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24 Hours ⏩ 2 Minutes! Get a behind-the-scenes look at the assembly of NASA Europa Clipper! One of the main objectives during this time period was to install & test the spacecraft’s massive solar arrays, which are needed to travel the 1.8 BILLION-mile journey to meet up with Jupiter.
NASA and Boeing have concluded their Delta-Flight Test Readiness Review, polling “go” to proceed with undocking of the uncrewed #Starliner spacecraft no earlier than 6:04pm ET Sept. 6 from International Space Station, pending weather and operational readiness. More: go.nasa.gov/3Xn6FrP
#Crew9 crew announcement: NASA Astronauts Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Sept. 24, on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to International Space Station. Hague and Gorbunov will fly to the space station as commander and mission specialist,
The remains of Falcon 9 B1062 returned on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship after a failed landing attempt during the Starlink 8-6 mission. Reporting for Supercluster
Interested in sharing the story of our mission to Europa, Jupiter's icy moon? Apply now for your opportunity to attend a #NASASocial at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the launch of our #EuropaClipper spacecraft: go.nasa.gov/4dMv5kB También en español: go.nasa.gov/4e6j2hC
Everything you need to know about BepiColombo's fourth Mercury flyby, taking place tonight 👇 Access higher resolution here 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
Looking at the Supercluster database, we've had 97 women who have flown to space! Can't wait to see that number cross 100, because I suspect we'll go from 100-1000 five to ten times faster than we went from 0-100. supercluster.com/astronauts?asc…
Our #BepiColombo ESA Operations team confirm all went well with our Mercury flyby last night. Now we wait and see what images & data our instrument teams collected! Stay tuned for a selfie-cam update later today. Here's a sneak preview 🤫
NASA Canceled VIPER—That’s a Good Thing The scandal isn't NASA canceling the lunar rover mission; it's that they waited this long. NASA isn't flush with money, and there has to be a line beyond which another dollar spent is a dollar too much - David W. Brown supercluster.com/editorial/nasa…
The hatch on Boeing Space's #Starliner spacecraft was closed today at 1:29 p.m. ET and the spacecraft is set to undock from International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 6. Follow the agency’s live coverage: go.nasa.gov/3TayjWx
#Starliner's hatch is closed, and teams in Houston are preparing the spacecraft to leave International Space Station. Undocking coverage begins at 5:45 p.m. ET on Sept. 6, with a landing planned for ~12 a.m. ET on Sept. 7. Watch: boeing.com/starliner#watch