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Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions
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Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions

Nicholas Houghton always dreamed of working at NASA and one day becoming an astronaut. Today, he helps design systems that keep crews safe during missions aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, including the successful Artemis II mission around the Moon. After joining NASA as a Pathways intern, Houghton later became a full-time engineer on the Orion Crew Survival Systems (OCSS) […]

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NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition
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NASA Invites Media to Annual Lunabotics Robotics Competition

NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.   Links to view the Lunabotics competition live can be found on the agency’s Lunabotics page. The competition is slated to run between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day.    Media are invited to attend the […]

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Go for Launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-172

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Mission Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Unknown
Pad Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Go for Launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34

SpaceX
Mission Type Resupply
Orbit Low Earth Orbit
Pad Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Upcoming Events

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SpaceX CRS-34 Prelaunch Media Teleconference

SpaceX CRS-34 Prelaunch Media Teleconference

Press Event

Prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants: - Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Dr. Liz Warren, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Lee Echerd, senior mission manger, Government and Commercial Mission Management, SpaceX - Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Docking

SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon Docking

Docking

Following its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-34 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
US EVA-95

US EVA-95

EVA

Two astronauts will replace a high-definition camera on camera port 3, install a new navigational aid for visiting spacecraft, called a planar reflector, on the Harmony module’s forward port, and relocate an early ammonia servicer jumper — a flexible hose assembly that connects parts of a fluid system — along with other jumpers on the station’s S6 and S4 truss.

Active Space Stations

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International Space Station

International Space Station

Status: Active Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1998-11-20

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.

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Mir

Mir

Status: De-Orbited Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1986-02-20

Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.

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Skylab

Skylab

Status: De-Orbited Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1973-05-14

Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,000 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (famous for carrying the manned Moon landing missions). Three missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM), launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket. For the final two manned missions to Skylab, a backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready in case an in-orbit rescue mission was needed, but this backup vehicle was never flown.

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