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NASA will launch three sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility during the April 8 total solar eclipse. The mission will study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere during the eclipse.
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a news conference. O’Hara completed 204 days in space, 3,264 orbits of the Earth, and 86.5 million miles during her first spaceflight. She witnessed the arrival of eight visiting spacecraft and the departure of seven visiting spacecraft, including both crewed and cargo missions. O’Hara also completed one spacewalk totaling six hours, 42 minutes.
Johnson Space Center, Houston
NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board report from September 2023, including next steps for the program. The media teleconference will share the agency’s recommendations regarding a path forward for Mars Sample Return within a balanced overall science program. The speakers include: - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
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ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, Marco Sieber and Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg receive astronaut certification at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre. This officially marks their transition into fully-fledged astronauts, ready and eligible for spaceflight.
European Astronaut Centre
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub will perform an EVA removing and installing hardware on the orbital outpost’s Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station, including deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar system and installing equipment and experiments on the Poisk module to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules.
International Space Station
The SpaceX CRS-30 Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station ahead of its reentry, splashdown and recovery.
International Space Station
The Shenzhou 17 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, bringing Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin back to Earth after spending six months in orbit as part of the sixth mission to the Chinese Space Station.
Near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Chi
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will answer questions ahead of their launch aboard Boeing Starliner's Crew Flight Test.
KSC, Florida
Crew-8 astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft from the forward port of the Harmony module to its zenith port.
International Space Station
Atlas V is rolled to the launch pad in preparation for the Starliner Crewed Flight Test.
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
The Crew of Polaris Dawn will discuss the EVA Spacesuit.
SpaceX HQ
Starship S30 will be static fired in preparation for its launch on IFT-5.
Starbase Texas, USA
NASA is hosting a media call to discuss the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission, which aims to improve life on Earth by studying heat loss from Earth’s polar regions and provide information on our changing climate. Participants include: - Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Mary White, project manager, PREFIRE, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southern California - Tristan L’Ecuyer, principal investigator, PREFIRE, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Peter Beck, CEO and founder, Rocket Lab
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ESA is releasing a new set of full-colour images captured by the space telescope Euclid. Five new portraits of our cosmos were captured during Euclid’s early observations phase, each revealing amazing new science.
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As NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) continue to evaluate a path toward launching the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, they will host a joint media teleconference. Participants in the briefing include: - NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free - Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate - Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program - Dana Weigel, manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program - Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing - Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA
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The Progress MS-25 spacecraft will undock from the Poisk module of the International Space Station. It will then de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.
International Space Station
NASA and Boeing are hosting a joint media teleconference ahead of the launch of Starliner on its Crewed Flight Test mission.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
The Progress MS-27 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Poisk module of the ISS.
International Space Station
NASA and Boeing will host a joint media teleconference following the scrub of Starliners Crewed Flight Test mission. Briefing participants: - Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program - Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing - Tory Bruno, president and CEO, ULA
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The Chinese Chang'e 6 spacecraft is scheduled to land in the southern part of Apollo Basin, located in the far side of the Moon. The lander will collect 2 kg of samples which will then be placed in an ascent vehicle and brought back to Earth.
Apollo Basin, Moon