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SpaceX Crew-1 Astronaut Training

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participate in an emergency water egress exercise in the Atlantic Ocean off the...

SpaceX Crew-1 Flight Readiness Review - Day 2

NASA Chief Engineer Ralph Roe signs the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew transportation system,...

SpaceX Crew-1 Flight Readiness Review - Day 2

Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, signs the...

SpaceX Crew-1 Flight Readiness Review - Day 2

Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, signs the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew...

SpaceX Crew-1 Flight Readiness Review - Day 2

The Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew transportation system, officially certifying the first...

SpaceX Crew-1 Flight Readiness Review - Day 2

Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Vanessa Wyche signs the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew...

Space to Ground: Tournament Earth: 03/19/2021

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dressed in protective suits, STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), handles equipment that will be used on the mission. He and other crew members are at KSC for equipment familiarization. STS-114 is classified as Logistics Flight 1 to the International Space Station, delivering new supplies and replacing one of the orbital outpost’s Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs). STS-114 will also carry a Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the External Stowage Platform-2. The crew is slated to conduct at least three spacewalks: They will demonstrate repair techniques of the Shuttle’s Thermal Protection System, replace the failed CMG with one delivered by the Shuttle, and install the External Stowage Platform.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dressed in protective suits, STS-114 Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas (left) and Soichi Noguchi, who is with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), handle equipment in the Space Station Processing Facility that will be used on the mission. They and other crew members are at KSC for equipment familiarization. STS-114 is classified as Logistics Flight 1 to the International Space Station, delivering new supplies and replacing one of the orbital outpost’s Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs). STS-114 will also carry a Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the External Stowage Platform-2. The crew is slated to conduct at least three spacewalks: They will demonstrate repair techniques of the Shuttle’s Thermal Protection System, replace the failed CMG with one delivered by the Shuttle, and install the External Stowage Platform.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), looks at the Japanese Experiment Module after its arrival at Port Canaveral, Fla. Built by the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo, the pressurized module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), looks at the Japanese Experiment Module after its arrival at Port Canaveral, Fla. Built by the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo, the pressurized module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), looks at the Japanese Experiment Module after its arrival at Port Canaveral, Fla. Built by the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo, the pressurized module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions. .

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), stands next to the Japanese Experiment Module after its arrival at Port Canaveral, Fla. Built by the Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo, the pressurized module is the first element of the JEM, Japan’s primary contribution to the space station, to be delivered to KSC. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional shirt-sleeve environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes two logistics modules, an exposed pallet for space environment experiments and a robotic manipulator system that are still under construction in Japan. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three space shuttle missions.

Crew of STS-114 after landing

STS114-S-045 (9 August 2005) --- The STS-114 crewmembers gather for a crew photo in front of the Space Shuttle...

Expedition 23 Crewmembers Inflight Portrait

ISS023-E-021869 (12 April 2010) --- Expedition 23 crew members pose for a in-flight crew portrait in the Destiny...

SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft arrives at LC 39A in preparation f

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex...

STS-114 Homecoming Ceremony

JSC2005-E-33358 (10 August 2005) --- Houston Mayor Bill White speaks to a crowd on hand at Ellington Field’s...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Pre-Splashdown

NASA Flight Surgeon Blake Chamberlain and other NASA and SpaceX support teams helicopter out to the SpaceX GO...

SpaceX Crew-1 Postflight

SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronaut Victor Glover reacts during an interview with Christopher Williams, STEM educator at...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Splashdown

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker smiles and gives a thumbs up after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon...

STS-114 on-orbit crew portrait

S114-E-6730 (2 August 2005) --- The STS-114 crewmembers pose for their traditional in-flight crew portrait in the...

SpaceX Crew-1 Postflight

SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins answers a question from a Junior Officer at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Splashdown

Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the replacement...