Another step closer to launch!

NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have entered quarantine ahead of the agency's Boeing Space Crew Flight Test to International Space Station!

Liftoff is targeted for NET 10:34pm ET May 6 aboard an ULA Atlas V rocket: go.nasa.gov/4b8IFx0

Earlier this month, as part of NASA STEM's NextGen project, local students in-person and virtually across the country participated in an environmentally-focused #EarthDay briefing to discuss how technology and science coexist with nature at Kennedy: go.nasa.gov/3U7GYZO

This week at NASA:

Switzerland, Sweden & Slovenia join the #Artemis Accords for the peaceful exploration of space; PACE studies Earth's oceans and clouds; NASA's Kennedy Space Center upgrades in prep for the NASA Artemis II Moon mission.

For more space in your life: nasa.gov/subscribe

Hey Cape Canaveral locals, sea turtle nesting season underway! 🐢

How can you help hatchlings?

Turn out lights,
Close blinds,
Keep light sources low, shielded and pointed away from the beach,
Use amber, orange or red LED lights,
And never disturb nesting females or hatchlings!

Today, the program gave its 'go for launch' following its Flight Test Readiness Review for Boeing Space's Crew Flight Test mission.

This is another step on the path to launch and the next Flight Test Readiness Review will be completed April 25, with a media telecon at 6pm ET.

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. ✨

NASA space waste engineer Annie Meier works to turn waste into vital resources for human space travel. Gear up for #EarthDay & learn how a passion for sustainability became a Surprisingly STEM career: go.nasa.gov/3U2K4OC

🛬Flight incoming!

On April 25, the Crew Flight Test astronauts will arrive at Kennedy ahead of their upcoming #Starliner launch, currently targeting liftoff for no earlier than 10:34pm ET on May 6.

More details: go.nasa.gov/3Q2Yux1

This morning, Boeing Space rolled out the #Starliner spacecraft for NASA Commercial Crew's Crew Flight Test mission, scheduled to launch on May 6 from SLC-41.

The spacecraft has been placed atop its ULA Atlas V rocket for stacking operations: go.nasa.gov/49FPMeU

🚀 STACKED: Boeing Space's #Starliner spacecraft has been placed atop @ULALaunch's Atlas V rocket for the agency's Crew Flight Test mission!

Set to lift off May 6, Starliner will spend about a week docked to International Space Station: go.nasa.gov/3w4zEpz

Hello from NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building!

Boeing Space’s #Starliner spacecraft for the agency’s Crew Flight Test continues its journey to the launch complex.

Today, Boeing’s #Starliner spacecraft will make its way from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility to the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41.

Follow NASA Commercial Crew, Boeing Space, and @ULALaunch for updates throughout the day.

Upgraded vacuum chamber 🤝 Orion Spacecraft testing

The NASA Artemis II spacecraft is undergoing electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing inside an upgraded vacuum chamber that simulates an altitude of up to 250,000 feet: go.nasa.gov/49CWvpS

Tomorrow 👀

This week in history…

In April 2011 during a ceremony at Kennedy, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced where the four shuttle orbiters would be displayed, with space shuttle Atlantis seen among banners with the names of the other Space Shuttle Program orbiters.

The first ever shuttle launch 🚀

On April 12, 1981, NASA astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launched aboard space shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39A as part of the STS-1 mission, ushering in a new era of space exploration for humanity.

🚨 First images from NASA's PACE mission!

Launched on Feb. 8 at 1:33am ET from Space Launch Complex 40, this mission will allow scientists to monitor ocean health and its impact on climate change.

More: go.nasa.gov/4aNNGe2

Being in the vacuum chamber has us breathless 😲

The #Artemis II spacecraft is currently undergoing electromagnetic interference/compatibility testing inside one of the altitude chambers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, upgraded to test Orion in a vacuum environment that simulates an altitude

Fueled up! ⛽ Teams conducted a cryogenic simulation for the NASA Artemis II mission today inside NASA's Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center Firing Room 1. During this operation, the launch team practiced loading the super-cool liquid propellant on NASA_SLS.