Stories about life and business about NASA’s orbiting lab.
The new year has brought a new lease on life for the ISS. News dump much? NASA said Dec. 31—via blog post—that the White House formally supports the extension of ISS operations through the end of the decade. Until now, US policy was to keep the ISS kicking through at least 2024. Unofficially, the assumption was […]
Yesterday, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on the agency’s management of the ISS. OIG’s findings underscore the high stakes riding on success with the Commercial LEO Destinations (CLD) program. CLD will support the development of one or more private space stations that could replace the ISS once it is decommissioned […]
The ISS is returning to a normal configuration after two close passes with space debris, and crew initiated “safe haven” protocols. Under these procedures, astronauts treat vehicles as “lifeboats” and prepare for the possibility of an emergency departure. “In order to dodge the ‘space junk’, specialists…have calculated how to correct the orbit of the International Space Station,” […]
Just hours after the Crew-3 launch Wednesday, the International Space Station (ISS) was forced to fire up its rockets and perform an unplanned engine burn. Roscosmos and NASA officials collaborated on the impromptu ISS reorientation. Why the maneuver? To evade a piece of space debris that was projected to get too close for comfort. Which debris? A […]
At long last, SpaceX and NASA are nearly ready to launch the Crew-3 mission. *knocks on wood* Where? Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A → the International Space Station (ISS) Who? NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer When? The launch window opens at 9:03 pm […]
