Two NASA astronauts are preparing their spacesuits for a spacewalk planned for the beginning of May to ready the International Space Station for a new rollout solar array. In the meantime, the rest of the Expedition 72 crew on Tuesday kept up its ongoing vision, respiratory, and circulatory system research ahead of this weekend’s crew departure.
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Apr 15, 2025, 3:04 PMThe Expedition 72 crew began the week exploring what happens to a crew member’s eyes after living in space for months or years at a time. The International Space Station residents also kept up a host of other microgravity research, continued servicing spacesuits, and prepared for the departure of three crewmates.
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Apr 14, 2025, 7:30 PMSpacesuit checks and breath and blood circulation studies wrapped up the week for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, three new crewmates are getting used to life in space while another trio is preparing to return to Earth.
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Apr 11, 2025, 6:43 PMPreventing space-caused head and eye pressure and observing how blood flows in weightlessness were the top research objectives aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 72 crew is also preparing to split up while getting ready for the next U.S. cargo mission this month.
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Apr 10, 2025, 4:16 PMTen residents are living aboard the International Space Station today following the arrival of a NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts on Tuesday. The new Expedition 72 crewmates are beginning an eight-month research mission in low Earth orbit and getting used to life in microgravity.
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Apr 9, 2025, 6:47 PMAt 7:28 a.m. EDT, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
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Apr 8, 2025, 11:55 AMItalian company D-Orbit has been launching customer payloads aboard its Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) for… The post D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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Apr 15, 2025, 10:16 PMRoscosmos To Reduce Launches To ISS; NASA Crew Exchange Agreement Extended Through 2027
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Apr 15, 2025, 8:17 PMAstranis has signed a $115 million deal to deliver Taiwan’s first dedicated communications spacecraft, amid an issue with a separate small geostationary satellite launched late last year. The post Astranis clinches $115 million Taiwan deal despite satellite setback appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Apr 15, 2025, 7:56 PMRocketLab HASTE Launch Vehicle Selected for Multi-Billion Dollar US & UK Defense Programs
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Apr 15, 2025, 7:47 PMDerek Tournear Reinstated as Director of Space Development Agency Following Investigation
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Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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Government/Top Secret
Apr 18, 2025, 1:37 PM
02:14:09:52Status: To Be Confirmed
Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.
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Technology
Apr 19, 2025, 10:41 AM
03:11:13:52Status: To Be Confirmed
Tenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
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Apr 21, 2025, 8:15 AM
05:08:48:26Status: Go for Launch
32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.
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09:02:04:52Status: To Be Confirmed
A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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Apr 29, 2025, 9:15 AM
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Biomass is an European Space Agency mission designed to measure the density of carbon stored in the world's forests. The spacecraft, built by Airbus Defence and Space, features the first civilian P-band synthetic aperture radar as well as a 12m-diameter deployable reflector from L3Harris made of over 900 km of gold-coated molybdenum 25µm wire. With a minimum operational lifetime of 5 years in its 666km 6am/6pm sun-synchronous orbit, the global coverage achieved every 9 months allows to precisely monitor the evolution of forests over time.
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