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☆ NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts splash down near Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Four astronauts have returned home from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, making a splashdown landing aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida on Monday. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, departed the space station on Sunday at 7:05 am ET. Before the astronauts left the space station, NASA said that it had been monitoring the impact of Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall Wednesday morning on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Over the past week, the Crew-6 astronauts worked to welcome and hand over operations to Crew-7 team members, who arrived at the space station on August 27. During their stint in space, the Crew-6 astronauts were slated to oversee more than 200 science and tech projects.

Persons: Stephen Bowen, Warren “ Woody ” Hoburg, Alneyadi, Andrey Fedyaev, ” Hoburg, “, It’s, Hoburg Organizations: CNN —, SpaceX, NASA, Carolinas, United, CRS, International Locations: Florida, Jacksonville , Florida, Gulf Coast, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Russian, American, Saudi Arabia

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Before departing the space station, they said they were craving hot showers, steaming cups of coffee and the ocean air since arriving in March. Their stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule leaked all of its coolant and a new craft had to be launched. Between crew swaps, the space station is home to seven astronauts.

Persons: Stephen Bowen, Warren “ Woody ” Hoburg, Russia's Andrei Fedyaev, Sultan, “ You've Organizations: Space, SpaceX, NASA, United Arab, Control, Soyuz, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Florida, United Arab Emirates, Cape Canaveral, Jacksonville

☆ NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts depart space station after Hurricane Idalia clears Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Four astronauts concluded their six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Sunday and are heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida days after Hurricane Idalia ravaged parts of the state. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, boarded their Crew Dragon capsule on Sunday and departed the space station at 7:05 a.m. Over the past week, the Crew-6 astronauts have worked to welcome and hand over operations to the Crew-7 team members, who arrived at the space station on Sunday. During their stint in space, the Crew-6 astronauts were slated to oversee more than 200 science and tech projects. But the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and two Russian colleagues to the space station sprang a coolant leak late last year.

Persons: Hurricane, Stephen Bowen, Warren “ Woody ” Hoburg, Alneyadi, Andrey Fedyaev, ” Hoburg, “, It’s, Hoburg, Frank Rubio, Rubio, Mark Vande Hei, Rubio’s, “ We’ve, “ Frank, … Organizations: CNN —, NASA, SpaceX, Carolinas, United, CRS, International Space Station, Russian Soyuz Locations: Florida, Gulf Coast, Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Russian, American, Saudi Arabia, Roscosmos

☆ Striking pictures show the ISS crossing a sunspot big enough to swallow two Earths during a spacewalk
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The station crossed three sets of sunspots, including one big enough to swallow two Earths. The ISS cast its shadow across three sets of sunspots, one of which was big enough to swallow two Earths whole. The ISS crossed three sets of sunspots, including one that was would be big enough to swallow Earth. Solar flares have previously been known to cause radio blackouts on Earth as well as create stunning auroras. Thierry Legault www.astrophoto.frMore sunspots and solar flares have been appearing on the sun as it reaches a decadal peak of activity.

Persons: —, Stephen Bowen, Warren, Woody, Hoburg, Thierry Legault www.astrophoto.fr Thierry Legault, Thierry Legault www.astrophoto.fr, Legault, Thierry Legault Organizations: NASA, Service, International Space, ISS Locations: Amsterdam

☆ SpaceX capsule delivers latest four-member crew to International Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

March 3 (Reuters) - A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) after a brief delay early on Friday, carrying two U.S. astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut on a six-month science mission. The autonomously flying spacecraft dubbed Endeavour docked with the space station shortly after 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 GMT) on Friday, about 25 hours after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Docking maneuvers fell behind schedule as the Crew Dragon was making its final approach to the station. The ISS crew also is responsible for performing maintenance and repairs aboard the station, and to prepare for the arrival and departure of other astronauts and cargo payloads. Rounding out the four-man Crew 6 was Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, 42, who like Alneyadi is an engineer and spaceflight rookie.

[1/5] NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission, that includes NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates Sultan Al-Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, launches to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2023. The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour, lifted off at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Fellow NASA astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg, 37, an engineer and commercial aviator designated as the Crew 6 pilot, was making his first spaceflight. The Crew 6 team will be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current ISS occupants - three U.S. NASA crew members, including commander Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman to fly to space, along with three Russians and a Japanese astronaut. An empty replacement Soyuz to bring them home arrived at the space station on Saturday.

[1/2] A Falcon 9 rocket is readied for another launch attempt for NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission after a technical delay, which will take four crew members to the International Space Station, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 1, 2023. The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour, was set for liftoff at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The four-man crew should reach the International Space Station (ISS), orbiting some 250 miles (420 km) above Earth, about 25 hours after launch, early on Friday morning. Crew 6 also is notable for its inclusion of UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, 41, only the second person from his country to fly to space and the first to launch from U.S. soil as part of a long-duration space station team. The Crew 6 team will be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current ISS occupants - three U.S. NASA crew members, including commander Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman to fly to space, along with three Russians and a Japanese astronaut.

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