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The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, with the Crew-8 quartet aboard, is pictured approaching the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above the Indian Ocean. Credit: NASANASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station, as the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, docked to the complex at 2:28 a.m. EST on March 5 while the station was 260 statute miles over Newfoundland.Following Dragon’s link up…

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Aubrey GemignaniAn international crew launched on SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission to the ISS, demonstrating the strength of commercial partnerships and American ingenuity in space…

Credit: Intuitive MachinesA commercial lander touches down on the Moon…Discussing the science on the space station…And preparing for the next space station crew rotation mission…A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_8HvtWvyAUS Robotic Commercial Mission Lands on MoonOn February 22, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander touched down near the South Pole of the Moon – marking the first lunar landing as part of NASA’s CLPS initiative and Artemis campaign.Intuitive…

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, January 12, 2024.  Credit: SpaceXNASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission team enters quarantine ahead of their scheduled launch to the ISS, aiming to conduct research and maintenance aboard the station.Crew…

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, January 12, 2024. Credit: SpaceXNASA and SpaceX have postponed the Crew-8 mission launch to no earlier than March 1.NASA and SpaceX teams adjusted the launch date for the Crew-8 mission to no…

Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. Credit: NASA/Bill StaffordNASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Thursday, February 22, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Crew-8 hardware and ground systems processing continues for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket as operations teams…