NASAs SpaceX Crew-9 Launch Day...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launch operations are underway to send a NASA astronaut and Roscosmos cosmonaut to the International Space Station. Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the ...
Falcon 9 First Stage Sticks Landing
The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has completed its descent and landed at the company's Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Next, the Dragon spacecraft will ...
Propellant and Liquid Oxygen Loading...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fueling is underway with rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) and first-stage liquid oxygen. About 16 minutes before liftoff, liquid oxygen fueling will begin for the second ...
Liftoff One Hour Away for NASAs...
The SpaceX closeout team has left the crew access arm, which will soon retract from the Dragon spacecraft. Launch, set for 1:17 p.m. EDT, is now less than an hour away. Launch weather officers ...
Falcon 9 Max Q, Main Engine Cutoff,...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has reached Max-Q, the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket. Following this, first stage main engine cutoff occurred, and the first and second stages have separated ...
Crew Access Arm Retracts
The launch director just gave a "go" for the crew access arm to retract away from SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. A few minutes later, Dragon's launch escape system will be armed ...
Liftoff! NASAs SpaceX Crew-9 Heads to...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission lifted off at 1:17 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This marks the first time a human spaceflight mission launched ...
NASA+ Crew-9 Launch Coverage Begins
NASA's live coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency's website for NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. At 1:17 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and ...
NASAs SpaceX Crew-9 Members Suit Up
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are in the process of suit-up operations in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside NASA Kennedy Space Center's Neil A. Armstrong ...
Meet NASAs SpaceX Crew-9
Nick Hague became a NASA astronaut in 2013. NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launch today will be Hague's third launch and second mission to the International Space Station. He has logged 203 days in space ...
