NASA, International Space Station and Crew-11
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On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 a.m., NASA will conduct a rollout mission – transporting an 11-million-pound stack four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Station. The journey will take up to 12 hours, NASA said.
After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut their mission short and return to Earth.
NASA announces Artemis II launch date for Feb. 6, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years in historic 10-day mission.
Crew-11 was recalled earlier than planned after a crew member had a medical issue warranting care on Earth, cutting short its mission by more than a month.
Yui is part of Crew-11, which will depart the ISS ahead of schedule due to one of the astronauts experiencing a "medical concern," according to NASA. The departure will bring the joint NASA and SpaceX mission to an early end.
New photos show off NASA's newly constructed Roman Space Telescope, which will soon help researchers unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. Experts have also revealed when the next-gen spacecraft is set to launch and begin collecting data.
In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit," according to ESA. C