NASA and SpaceX Adjust the Agency?s...
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 5:26 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 23, for the launch of the agency?s Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center ...
Mission Specialist Assigned to Crew-7...
The final crew member for NASA?s SpaceX Crew-7 mission, currently targeted to launch to the International Space Station in mid-August, has been announced.Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will ...
TROPICS Launch Date Set
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. NZST) Monday, May 22, for the launch of the agency?s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and ...
TROPICS CubeSats Expected to Have...
NASA?s TROPICS CubeSats are expected to have deployed from the Rocket Lab?s Electron kick stage. The two CubeSats will reach low-Earth orbit to begin their mission.Each of the CubeSats was designed ...
Deployment Confirmed
Rocket Lab confirms Electron has successfully deployed the two TROPICS satellites to orbit.
Working Toward Signal Acquisition
Two TROPICS CubeSats successfully deployed from a Rocket Lab Electron rocket after launch.The team is working toward signal acquisition from the pair of TROPICS CubeSats. NASA will continue to assess ...
Signal Acquired!
Team members successfully sent commands to the first CubeSat at 1:48 a.m. EDT, May 8. Subsequently, they established communications with the second CubeSat at 6:31 a.m. EDT. Read the NASA release ...
Space Biology, Human Health Research...
The Expedition 69 crew aboard the International Space Station is keeping busy on Monday with Genes in Space operations, human health research, robotics work, and station maintenance.NASA Flight ...
Electron Performs Battery Hot Swap
The Electron rocket has successfully completed the battery hot swap, switching power between batteries. The next milestone is second stage separation in about three minutes.
Electron?s Second Stage Separates
The second stage of Rocket Lab?s Electron has cut off and separated from the payload kick stage. Soon, the kick stage engine will ignite and burn for about three minutes before it cuts off.
