NASA to Host Briefings, Interviews for Next Crew Rotation Mission with SpaceX
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA will highlight the second crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station with a pair of news conferences beginning 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, March 1. The briefings, which will take place at the agency s Johnson Space Center in Houston, will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency s website. The full astronaut crew flying on the mission also will be available for interviews.
NASA s SpaceX Crew-2 mission will carry astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA, Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket to the space station. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 20 from Launch Co
Who Is Bill Nelson? Florida Ex-Senator Rumored To Be Pick for NASA Head
On 2/23/21 at 7:02 AM EST
Speculation grew on social media this week after
Breaking Defense magazine reported Nelson was a possible candidate due to his strong relationship with the president and congressional savvy due to his years spent serving as an elected official.
The Democratic Party politician has had a lengthy political career and speculation was rising on Twitter this week as users debated the role.
Clarence William Bill Nelson was born in Miami, Florida, on September 29, 1942, and served on active duty in the Army between 1968 and 1970. He became a legislative assistant to Governor Reubin Askew in 1971.
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Boeing s plan of debuting and the test flight of its latest spacecraft, the Boeing Starliner, has been spoiled and pushed back because of several reasons. The spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station for its orbital flight and mission but would need to have gone some tests with the earliest already scheduled in early April.
(Photo : Photo credit: Boeing/John Proferes)
NASA and Boeing teams are adjusting the launch date of Orbital Flight Test-2 to allow more time for CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and hardware processing.
The international multinational company known for overseas travels and satellites, Boeing, has been in the spacecraft game for some time now, and it has helped NASA in several missions by producing space vessels. The company is in partnership with the space agency and is under the Commercial Crew Program alongside SpaceX.
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