To The space station. On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.

Sep 28, 2024 · A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Jul 18, 2024 · SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab.

Jan 30, 2025 · The International Space Station is humanity’s home in space and a research station orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth. Learn more about astronaut health and training.

Oct 29, 2024 · An international crew of four reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Sep 20, 2024 · Two astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) next week, with two empty seats aboard their spacecraft. Crew-9, SpaceX's ninth operational commercial crew...

Nov 3, 2024 · The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members formerly aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, moved their Crew Dragon capsule Freedom to an unused parking spot on top of the ...

Jun 27, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years.

Nov 7, 2024 · SpaceX Dragon CRS-31 docked at the International Space Station on Nov. 5, 2024. (Image credit: NASA) Russia plans to forge ahead with its own space station no earlier than 2028, which so far is ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).