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Astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore is leaving NASA after a quarter-century of service. Wilmore flew on four different spacecraft during his astronaut career, which began way back in 2000. He spent a total of 464 days off Earth and conducted five spacewalks, during which he racked up 32 hours of outside-spacecraft time. “Butch’s commitment to NASA’s mission and dedication to human …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly long spaceflight came to an end. NASA announced Butch Wilmore’s departure on Wednesday. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last summer as test pilots on Boeing’s first astronaut flight. What should have been a weeklong trip …

Twin brothers and former NASA astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly have each flown four missions and were part of NASA’s twin study to research the impact of spaceflight on the human body.  Hours before SpaceX planned to launch another crew to the International Space Station, which was scrubbed minutes before liftoff, they spoke to “CBS Mornings” about NASA cuts, spaceflight and the …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed today’s (July 31) launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA. Launch officials called the scrub just over a minute before liftoff, due to a bank of cumulus clouds that appeared over in the skies over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here. “Unfortunately, the weather is just not playing alongside with today’s excitement on …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted at the one-minute, 7-second mark. SpaceX’s next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday, although the weather forecast is less favorable. The U.S., Japanese and Russian crew will spend at …

NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space. Her last day at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston was Monday (July 28). In August 2016, while serving as a flight engineer on the space station’s 48th expedition crew, Rubins made …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Crew-11 astronaut mission to the International Space Station for NASA is go for launch. When Crew-11 launches, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from historic Launch Complex 39A here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), sending a crew of four the ISS for a six-month stay. Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX all …

NASA astronaut and microbiologist Kate Rubins retired Monday after 16 years with the agency. During her time with NASA, Rubins completed two long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station, logging 300 days in space and conducting four spacewalks. “I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Kate for her dedication to the advancement of human spaceflight,” said Steve Koerner, acting director …

SpaceX is set to launch its Crew‑11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (July 31), and the event will stream live online. Here’s how and when you can watch it. The Crew‑11 mission is targeting liftoff at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will send four astronauts to the …

NASA’s newest international crew is ready for liftoff, and a local astronaut is among them.Mike Fincke, of Emsworth, is the mission pilot for SpaceX Crew-11.”This is a great crew,” Fincke said Saturday. “We are looking forward to launching soon.”Fincke and his fellow crew members arrived at Cape Canaveral in Florida ahead of Thursday’s scheduled launch.”I’m personally looking forward to going …