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NASA: Shuttle Missions

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science
Thu Jan 15 3:37 pm
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with agency astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth after a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. During their stay, Cardman, Fincke, and Yui contributed more than 850 hours of research to help prepare humanity […]
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California
Thu Jan 15 5:59 am
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, concluding a more than five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth at […]
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La NASA transmitirá en directo el regreso y el amerizaje de Crew 11
Tue Jan 13 6:52 pm
Read this press release in English here. La NASA y SpaceX prevén que, si las condiciones meteorológicas lo permiten, el desacoplamiento de la misión SpaceX Crew 11 de la agencia espacial estadounidense de la Estación Espacial Internacional se produzca no antes de las 5:05 p.m. EST (hora del este) del miércoles 14 de enero. El 8 […]
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NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-11 Return, Splashdown
Tue Jan 13 6:13 pm
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated on Wednesday, Jan. 14 to update the undocking time and coverage Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:20 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions. […]
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NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station
Mon Jan 12 6:25 pm
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA announced it is targeting no earlier than Thursday, Jan. […]
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A Quarter Century in Orbit: Science Shaping Life on Earth and Beyond 
Mon Jan 12 5:43 pm
For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to studying disease and simulating Mars missions, every experiment aboard the orbiting laboratory expands our understanding of how humans […]
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NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today
Thu Jan 08 2:26 pm
NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member […]
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25 Years in Orbit: Science, Innovation, and the Future of Exploration 
Wed Jan 07 4:05 pm
NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. A truly global endeavor, the International Space Station has been visited by more than 290 people from 26 countries and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The unique microgravity laboratory has hosted more than 4,000 experiments from over […]
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Space Station Research Informs New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy
Tue Jan 06 11:00 am
NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for commercial and public research, technology demonstrations, and more. Today, a portion of the crew’s time aboard station is devoted to private industry, including medical research that addresses complex health challenges on Earth and prepares astronauts for […]
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NASA to Cover US Spacewalks 94, 95 at International Space Station
Mon Jan 05 2:12 pm
Editor’s note: NASA announced Jan. 7, 2026, the spacewalk planned for Jan. 8, 2026, is postponed. NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks Thursday, Jan. 8, and Thursday, Jan. 15, outside the International Space Station, and the agency will provide comprehensive coverage. The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EST on Jan. 8 […]
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