The Direct movement – a group of professionals and non-professional engineers that created an architecture alternative to Constellation’s Ares vehicles – are ready to transition their movement, following the redirection of NASA’s future by lawmakers, which calls for a Space Launch System (SLS) based around a Shuttle Derived (SD) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLV), which they feel justifies their four years of work.
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The Crew-5 astronauts returned to Earth on the evening of Saturday, March 11, after spending…
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SpaceX and NASA have launched a group of four astronauts to the International Space Station…
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SpaceX and NASA in final preparations for Crew-5 mission
by Lee KanayamaWith the launch just weeks away, SpaceX, NASA, and their international partners are in final…
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May on the station: Starliner’s ISS debut, research, and spacesuit troubleshooting
May 2022 was an eventful and important month for the future of the International Space…
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Crew Dragon Endurance has concluded the Crew-3 mission, returning astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom…
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Crew Dragon Freedom makes its first docking at the ISS on the Crew-4 mission
by Lee KanayamaAfter a successful launch, Crew Dragon C212 Freedom docked to the International Space Station (ISS)…
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The ISS, now in its twenty-first year of continuous human occupation, has had a busy…
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Crew Dragon Endurance delivers Crew-3 to International Space Station
by Joseph NavinCrew Dragon Endurance docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC) following…
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SpaceX and NASA have successfully launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on the…
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China launched a new remote sensing satellite on March 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
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Soyuz MS-17 has relocated to a new docking port in preparation for a spree of…
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China continues to upgrade its oceanic surveillance systems with the launch of three new satellites…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test on Falcon 9 for Crew-1 mission
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 rocket tasked with the…
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With Crew-1 just weeks away, SpaceX and NASA have entered final preparations for the first…
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Station mission planning reveals new target Commercial Crew launch dates
As part of standard planning among the international partners, NASA has revised its Visiting Vehicle…
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The 100th orbital launch of 2018, Roscosmos’ Soyuz MS-11 lofted three international crewmembers from the…
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International Space Station (ISS) crewmembers have conducted the second of three EVAs on Thursday, as…
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With Dragon now returned to flight and safely berthed to the ISS, time is ticking…
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Spacewalk installs docking adapter to ready ISS for commercial crew
by Pete HardingThe International Space Station (ISS) has finally received a new docking adapter on Friday, which…