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screen_shot_2021-04-29_at_4.20.14_pm.png President Joe Biden stands with a model of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which achieved its first flight on the Red Planet April 19. Credits: White House/Adam Schultz In the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris Administration, NASA has taken bold steps to expand Americas exploration and scientific frontiers, advancing the nations commitment to build back better through innovation, combat climate change, re-establish Americas standing abroad, and inspire t...

NASA has never flown its own astronauts to and from space for a mission this long. Now SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship must bring them back to Earth.

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. EDT Saturday, May 1, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 5:55 p.m. Fri...

Four-Ham SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Astronauts Return to Earth on Wednesday 04/27/2021 NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts Michael Hopkins, KF5LJG; Victor Glover, KI5BKC; Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, and Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, from the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, is scheduled to undock from the space station to begin its journey back to Earth at 1105 UTC on Wednesda...

Blue Origin officially protests NASAs award to SpaceX Starship --- Blue Origin, one of the spaceflight companies up for a high-profile contract to put NASA astronauts back on the moon, on Monday officially protested the agencys decision to instead invest billions into SpaceXs Starship program. But unlike most protests of government contracts, this one is a battle of the worlds two richest men. Both have a history of sniping at each other and both aspire to be the Henry Ford of private space t...

Astronauts prepare for SpaceX Dragon splashdown after 6-month space station stay 3 NASA astronauts, 1 JAXA astronaut will return home Wednesday Tags:  The four SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, gather around a laptop computer to join a video conference with former NASA astronaut Edward Gibson. From left are, Michael Hopkins of NASA, Soichi Noguchi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Victor Glover. (Image: NASA) (NASA 2021) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. –...

Read more about NASA, Elon Musks SpaceX launch four astronauts to space station on Business Standard. This is the third crewed mission of the US commercial rocket company in less than a year.

Crew-2 arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday morning. There are now 11 astronauts on the ISS for at least the next four days.

SpaceX launches astronauts on previously flown rocket, spacecraft FacebookTwitterEmail A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station on Friday, April 23, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA/Aubrey Gemignani, Archivist/Photographer / (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) SpaceX launched four astronauts into space Friday morning, marking its third launch with people onboard and the first ...

SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon docks with International Space Station Derek Richardson April 24th, 2021 Following the arrival of the Crew-2 Dragon astronauts, seen in black shirts, the International Space Station’s population temporarily increased to 11. Credit: NASA Less than 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew-2 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station, temporarily increasing the crew size aboard the outpost to 11. Crew-2 Dragon with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Meg...