This week on
#SpaceToGround
, two
@NASA_Astronauts
are gearing up to launch to the station as part of
@NASA
’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, scheduled for NET Friday, May 17. In space, the Exp 71 crew members are preparing the orbiting lab for the duo’s arrival.
Space physics and life support work topped the Exp 71 crew's schedule at the end of the week as the
@BoeingSpace
#Starliner
astronauts return to Houston. More...
Students from Arizona and New York will have opportunities to hear from astronauts aboard the space station.
The space-to-Earth calls will air live on NASA+, NASA TV, and the agency’s website at 12:10pm ET Tuesday, May 14 and 11:40am Thursday, May 16. More...…
Connect your students with
@NASA_Astronauts
aboard the
@Space_Station
for a 20-minute Q&A session about living and working in space! 🚀
Submit your application before the May 21 deadline:
Congratulations! It’s a black hole. 🥳
Short gamma-ray bursts, less than two seconds long, can signal the birth of a black hole. Recently deployed from the
@Space_Station
, BurstCube studies these powerful explosions.
#BlackHoleWeek
Check out the mission:
Join
@NASA
astronaut Matthew Dominick for an exclusive look at the recent 'parking' relocation on the
@Space_Station
!
See how the
@SpaceX
Dragon Endeavour spacecraft made room for
@BoeingSpace
's
#Starliner
spacecraft and explore the hatch preparations for Butch Wilmore's and…
Teams from
@ulalaunch
have returned the
#Starliner
and Atlas V rocket to its integration facility to replace a valve on the rocket’s upper stage.
@NASA
’s
@BoeingSpace
Crew Flight Test is targeted to launch no earlier than 6:16pm ET May 17.
More:
#Starliner
launch update:
NASA,
@BoeingSpace
and
@ULALaunch
are now targeting no earlier than 6:16pm ET May 17 for the launch of the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test to
@Space_Station
, following a valve replacement on ULA's Atlas V rocket:
The Exp 71 crew resumed normal science and maintenance activities on Tuesday as
@BoeingSpace
's
#Starliner
spacecraft now targets no earlier than May 10 for launch. More...
NASA,
@BoeingSpace
, and
@ULALaunch
are targeting no earlier than Friday, May 10, for launch of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the
@Space_Station
, pending resolution of the technical issue that prevented the May 6 launch attempt:
.
@NASA
,
@BoeingSpace
, and
@ulalaunch
scrubbed the launch opportunity on May 6 for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the
@Space_Station
due to a faulty oxygen relief valve observation on the Atlas V rocket Centaur second stage.
The crew and rocket remain safe and more…
Today's
#Starliner
launch is scrubbed as teams evaluate an oxygen relief valve on the Centaur Stage on the Atlas V. Our astronauts have exited Starliner and will return to crew quarters. For updates, watch our live coverage:
ULA Launch Director Tom Heter III has made the decision to the launch team that launch operations will not continue tonight for
#AtlasV
and
#Starliner
.
Time to get comfy.
@NASA_Astronauts
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have arrived at Space Launch Complex-41 and are being strapped into
@BoeingSpace
's
#Starliner
spacecraft.
Liftoff is still targeted for 10:34pm ET.
The astronauts have left the building!
Friends, family and colleagues are gathered outside the Operations and Checkout Building at
@NASAKennedy
to see off Butch Wilmore and
@Astro_Suni
as they head to Space Launch Complex-41.