NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9/Flight Day 1 Highlights - Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024

Commander Nick Hague is a Colonel on active duty with the U.S. Space Force.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Pre-Launch News Conference - YouTube

Topics include:effect of radiation exposure on plants and humans,astrophysics,meteorology,heat shield viability,space paint (heat exposure),Eastern Range,Europa Clipper mission (moon of Jupiter study) to be launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket.The launch is slated for 10 OCT 2024. Astrophysics:with Jennifer Buchli,Chief Scientist NASA ISS Program-The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) is an X-ray telescope mounted on the ISS exterior,but some of the original shielding was damaged,affecting daytime observation.At present,only nightime observation is viable,so a spacewalk will be used to augment the shielding.Neutron stars are glowing embers left behind after a supernova explosion.They are the densest objects in the universe.There is a 55% chance of launching the Crew-9 mission in the Crew Dragon spacecraft on SEPT 28 2024.Why aren't Hague and Gorbunov at the news conference?They are in quarantine.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Crew Arrival at NASA Kennedy Space Center - YouTube

NASA Commander Nick Hague and Roscosmos Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center on 21 SEPT 2024 to make final preparations for their launch from the new Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no sooner than 26 SEPT 2024.They have a special responsibility in that they will rescue NASA Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Sunni" Williams from the ISS as their Boeing CST-100 Starliner space craft was deemed unsafe for their return to Earth.The rescue will be in February 2025.The new launch site will give NASA more flexibility over having just the one facility for human spaceflight at NASA Kennedy Space Center,Space Launch Complex 39a.

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch – June 5, 2024 (Official NASA Broadcast) - YouTube

Boeing Defense,Space and Security (BA) CSA Astronuat Josh Kutryk has been assigned to the first regular starliner mission,Starliner 1.

Third time's a charm? NASA prepares Boeing Starliner to launch after two failed attempts - WQAD News 8,Moline,Illinois

The ULA team fixed the Ground Systems problem by replacing a faulty computer card.

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch Status News Conference (June 1, 2024)

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Prelaunch News Conference (May 31,2024) - YouTube - starts at 3:09

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Update - YouTube - audio only

Launch is now targeted for Saturday 1 June 2024 at 12:25 pm EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida.There are several backup dates as well.

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Launch Status News Conference (May 6, 2024)

NASA’s Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch - YouTube - Live

LAUNCH SCRUBBED DUE TO LAUNCH VEHICLE VALVE ISSUE

Sun's corona seen in 'exquisite detail' in new Solar Orbiter view - YouTube - Space.com - heliophysics

Solar Orbiter is a NASA/ESA collboration.It is a sun-observing satellite with 10 science instruments for unprecedented insight.It aims to study the inner heliosphere and understand the effects of solar activity on it.*SolO was launched on 10 February 2020 from what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit:ESA/NASA-Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Astronaut Question and Answer Session

The first launch attempt will be 6 May 2024 at 10:34 pm Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket.Go Atlas,Go Centaur,Go Starliner!The CFT Starliner was named "Calypso" by Sunita Williams in honor of undersea explorer Jacque Cousteau.Sunita Williams has an elementary school with 500 students named for her.

Atlas V Starliner CFT: Processing and Stacking

United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT) The Starliner Crew Flight Test will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no sooner than 6 May 2024.

NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Crew Arrival - YouTube

Liftoff on a ULA Atlas V rocket will be no earlier than 10:49 pm 6 May 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41,Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. *Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

Starliner rolled out to launch pad ahead of first crewed mission - WESH 2 News

The first crewed Starliner spacecraft mission is scheduled for early May.*Boeing (BA)

Boeing Crew Flight Test Training Resource Reel (1080)

The NASA Astronauts for the Crew Test Flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft are Captain Barry "Butch" Wilmore USN,commander,and Captain Sunita "Sunni" Williams USN ret.,pilot.Both are veterans of the ISS and Space Shuttle Program with two missions each,although Sunni Williams rode a Soyuz spacecraft to one of her missions as a NASA Flight Engineer.This will be their 3rd spaceflight.They are slated to launch no earlier than 1 May 2024 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.ULA Is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

NASA's SpaceX 30th Commercial Resupply Services Launch - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida - 21 March 2024

SpaceX has upgraded Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to crewed mission standards.Experiments of space exploration relevence include:1.A new set of sensors on the Astro B robot will test technology to automate 3D sensing and mapping for future space missions;2.Researchers will test photosynthesis in space to support the development of biogenerative life suppport systems;3.Researchers will test controlled nanoparticle arrangement using electric fields to improve the efficiency of quantum dot-synthesized solar cells.

Launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cargo Mission to the Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

It is the first time the Northrop Grumman Cargo Cygnus spacecraft has flown on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.This Cygnus is named SS Patty Hilliard Robertson to commemorate the late NASA Astronaut Dr.Patty Hilliard Robertson,who perished in a plane crash in 2001.Among the experiments onboard Cygnus are a demonstration of robotic surgery in space,3D printing of small metal parts in space,and a test of heat shield materials.

The first Vulcan rocket launch - 8 January 2024 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket operated nominally on its inaugural flight.The Peregrine lunar lander experienced a serious propellant anomaly while in Earth orbit and is not expected to reach the Moon.Some of the experiments onboard Peregrine may be operable,however,and Astrobotic Technology will salvage what it can of the mission.It was the first of NASA's new Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions,a high risk effort to encourage commerical access to the Moon,paving the way for crewed lunar landings by the Artemis missions.

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Euclid 'dark universe' space observatory, nailing the landing - 1 July 2023 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station