Une fusée Falcon 9 de SpaceX transportant le vaisseau spatial Crew Dragon de la société est lancée lors de la mission SpaceX Crew-4 de la NASA vers la Station spatiale internationale avec les astronautes de la NASA Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins et l’astronaute de l’ESA (Agence spatiale européenne) Samantha Cristoforetti à bord, le mercredi 27 avril 2022, au Centre spatial Kennedy de la NASA en Floride. Crédit : NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
A lancement d’un nouvel équipage à la station spatiale…
Un autre équipage termine une mission historique sur la station ….
Et plus de temps à explorer pour certains missions scientifiques planétaires … quelques-unes des histoires à vous raconter – Cette semaine à NASA!
Le lancement de la mission Crew-4 vers la station spatiale
Le 27 avril, les astronautes de La mission SpaceX Crew-4 de la NASA a été lancée. vers la Station spatiale internationale depuis le Centre spatial Kennedy en Floride. Plus tard le même jour, Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines et Jessica Watkins de la NASA, ainsi que Samantha Cristoforetti de l’Agence spatiale européenne, sont arrivés à la station à bord du SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that they named “Freedom.” This is the fourth space station crew rotation mission to fly on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour capsule splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean on April 25, 2022, marking the end of Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 1 – the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Axiom Space
Axiom Mission 1 Departs from the Space Station
The crew of Axiom Mission 1, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, wrapped up its time on the orbital outpost on April 24. The four-person crew, led by Commander and former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, safely returned to Earth on April 25 with more than 200 pounds of science and supplies, including some NASA experiments and hardware.
An illustration shows our solar system (not to scale). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Extends Exploration for Eight Planetary Science Missions
The planetary science missions of eight NASA spacecraft have been extended for at least three years. These include Mars Odyssey, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, the InSight Mars lander, OSIRIS-REx, New Horizons, and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The missions were extended because of their scientific productivity and potential to deepen our knowledge and understanding of the solar system and beyond.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is pictured inside the Kibo laboratory module with the Astrobee free-flying robotic assistants. Credit: NASA
Celebrating Three Years of Astrobees on the Space Station
Our Ames Research Center is celebrating three years of the free-flying robotic Astrobees busily “buzzing about” the International Space Station. The three robots have put in over 750 hours of work and completed more than 100 activities, from tech demonstrations to assisting in experiments. Robots like these are essential components of our Artemis program to return humans to the Moon and to eventually send people to Mars. Unlike the space station, future deep space outposts may not be crewed year-round, and may need robotic, autonomous systems to remain operational.
Roscosmos cosmonauts (from left) Denis Matveev and Oleg Artemyev are pictured during a spacewalk on April 18, 2022, to configure the European robotic arm. Credit: NASA
Outfit Robotic Arm During Spacewalk
Outside the International Space Station, Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos conducted a spacewalk on April 28 to continue outfitting the European robotic arm that is attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Future spacewalks are planned to continue work on the robotic arm and to activate Nauka’s airlock for use on future spacewalks.
That’s what’s up this week @NASA …
