Thursday, May 16:30 a.m. | Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 93 at the International Space Station. Spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and last approximately 6 hours, 35 minutes. Stream on NASA+
William Harwood @rocketksc.bsky.socialF9/CRS-32: Contact and capture! At 8:40am EDT (1240 UTC), wrapping up a 28-hour 22-minute rendezvous that began with launch Monday from the Kennedy Space Center;
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589The Dragon CRS-32 cargo ship docked with the ISS at IDA-3 at 1240 UTC Apr 22.
International Space Station @Space_StationThe @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the station’s Harmony module at 8:40am ET today packed with about 6,700 pounds of cargo for the Exp 73 crew.
MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. The International Space Station’s orbit has been raised by 2.1 kilometers, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said."Today, at 3:08 a.m. Moscow time (00:08 a.m. GMT), engines of the Progress MS-30 cargo spaceship, which is docked to the International Space Station, were switched on for 639.7 seconds and generated an 1.22 m/s impulse. As a result, the station’s average orbit altitude was raised by 2.1 kilometers, to 419 kilometers above Earth surface," it said.
Dextre is now grappling STP-H10.
Dextre finished extracting STP-H10 and is now preparing to install it on the Columbus EPF, site SOX.
STP-H10 install is complete.
QuoteU.S. Space Force Launches Six Experiments to International Space Station to Expand Scientific Knowledge in Support of WarfightersApril 25, 2025The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), successfully launched the Space Test Program-Houston 10 (STP-H10) mission, which delivered five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and one NASA experimental science payloads, as a part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).The DoD Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) and NASA experiments, representing a collaboration between SSC, NASA, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), hitched a ride aboard SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Service (CRS)-32 mission. Liftoff occurred on Monday, April 21, at 4:15 am EDT, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with the experiments traveling inside a Cargo Dragon spacecraft.The STP-H10 payload was robotically installed on the exterior of the European Space Agency (ESA) Columbus module. This strategic location will provide the experiments with the necessary power and data connections to operate for their one-year mission duration.[...]The six experiments comprising the STP-H10 mission are:- the Neutron Radiation Detection Instrument - 1B (NeRDI-1B), from NRL, which will characterize the on-orbit performance of microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors;- the Falcon Optical Defense and Intelligence through Neuromorphics (Falcon ODIN), from USAFA, which will demonstrate the ability to use high speed imagery from space to investigate the basic physics aspects of lightning and sprites in the earth’s atmosphere;- the cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager (TERI), from NRL, which will space qualify large-volume cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) radiation detectors;- the Space Edge Experiments and Demonstrations (SEED), from MDA and Novi, LLC, which will test processing hardware and machine learning algorithms to deliver near-real time actionable information;- the Space Plasma Diagnostic Suite 3 (SPADE-3), from NRL, which will monitor space weather conditions and spacecraft charging, providing critical situational awareness for spacecraft operators;the Solar Flare X-Ray Timing Investigation (SFXTI), from Montana State University and sponsored by NASA, which will reveal the temporal dynamics of solar flares;[...]In addition to managing the mission, the STP team designed and built the integrated payload that will connect the six experiments to the ISS infrastructure, enabling seamless data collection. Furthermore, STP-developed avionics are integral to the build and testing of these experimental platforms on the ISS.[...]
U.S. Space Force Launches Six Experiments to International Space Station to Expand Scientific Knowledge in Support of WarfightersApril 25, 2025The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), successfully launched the Space Test Program-Houston 10 (STP-H10) mission, which delivered five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and one NASA experimental science payloads, as a part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).The DoD Space Experiments Review Board (SERB) and NASA experiments, representing a collaboration between SSC, NASA, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), hitched a ride aboard SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Service (CRS)-32 mission. Liftoff occurred on Monday, April 21, at 4:15 am EDT, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with the experiments traveling inside a Cargo Dragon spacecraft.The STP-H10 payload was robotically installed on the exterior of the European Space Agency (ESA) Columbus module. This strategic location will provide the experiments with the necessary power and data connections to operate for their one-year mission duration.[...]The six experiments comprising the STP-H10 mission are:- the Neutron Radiation Detection Instrument - 1B (NeRDI-1B), from NRL, which will characterize the on-orbit performance of microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors;- the Falcon Optical Defense and Intelligence through Neuromorphics (Falcon ODIN), from USAFA, which will demonstrate the ability to use high speed imagery from space to investigate the basic physics aspects of lightning and sprites in the earth’s atmosphere;- the cadmium zinc TElluride Radiation Imager (TERI), from NRL, which will space qualify large-volume cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) radiation detectors;- the Space Edge Experiments and Demonstrations (SEED), from MDA and Novi, LLC, which will test processing hardware and machine learning algorithms to deliver near-real time actionable information;- the Space Plasma Diagnostic Suite 3 (SPADE-3), from NRL, which will monitor space weather conditions and spacecraft charging, providing critical situational awareness for spacecraft operators;the Solar Flare X-Ray Timing Investigation (SFXTI), from Montana State University and sponsored by NASA, which will reveal the temporal dynamics of solar flares;[...]In addition to managing the mission, the STP team designed and built the integrated payload that will connect the six experiments to the ISS infrastructure, enabling seamless data collection. Furthermore, STP-developed avionics are integral to the build and testing of these experimental platforms on the ISS.[...]
Dextre has extracted ACES from the CRS-32 trunk.
ACES has been installed on the SDN site of the Columbus EPF.
Human Spaceflight@esaspaceflight⏰ Ticking 400km above Earth, @esa's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space is set to explore time ⏳, gravity 🍎 & fundamental physics 💡.🚀 Launched Monday, installation outside Columbus on the @Space_Station is set for Friday 🛰️🔎 Science of #ACES: https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/aces-time-for-science/https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1915020391082229872
Robotics controllers completed the extraction late Thursday of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) experiment from Dragon’s unpressurized trunk. ACES will be installed outside the Columbus laboratory module for a variety of tests including testing Einstein’s theory of general relativity as well as researching fundamental physics using high accuracy atomic clocks in space.
UPDATED APRIL 29, 2025...A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A on May 29 at 1:03 p.m. EDT.
The Progress 91 thrusters were fired at 6:10 p.m. EDT Wednesday for 3 minutes, 33 seconds, to raise the orbit of the International Space Station to provide an extra margin of distance from a piece of orbital debris from a fragment of a Chinese Long March rocket launched in 2005. The pre-planned Debris Avoidance Maneuver was coordinated by NASA, Roscosmos, and other space station partners.Without the maneuver, NASA estimated the fragment could have come within around .4 miles of the station.There is no impact to operations aboard the space station and it will not affect U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers.
Mark A. GarciaMay 1, 2025NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Prep Station for Future Solar ArrayNASA astronaut Anne McClain works outside the U.S. Quest airlock where she exited shortly after beginning a six-hour, 39-minute spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power storage capacity.Astronaut Anne McClain works outside the Quest airlock where she exited shortly after beginning a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power storage capacity on March 22, 2019.NASANASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers began a spacewalk at approximately 9:05 a.m. EDT to install a mounting bracket to prepare for the future installation of an additional set of International Space Station Rollout Solar Arrays. The astronauts also will relocate a space station communications antenna. NASA’s coverage continues on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms. McClain is crew member 1, wearing the suit with red stripes. Ayers is spacewalk crew member 2, wearing the unmarked suit.
Mark A. GarciaMay 1, 2025NASA Astronauts McClain and Ayers Reenter Station and Complete SpacewalkNASA spacewalkers (from left) Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain work together at the International Space Station’s Port-4 truss structure to install a modification kit readying the orbital outpost for a future rollout solar array.NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers concluded their spacewalk at 2:49 p.m. EDT. The total time was 5 hours and 44 minutes. It was the third spacewalk for McClain and the first for Ayers, and the 275th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. McClain and Ayers completed their primary objectives, including relocating a space station communications antenna and the initial mounting bracket installation steps for an IROSA that will arrive on a future SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. Additionally, the astronaut pair completed a pair of get ahead tasks, including installing a jumper cable to provide power from the P6 truss to the International Space Station’s Russian segment and another to remove bolts from a micrometeoroid cover.
QuoteJonathan McDowell @planet4589Who can tell me which EMU Ayers used on today's EVA?Jonathan McDowell @planet4589Answer: EMU-3015 which was relaunched to ISS aboard CRS-31 last year.
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589Who can tell me which EMU Ayers used on today's EVA?
Scheduled for:May 1st, 2025 6:30 AM ETDuration: 6.5 hoursPrimary Worksite: 2A Solar ArrayEV1 (Red Stripe): Anne McClainEMU #30033rd SpacewalkEV2: Nichole AyersEMU #30151st Spacewalk
June 8 Falcon 9 • Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)Launch time: Approx. 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC)Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight will serve as the commander of the mission. This will be her fifth trip to space and her second time commanding a private astronaut mission. Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot and astronaut with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be the pilot onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, a Polish member of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Astronaut Reserve Class of 2022, and Tibor Kapu, a Hungarian member of the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) Astronaut Program, will serve as the Mission Specialists. These four astronauts will spend up to 14 days docked to the ISS after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket. Following stage separation, the booster will target a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Thursday, May 2211:45 a.m. | Undocking coverage of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled for 12:05 p.m. Stream on NASA+
UPDATED MAY 14, 2025...A Falcon 9 will launch the Axiom-4 spaceflight participant mission to the International Space Station from pad 39A onJune 8 at 9:11 a.m. EDT.
June 8 Falcon 9 • Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)Launch time: 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 UTC)Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida...Updated: May 14
After reviewing the International Space Station flight schedule, NASA and its partners are shifting launch opportunities for several upcoming missions. The schedule adjustments provide more time to finalize mission plans, spacecraft readiness, and logistics.The new targeted no-earlier-than-launch opportunities, pending operational readiness, are: Axiom Mission 4: 9:11 a.m. EDT, Sunday, June 8 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11: Late July NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services: Late AugustAxiom Mission 4 will launch Peggy Whitson, former NASA astronaut and director of human spaceflight at Axiom Space, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, ESA (European Space Agency) project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. The private crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The private astronauts will work alongside the Expedition 73 crew aboard the orbiting laboratory for a short time, conducting mission-related science, outreach, and commercial activities.As part of Crew-11, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will launch to the space station aboard a Dragon and Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A. There, the crew of four will hand over with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew before embarking on a long-duration mission aboard station.In August, SpaceX’s 33rd commercial resupply mission for NASA will deliver science, supplies, and hardware to the orbital complex. This Dragon cargo spacecraft also will be equipped with a robust reboost kit to aid in providing propulsive boosts to maintain the space station’s altitude. This capability will help reduce Russian segment propellant use aboard the space station and maintain reserve levels.
Large dump of launch dates from tour operators: https://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskov* Progress MS-31: July 3 17:31 UTC<snip>* Progress MS-32: September 11 13:49 UTC* Soyuz MS-28: November 27 07:26 UTC* Progress MS-33: December 18 22:54 UTC
Cross-post:Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 05/14/2025 05:14 pmLarge dump of launch dates from tour operators: https://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskov* Progress MS-31: July 3 17:31 UTC<snip>* Progress MS-32: September 11 13:49 UTC* Soyuz MS-28: November 27 07:26 UTC* Progress MS-33: December 18 22:54 UTC
