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A suite of on-orbit training topped today's schedule aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 71 crew gets ready for a spacecraft relocation this Thursday and a crew arrival next week. Four crew members also spent some time conducting ongoing health research to help scientists
Live now, Administrator Bill Nelson testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on NASA's fiscal year 2025 budget request: go.nasa.gov/4a4EPDY
🚀The launch date is set for the first of a pair of CubeSats!
'Ready, Aim, PREFIRE' will launch on a Rocket Lab Electron NET May 22 from Mahia, New Zealand. PREFIRE will improve climate predictions by measuring Earth's energy loss in the Arctic regions.
blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites
Congratulations on your new role as director of Stennis Space Center, John!
We look forward to watching you lead the nation’s largest and premier propulsion test site in support of the agency’s mission and initiatives.
This week at NASA:
Prelaunch activities are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of the #Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6, studying the Sun’s effects on Earth during the recent eclipse, and we celebrate our home planet for #EarthDay .
For all this and more: nasa.gov/subscribe
👋 Welcome to our spacecraft!
Get an inside glimpse into the Boeing Mission Trainer (BMT) at NASA's Johnson Space Center, one of the #Starliner simulators that has prepared the Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) NASA Astronauts for their upcoming journey to International Space Station.
Commanded by Butch
Dress rehearsal ✅
Launch preparations are moving full steam ahead to send NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for the first time to the International Space Station. Liftoff on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch
The Boeing Starliner Crewed Test Flight is scheduled to launch on May 6. These flights are part of efforts to increase time dedicated to advancing science and technology demonstrations aboard International Space Station. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4aQzmlw
📍 You have arrived.
Ahead of the agency's Boeing Space Crew Flight Test, NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived aboard T-38 jets at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility.
More: blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-fl…