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    NASA Hosts Crew-9 Space Station 101 Social Panel

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 logo with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

    NASA will host an International Space Station 101 panel livestream at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept 27. Agency experts will provide an overview about the space station, operations, science, living and working in space, and take questions from reporters and social media. Participants in the livestream panel include: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Robyn Gatens, director, …

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    SpaceX Crew-9 Nears Launch During Station Upkeep Duties

    Hurricane Helene is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico heading toward Florida's Gulf Coast in this photograph from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

    Two SpaceX Crew-9 crewmates are counting down to a Saturday launch, weather permitting, and beginning a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, crew departure preparations and lab maintenance duties were ongoing for the Expedition 72 orbital residents on Thursday. Commander Nick Hague of NASA and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos are at …

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    Crew Rotation Preps Continue Amidst Human Research on Station

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket performs a brief static fire test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida before the launch of the Crew-9 mission. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

    As one crew on Earth prepares to launch to the International Space Station another crew is getting ready to depart the orbital outpost. In the meantime, human research is underway as the Expedition 72 crew members continue exploring how their bodies are adapting to microgravity. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket is …

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    Williams Leads Station as Crew Swap Operations Continue

    NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore make pizza aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module.

    Expedition 72 is officially underway with NASA astronaut Suni Williams as its commander aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the nine orbital residents are awaiting more visitors while also preparing for the next crew departure. Williams took command of the orbital outpost when NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai …

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    NASA, SpaceX Shift Crew-9 Launch to NET Sept. 28 Over Weather Concerns

    NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to no earlier than 1:17 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida due to expected tropical storm conditions in the area. The change allows teams to complete a rehearsal of launch day activities Tuesday …

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    Soyuz Lands Returning Dyson, Two Crewmates Back to Earth

    The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan at 7:59 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23. Credit: NASA

    At 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan time), the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. Spanning 184 days in space, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson’s mission includes covering 2,944 orbits of the Earth and a journey of 78 million miles. The Soyuz MS-25 …

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    NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Crewmates Returning to Earth Live on NASA+

    Individual pre-flight crew portraits of NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub wearing their Soyuz launch and landing suits.

    NASA’s live return coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will make a parachute-assisted landing at 7:59 a.m. (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan …

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    Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks, Three Crew Members Headed Back to Earth

    The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocks from the International Space Station's Prichal module. Credit: NASA

    At 4:36 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocked from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. NASA’s live coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and landing will begin at 6:45 a.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content …

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    Trio Departing Space Station Soon Live on NASA+

    Expedition 71 crew members (from left) Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Rassvet module.

    NASA’s live coverage of undocking is now underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. At 1:02 a.m. EDT, hatches between the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft and the International Space Station closed in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of NASA astronaut …

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    Soyuz Hatch Closed, Trio Prepares to Undock From Station

    NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is pictured inside the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft ahead of hatch closure on Sept. 23. Credit: NASA

    At 1:02 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth. NASA will provide live undocking coverage at 4 a.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA …

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