Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off to International Space Station with 3 astronauts

Washington: A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts successfully lifted off to the International Space Station on Saturday. The flight originally slated to fly on Thursday was aborted on the launch pad, due to a dead battery. The soyuz MS-25 carrying NASA’s Tracy C. Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and …

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NASA’s astronauts aboard International Space Station set to return to Earth on SpaceX Dragon

NASA’s Crew 7 mission is poised to conclude its six-month residency aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with seven astronauts preparing to return to Earth. Throughout their extended stay, these astronauts have been diligently engaged in conducting several scientific experiments and technology demonstrations aimed at benefiting humanity and advancing NASA’s readiness for future space missions. …

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NASA’s Crew 7 targets March 12 to return to Earth: US space agency

WASHINGTON: NASA’s Crew 7 astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing to return to Earth, after a six-month stay in the orbiting lab, the US space agency has said. In a statement, NASA said that the four crew members will return to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which is expected to undock …

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Space Station Crew Swap Underway Amid Advanced Zero-Gravity Science Experiments

The four SpaceX Crew-8 members are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon “Endeavour” spacecraft shortly after the hatch opened on the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Matthew Dominick. Credit: NASA ISS transitions with new crew learning the …

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Four astronauts begin 6-month mission aboard ISS as SpaceX Dragon ‘Endeavour’ docks successfully

A team comprising three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday (Mar 5). As the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named “Endeavour,” docked at the orbital laboratory, the six-month mission of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin began.  NASA astronauts onboard ISS …

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SpaceX Dragon with Crew-8 members docks to space station

The SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, with Crew-8 members docked to the International Space Station (ISS) complex after a 16-hour flight at 2:28 a.m. EST on Tuesday. The Crew-8 members Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will join the space station’s Expedition 70 crew of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space …

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