dragon CRS-24 departure will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT). You possibly can watch it stay within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page. 

SpaceX launched the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship to the area station in December to ship 6,500 kilos (2,900 kilograms) of science gear and provides to astronauts on the orbiting lab. For its return to Earth, the spacecraft is carrying almost 5,000 kilos (2,267 kilograms) of science experiments and different gear aboard. 

The Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship will return to Earth on Monday, Jan. 24, at 12:44 a.m. EST (0544 GMT) with a splashdown within the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. SpaceX and NASA is not going to present a stay webcast of the splashdown, however updates are anticipated to be shared on Twitter by SpaceX and on NASA’s area station weblog (opens in new tab).

Cosmonauts to take spacewalk exterior ISS at the moment

Two Russian cosmonauts will take a spacewalk exterior the Worldwide Area Station at the moment to outfit the orbiting lab’s new Prichal module. You possibly can watch the spacewalk stay within the video feed on the prime of this web page. Learn our preview story on the spacewalk right here.

Expedition 66 commander Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov, each of the Russian area company Roscosmos, will spend the day working so as to add new handrails, antennas, a tv digicam and docking targets to Prichal, permitting the docking module to simply accept its first visiting spacecraft in March.

In the course of the spacewalk, you may spot Shkaplerov in a Russian Orlan spacesuit with pink stripes, distinguishing him because the lead spacewalker. Dubrov’s spacesuit can have blue stripes. 

Docking! SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship reaches ISS

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship efficiently docked with the Worldwide Area Station at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT), linking up with the orbiting lab almost an hour sooner than deliberate as each spacecraft sailed 265 miles above the South Pacific Ocean. 

A sequence of hooks and hatches will safe the Dragon to the station forward of leak checks to create a safe seal between the 2 spacecraft. The station’s crew will then open the hatches between the 2 craft to start unpacking the spacecraft. 

SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship arriving at ISS

It is docking day for SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship. 

After a day’s flight in orbit, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship is closing in on the Worldwide Area Station and is scheduled to hyperlink up with the orbiting lab at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT). You possibly can watch its strategy and docking stay within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page. 

The Dragon CRS-24 resupply ship is carrying 6,500 kilos of provides and experiment gear to the Worldwide Area Station. The spacecraft was initially scheduled to dock at 4:30 a.m. EST however is operating forward of schedule.

Dragon CRS-24 efficiently in orbit

SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has efficiently opened its nostril cone to uncover its docking port, the ultimate step in at the moment’s launch towards the Worldwide Area Station. Learn our recap of the predawn liftoff.

The spacecraft, which has visited the area station earlier than, is scheduled to dock on the orbiting laboratory on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at 4:30 a.m. EST (0930 GMT). 

NASA will present stay protection of the Dragon spacecraft’s autonomous docking, starting at 3 a.m. EST (0800 GMT). You possibly can watch that docking stay on this web page by way of the NASA TV feed on the prime of this web page.

Landing! SpaceX rocket lands as Dragon reaches orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 1st stage has landed efficiently after launching Dragon CRS-24 cargo mission for NASA. That is touchdown no. 100 for SpaceX.

In the meantime, the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has reached orbit and separated from its Falcon 9 higher stage. Nostril cone deployment is predicted quickly.

Stage Separation for Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket first stage has separated from its higher stage and is starting its return to Earth for a touchdown on the drone ship Simply Learn The Directions within the Atlantic Ocean.

The higher stage carrying the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship is continuous its ascent to orbit.

LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches Dragon CRS-24

LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches a brand new Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship for NASA. Subsequent cease, Worldwide Area Station.

T-5 minutes to launch

SpaceX’s CRS-24 Dragon cargo mission is 5 minutes from launch and the climate appears like it might clear in time for at the moment’s launch, SpaceX experiences. 

Fueling is underway for the Falcon 9 rocket and needs to be accomplished about 2 minutes earlier than liftoff. 

SpaceX CRS-24 launch webcast begins

SpaceX’s launch webcast for at the moment’s CRS-24 Dragon cargo resupply mission has begun. You possibly can watch it stay within the window above or instantly from NASA right here (opens in new tab) and from SpaceX (opens in new tab). Liftoff is now focused for five:07 a.m. EST (1007 GMT), a minute later than earlier introduced.

The climate forecast is dismal for at the moment’s launch try, with only a 30% of fine climate at NASA’s Pad 39A for at the moment’s launch. 

SpaceX to launch NASA CRS-24 cargo mission

SpaceX is counting all the way down to launch a brand new Falcon 9 rocket carrying the CRS-24 cargo mission to the Worldwide Area Station for NASA at the moment (Dec. 21) and you’ll watch it stay on the prime of this web page. Liftoff is at 5:06 a.m. EST (1006 GMT). 

NASA and SpaceX will start webcasting at the moment’s launch at 4:45 a.m. EST (0945 GMT). 

SpaceX is utilizing a uncommon new Falcon 9 rocket for at the moment’s launch. Its Cargo Dragon spacecraft beforehand flew to the area station. The mission will ship about 6,500 kilos of provides and experiment gear to the Worldwide Area Station for its Expedition 66 crew. 

NASA, SpaceX press briefing at the moment on CRS-24 cargo aunch

NASA and SpaceX are counting all the way down to launch a brand new cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station on Tuesday, Dec. 21, and can maintain a prelaunch press convention at the moment at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT). You possibly can watch the prelaunch briefing stay on this web page, courtesy of NASA, within the window above.

The climate forecast is presently dismal, with solely a 30% probability of fine launch circumstances. 

Soyuz MS-20 crew is secure on Earth

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his videographer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin have exited the Soyuz capsule and are headed to the Karaganda airport to start their journeys residence.

After a 12-day spaceflight, the trio touched down at about 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT or 9:13 a.m. native time on Dec. 20) on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan.

You possibly can see video of the crew rising from the Soyuz capsule above, and learn our full story about at the moment’s Soyuz touchdown right here. 

1st view of the Soyuz!

NASA TV lastly has stay video footage from the touchdown web site. Right here is the primary view of the charred Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft that landed at the moment!

Restoration crew is on web site

The crew is reportedly secure and in good well being as search and restoration groups are serving to them out of the capsule. 

The Soyuz landed upright and didn’t tip over after the influence, which might assist velocity up the restoration course of. 

Roscosmos confirms Soyuz touchdown

The Soyuz MS-20 has efficiently touched down, Dmitry Rogozin, director basic of Russia’s area company Roscosmos, introduced on Twitter (opens in new tab). 

NASA TV commentator Brandi Dean mentioned that unhealthy climate in Kazakhstan has considerably hindered the restoration effort, however there may be “no purpose to suspect that something is unsuitable.” 

Restoration groups “had visuals of the Soyuz descending below parachutes, however due to the visibility points with the climate there on the touchdown web site [they] didn’t see the precise landing,” Dean mentioned. “In order that they’re engaged on attending to the Soyuz at this level and we’re standing by for affirmation that they’re there with the crew.”

Landing?

The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft ought to have touched down on time at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT), however NASA and Roscosmos haven’t but confirmed the touchdown, and we’re nonetheless ready on the primary video footage from the touchdown web site. There aren’t any indications that something went unsuitable with the touchdown, based on NASA TV commentator Brandi Dean. 

Deorbit burn full

The Soyuz MS-20 has efficiently accomplished a deorbit burn after firing its engines for 4 minutes and 39 seconds. The spacecraft is on monitor for an on-time touchdown in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT).

The Soyuz is on its approach to Earth

The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft efficiently separated from the Worldwide Area Station at 6:50 p.m. EST (2350 GMT) and is now on its approach to Earth with Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin on board. The area station was orbiting 263 miles (423) kilometers above Mongolia on the time of undocking. 

NASA TV’s stay protection of their return to Earth will resume at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT), 18 minutes earlier than the deliberate deorbit burn. After the deorbit burn, the Soyuz spacecraft will spend just below an hour descending to Earth. The crew is predicted to the touch down in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 GMT).

NASA TV’s undocking protection has begun

Alexander Misurkin, Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano are contained in the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and getting ready for an on-time departure from the Worldwide Area Station. The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled to undock at 6:50 p.m. EST (2350 GMT) and land in Kazakhstan at 10:13 p.m. EST (0313 Dec. 20 GMT). You possibly can watch it stay now within the window above. Learn extra

Touchdown day for Japanese area vacationers

It is touchdown day for Japanese billionaire area vacationer Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.

The trio will return to Earth tonight, Dec. 19, of their Soyuz spacecraft with a touchdown on the steppes of Kazakhstan scheduled for 10:18 p.m. EST (0318 GMT on Dec. 20). You possibly can watch it stay on this web page within the NASA TV video feed on the prime. 

NASA will broadcast a number of occasions at the moment main as much as tonight’s touchdown. This is a schedule to plan your afternoon and night:

• 3 p.m. EST / 2000 GMT — NASA TV protection begins for hatch closing at 3:32 p.m. EST (2032 GMT)
• 6:30 p.m. EST / 2300 GMT — NASA TV protection begins for undocking at 6:54 p.m. EST (2354 GMT)
• 9 p.m. EST / 0200 GMT Dec. 20 — NASA TV protection begins for deorbit and touchdown. Touchdown is focused for 10:18 p.m. EST / 0318 GMT Dec. 20.

Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin launched to the area station on Dec. 8 on a mission brokered for Maezawa by the U.S. area tourism firm Area Adventures. Maezawa is financing the complete journey for an undisclosed sum, although previous vacationer flights to the station have value extra as much as $35 million for one particular person based mostly on experiences from Cirque du Soliel founder Man Laliberte’s flight in 2009. Maezawa has paid for 2 folks, suggesting a good increased payment. 

Maezawa and Hirano have spent their time in area recording movies of Maezawa showcasing the spaceflight expertise. Additionally they delivered the primary Uber Eats meal in area and Hirano is taking part in some medical experiments to check the consequences of spaceflight on the human physique.

Watch NASA TV tonight to see the trio return to Earth.

Postcard from the area station

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has discovered how you can float. Two days into his keep aboard the Worldwide Area Station, Maezawa on Twitter (opens in new tab) shared a picture of him seated cross-legged and waving on the digicam with the caption, “Hello from area.” 

Japanese billionaire

Japanese area vacationers Yusakuy Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have begun their 12-day keep aboard the Worldwide Area Station after coming into the orbiting laboratory at 11:11 a.m. EST (1611 GMT) with veteran Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin. 

The 2 area vacationers, whose flight was organized by the Virginia-based firm Area Adventures with Russia’s area company Roscosmos, are as a result of return to Earth on Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT Dec. 20) on the distant steppes of Kazakhstan.

Japanese area vacationers, cosmonaut to enter ISS

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin have climbed out of their Sokol launch strain fits and are getting ready to enter the Worldwide Area Station after their profitable docking earlier at the moment. The Soyuz MS-20 crew are conducting ultimate leak checks between their Soyuz and the area station earlier than opening the hatches between their two spacecraft. 

NASA is broadcasting stay views of at the moment’s hatch opening ceremony, which you’ll be able to watch within the video feed on the prime of this web page.

Docking full!

The Soyuz capsule carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin docked to the Worldwide Area Station at 8:40 a.m. EST (1340 GMT) after 4 orbits round Earth and about six hours after launch. Learn the total story (opens in new tab).

The trio are scheduled to enter the area station at about 10:35 a.m. EST (1535 GMT), with a stay webcast starting about 20 minutes prior.

Watch Japanese area vacationers dock at area station

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his video producer Yozo Hirano will dock on the Worldwide Area Station at the moment at 8:41 a.m. EST (1341 GMT) with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and you’ll watch it stay right here. The stay webcast will start at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from NASA. 

Maezawa and his crewmates launched to the area station early Wednesday and can spend 12 days on the area station. Maezawa purchased the flight with Area Adventures, which has organized a number of area tourism flights to the Worldwide Area Station with Russia’s Roscosmos area company. 

Maezawa, Hirano and Misurkin are scheduled to enter the area station at 10:35 a.m. EST (1535 GMT). A hatch opening ceremony webcast will start at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT).

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, two others launch towards area station

Billionaire Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and his two crewmates are on their approach to the Worldwide Area Station.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Maezawa, fellow area vacationer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin launched atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). [Full story.]

The trio is predicted to reach on the area station round 8:41 a.m. EST (1341 GMT) on Wednesday. The spaceflyers will stay in orbit for almost 12 days, returning to Earth on Dec. 19.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa launching to area station early Wednesday

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and two crewmates will launch towards the Worldwide Area Station early Wednesday morning (Dec. 8), and you’ll watch the motion stay.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin is scheduled to raise off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday at 2:38 a.m. EST (0738 GMT). Watch it stay at Area.com’s homepage courtesy of NASA, or instantly by way of the area company (opens in new tab).

Maezawa paid for his seat and that of Hirano, who will doc the mission. Their flight was organized by Virginia firm Area Adventures, which has despatched eight different folks on seven journeys to the orbiting lab over time.

Prepare for tomorrow’s spacewalk!

At 2 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) at the moment (Nov. 29), NASA might be internet hosting a information convention detailing what they anticipate to occur throughout tomorrow’s upcoming spacewalk.

The information convention will embody three consultants who will focus on the spacewalk and reply questions with a Q&A. These consultants embody Dana Weigel, NASA’s deputy supervisor of the Worldwide Area Station Program, Vincent LaCourt, NASA’s spacewalk flight director and Artwork Thomason, NASA’s spacewalk officer. 

Take a look at the NASA TV stay video above to catch the press convention.

The spacewalk being mentioned will see NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, who not too long ago arrived on the orbiting lab aboard SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission. They are going to exit the station’s Quest airlock round 7:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT) tomorrow (Nov. 30) to exchange a defective antenna system. Reside protection for the spacewalk itself is about to start at 5:30 a.m. EDT (1030 GMT). 

DOCKING! Progress 79 at area station

Progress 79 has efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station, linking up with the orbiting lab’s Russian-built Zvezda service module at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT) as the 2 ships sailed 258 miles over Argentina, simply south of Buenos Aires. 

“It does not get a lot smoother than that,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias mentioned of the docking throughout stay commentary. “A flawless trip from the launch pad at Baikonur to docking on the Worldwide Area Station.”

That may wrap our protection of Roscosmos’ Progress 79 cargo ship docking on the Worldwide Area Station. Keep tuned for extra updates from the station as they arrive up!

Progress 79 on ultimate strategy to ISS

The Progress 79 cargo ship is now on ultimate strategy to its docking port on the Zvezda service module of the Worldwide Area Station. 

The berth is on the aft finish of the station’s Russian phase. 

Progress 79 flyaround underway

Progress 79 is now flying across the Worldwide Area Station to achieve some extent about 150 meters from the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module, its vacation spot for at the moment’s cargo supply. 

Docking nonetheless set for 9:34 pm EDT (0134 GMT). 

Progress 79 in sight of area station

Progress 79 is now lower than 1 kilometers from the Worldwide Area Station because it nears the area station. Cameras on the station are displaying beautiful views of the approaching spacecraft.

Right now’s docking strategy is on monitor with no points. 

NASA livestream underway for Progress 79 docking

NASA’s webcast for tonight’s Progress 79 cargo ship docking on the Worldwide Area Station has start. 

The Russian constructed Progress 79 cargo ship will dock on the Zvezda service module on the area station at 9:34 p.m. EDT (0134 GMT). The spacecraft is carrying greater than 5,600 kilos of provides and equipment — 2.8 tons in all —  for the station’s seven-astronaut crew. 

You possibly can watch the docking stay above on the prime of this web page. 

Progress 79 is presently about 7 kilometers away from the area station because it approaches  a flyaround level to achieve its docking port.  

Progress 79 cargo ship to dock tonight

The uncrewed Russian cargo ship Progress 79, which launched into orbit late Wednesday (Oct. 27), is because of dock on the Worldwide Area Station tonight and you’ll watch it stay right here. 

Progress 79, which is hauling almost 3 tons of meals, clothes, propellant and different provides, will hyperlink as much as the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module at 9:34 p.m. EDT (0134 GMT). NASA’s stay webcast of the rendezvous will start at 8:45 p.m. EDT (0045 GMT). 

You possibly can watch the occasions stay within the window on the prime of this web page. At 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT), NASA and SpaceX will even conduct a launch readiness overview press convention for the Crew-3 SpaceX astronaut mission, as a result of launch on Oct. 31. 

Progress 79 launches to area station

Russia’s area company Roscosmos efficiently launched the Progress 79 cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station tonight at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) from Pad 6 of Web site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was 5 a.m. native time on the launch web site. 

NASA spokesman Rob Navias mentioned throughout stay commentary that the Soyuz 2.1a rocket’s liftoff was a “excellent launch.”

The Progress 79 cargo ship is now making its uncrewed flight to the station, the place it is going to dock late Friday evening on the aft finish of the station’s Russian-built Zvezda service module. 

Docking is about for 9:34 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 29 (0134 GMT Saturday, Oct. 30).

Russian Progress 79 cargo ship able to launch

A Russian Soyuz rocket is poised to launch a brand new Progress cargo ship to the Worldwide Area Station tonight and you’ll watch it stay right here on the prime of this web page. 

The Progress 79 cargo ship will launch about 3 tons of provides to the area station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ship will dock on the station on Friday, Oct. 29. 

You possibly can watch the launch stay above, or from our launch preview web page right here. 

Progress 78 efficiently docks at Nauka

The uncrewed Progress 78 cargo resupply ship has efficiently docked with the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory module, or Nauka, almost 29 hours after undocking from Russia’s Poisk module. The time of seize was 12:21 a.m. EDT (0421 GMT).

Watch Progress 78 dock with the area station

Russia’s Progress 78 cargo resupply spacecraft efficiently undocked from the area station’s Poisk module late Wednesday (Oct. 20) and is presently scheduled to dock on the Nauka module at 12:24 a.m. EDT (0424 GMT) on Friday (Oct. 22). You possibly can watch a stay webcast of the docking within the window above. 

Learn the total story: Russian cargo ship strikes to new parking spot at area station

That is a wrap!

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko landed with cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy Sunday (Oct. 17) at 12:35 a.m. EDT (0435 GMT or 10:35 a.m. native time) on the steppe of Kazakhstan. Learn the total story

Soyuz undocking full

Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko are on their manner again to Earth after undocking from the Worldwide Area Station of their Soyuz spacecraft.

NASA TV’s stay protection of the deorbit burn and touchdown will resume tonight (Oct. 16) at 11:15 p.m. EDT (0315 GMT); the touchdown in Kazakhstan is scheduled for roughly 12:36 a.m. (0436 GMT; 10:36 a.m. Kazakhstan time) on Sunday, Oct. 17.

It is touchdown day!

It is touchdown day! Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who’s wrapping up a six-month keep in area, and a Russian actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, who’ve spent lower than two weeks in orbit, are headed again to Earth.

In the event you’re pondering of tuning in, take a look at our full information to at the moment’s touchdown webcasts.

The trio will say their goodbyes at about 4:15 p.m. EDT (2015 GMT) earlier than climbing into the Soyuz MS-18 capsule, which is able to undock from Russia’s Nauka module of the Worldwide Area Station on Saturday (Oct. 16) at 9:14 p.m. EDT (0114 GMT on Oct. 17) for the journey residence.

The capsule, slowed by parachutes, will land in Kazakhstan on Sunday (Oct. 17) at 12:36 a.m. EDT (0436 GMT; 10:36 a.m. native time).

NASA TV and Area.com will provide stay protection of all three milestones, so keep tuned!

Megan McArthur shares beautiful Earth timelapse

Lightning storms, auroras and metropolis lights glow throughout planet Earth on this beautiful new timelapse video captured by NASA astronaut Megan McArther on the Worldwide Area Station. 

“Friday Evening Lightning!” McArthur tweeted (opens in new tab). “Checkout this time lapse taken over Africa from our cupola. Along with thunderstorms, you may see metropolis lights, the Milky Means, satellites, and even a little bit of aurora on the finish.” 

Russian movie crew boards area station

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko have entered the Worldwide Area Station with their cosmonaut information Anton Shkaplerov to start their 12-day film shoot in orbit.

The trio entered the station’s Rassvet module at about 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), jus about 6 hours after launching into orbit on their Soyuz rocket. They joined seven different crewmembers already aboard the station, together with Expedition 65 cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who will seem within the movie Peresild and Shipenko are taking pictures. It is referred to as “The Problem,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon despatched into orbit to assist a cosmonaut (Novitskiy) in medical misery. 

“I nonetheless really feel that it is all a dream and I am nonetheless asleep,” Peresild, 37, advised Russia’s Channel One throughout a welcome ceremony on the station. 

Shipenko agreed. 

“Sure, it is virtually unattainable to suppose that this all got here to actuality,” the 38-year-old director mentioned.

In the course of the welcome ceremony, Peresild acquired a congratulatory name from Valentina Tereshkova, who grew to become the primary girl in area in 1963 on the Vostok 6 mission. 

“It was extraordinarily emotional for everybody, from unhappiness to happiness,” Tereshkova mentioned of the launch in Russian, which was translated on NASA TV. “We’re very happy with you,” she added, saying she had just one want for the crew.

“Every little thing ought to go nominal, that is our greatest want,” Tereshkova mentioned. “We would like all of your goals to come back true and we’ll be ready for you again right here on Earth.”

Hatch Opening Underway

Astronauts on the Worldwide Area Station at the moment are working to open the hatches between the station and the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, permitting the Russian movie crew to enter the orbiting lab.

Area station hatch opening delayed

Russian mission management officers have advised the station and Soyuz crews that hatch opening will happen in about an hour, a bit later than deliberate.

We’re awaiting a brand new hatch opening goal time from NASA.

Russian movie crew to enter area station

The Russian movie crew that launched to the Worldwide Area Station at the moment on a Soyuz spacecraft is getting ready to enter the orbiting laboratory for the primary time. Hatches between the area station and their Soyuz MS-19 are as a result of be opened at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT). 

You possibly can watch the hatch opening and a welcome ceremony stay within the NASA TV video feed on the prime of this web page.

Superb views of Soyuz docking with Russian movie crew

Right now’s profitable docking of a Russian movie crew on the Worldwide Area Station had some star high quality of its personal. Because the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov neared the station, a digicam on the orbiting lab captured spectacular views of the approaching spacecraft. 

Take a look at the views within the video above!

Docking! Soyuz delivers Russian movie crew to area station

The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying a Russian actress and her producer/director has efficiently docked on the Worldwide Area Station. It linked up with a port on the station’s Rassvet module at 8:22 a.m. EDT (1222 GMT), about 10 minutes later than deliberate after communications points pressured cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov to take handbook management of the Soyuz for the docking. 

Regardless of the communications situation, Shklaperov docked the Soyuz at its port to ship Russian actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko to the station. The duo will movie scenes for an upcoming area movie referred to as “The Problem,” with Peresild portraying a surgeon launched into area to assist an ailing cosmonaut, to be portrayed by cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, who’s already aboard the area station.

“So the Soyuz MS-19’s safely at port, and a Russian actress and her producer-director are on set on the Worldwide Area Station for 12 days of film making,” NASA spokesperson Rob Navias mentioned throughout stay commentary.

Peresild, Shipenko and Shklaperov will enter the area station at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT) when the hatches are as a result of open between the Soyuz and station. NASA’s stay protection will resume at 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT). 

Reside docking protection has begun

NASA’s webcast for at the moment’s Soyuz docking on the Worldwide Area Station has begun. The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft will dock its Russian movie crew and cosmonaut commander on the station at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT).

Soyuz reaches orbit with Russian movie crew

Spacecraft separation! The Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko has efficiently reached orbit after separating from its third stage and deploying photo voltaic arrays. 

‘We’re feeling nice, every little thing’s working nominally’ Soyuz commander Shklaperov experiences.

The three area vacationers are on a two-orbit journey to the Worldwide Area Station and can arrive at 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT). NASA’s docking protection will start at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). You possibly can watch that within the window on the prime of this web page at begin time.

LIFTOFF! Russian movie crew launches to area station

Liftoff! The Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian movie crew to the Worldwide Area Station lifted off on time at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT). 

Russian movie crew earlier than launch

Listed here are a couple of views of the Soyuz MS-18 crew taken within the hours earlier than launch. NASA TV is showcasing their pre-flight actions with a sequence of video clips as we close to the T-10 minute mark for launch. 

Russia launching movie crew to Worldwide Area Station

Russia is counting all the way down to launching the world’s first movie crew to the Worldwide Area Station on a Soyuz spacecraft. Liftoff is about for 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from Launch Web site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. 

The Soyuz is carrying Russian actress Yulia Perselid and director Klim Shipenko alongside veteran cosmonaut Anton Shklaperov. Perselid and Shipenko will spend 12 days in area filming scenes for a characteristic movie referred to as “The Problem” whereas Shklaperov will start a months-long keep on the area station. 

The trio are presently tucked inside their Soyuz spacecraft and rocket as they await launch.