The unpiloted Progress 90 spacecraft arrived at the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:31 a.m. EST, Saturday, Nov. 23. The spacecraft launched at 7:22 a.m. (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Roscosmos spacecraft is delivering Read full post

NASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 90 spacecraft will automatically dock at 9:36 a.m. EST, to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Read full post

The Expedition 72 crew members continued studying how the human immune system responds to weightlessness while also setting up space botany and exercise hardware at the end of the week. Meanwhile, a cargo craft is on its way to resupply the International Space Station on Saturday. Three NASA astronauts worked throughout Read full post

Editor's note: An earlier version of this post misstated the number of IMAP instruments. The below text has been updated. An instrument that will collect and analyze ions — charged particles — has been integrated into NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Read full post

The Progress 90 cargo craft is orbiting Earth and on its way to resupply the International Space Station after its launch Thursday morning. In the meantime, the Expedition 72 crew continued exploring space immunity and a host of other research topics while servicing spacesuits on Thursday. The Progress lifted off from Read full post

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 90 spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following a launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After a two-day in-orbit journey to the station, the spacecraft will Read full post

NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Progress 90 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz rocket from the Read full post

Engineers and technicians inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida stacked the first segment of the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1. Comprising 10 segments total – five segments for each booster – the SLS solid rocket boosters arrived Read full post

Keeping astronauts healthy on long term space missions is a key research topic this week aboard the International Space Station. Back on the ground, a cargo craft is counting down to its launch to resupply the Expedition 72 crew. NASA Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Nick Hague worked together all day Read full post

Space biology to improve health and robotics to promote education were the primary research topics aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 72 crew members also saw the departure of a cargo craft as another one prepares for launch. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit continued nourishing research samples and Read full post