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Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year
Read full article: Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a yearFour volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien enviroment.
NASA, SpaceX’s Crew-8 roster to speak ahead of February launch to space station
Read full article: NASA, SpaceX’s Crew-8 roster to speak ahead of February launch to space stationThe four people preparing to launch onboard NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission are preparing to speak ahead of their scheduled launch next month, NASA announced.
‘An absolutely critical burn:’ NASA provides preview as Orion approaches Moon’s orbit
Read full article: ‘An absolutely critical burn:’ NASA provides preview as Orion approaches Moon’s orbitNASA officials hold a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss what the Orion capsule has next ahead of it.
Longtime Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana moving to NASA HQ with new role
Read full article: Longtime Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana moving to NASA HQ with new roleAfter leading Kennedy Space Center for more than a decade, Robert “Bob” Cabana is taking on a new role at NASA headquarters as associate administrator.
When mayhem happens on Earth NASA flight directors remain calm supporting astronauts in space
Read full article: When mayhem happens on Earth NASA flight directors remain calm supporting astronauts in spaceThere are far fewer flight directors than astronauts but they are at the forefront of human spaceflight without ever leaving Earth. Flight directors are in charge of Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, overseeing human spaceflight. The agency has employed 101 flight director’s in the program’s history, 19 have been women. This year, the new class of flight directors was majority female. In that role, Turett said she worked closely with flight directors which helped her decide to want to become one.
Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon capsule 'came alive' on descent
Read full article: Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon capsule 'came alive' on descentThe two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown carried out by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. Two days after returning from the International Space Station, NASA’s Bob Behnken described in vivid detail their wild ride home. “Once we descended a little bit into the atmosphere, the Dragon really, it came alive,” Behnken said from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. SpaceX became the first private company to send astronauts into orbit with the May 30 liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ending a nine-year launch drought from home soil for NASA astronauts. It was the first splashdown for NASA astronauts in 45 years.