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Homeward bound. 🌎 Now that the NASA Artemis II crew has flown around the Moon, they are officially on their journey home. There is no deorbit burn for Artemis II – only slight trajectory correction burns – as the translunar injection burn that committed the crew to a lunar flyby also guaranteed their return home. Watch the mission live here:
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Gratitude: launched. 🚀 This Thanksgiving, Expedition 73 crew members, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Jonny Kim, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, share a holiday message from the International International Space Station. From turkey and cranberry sauce in microgravity to reflections on gratitude and family, their words remind us that traditions can be celebrated anywhere. Happy Thanksgiving from the Expedition 73 crew, from Houston to the cosmos! 🦃🌌
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“Of course, for the entire last 26 years, all of it has benefitted these future missions. And in continuing some of these experiments that will help us with our first landing missions on the Moon makes it even more worthwhile and rewarding for us.” -- Jessica Meir NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and her crew mates recently discussed the upcoming Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, slated for launch on Feb. 12. While aboard, this crew will also see the launch of four astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II – a mission made possible due to countless dedicated team members and decades of research in low Earth orbit.
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How do we prepare for future Moonwalks through the Artemis program? One way is by practicing underwater! This 2023 training session with NASA astronaut Victor Glover in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory shows how teams practice using tools and navigating in a simulated lunar gravity environment.
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Happy Fourth of July from the International Space Station! Ahead of Independence Day tomorrow, Expedition 73 NASA astronauts Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, COL Anne McClain, and Jonny Kim extend their best wishes to us back on Earth and share what this day means to them. 🎆🧑🚀
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What do astronauts eat in space? 🌮 Crews need nutritious meals to keep them healthy, focused, and energized! Learn about what's being dished up aboard International Space Station and how we’re creating foods to sustain future missions to the Moon and Mars.
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Inside the Orion Mission Evaluation Room, the engineers who helped build Orion’s systems are now watching them fly. As Victor Glover test‑drove Orion with crew onboard for the first time, Jeb Stefan monitored data from the Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking console.
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Splashdown, #Crew9! 🌊 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission carrying ARCHIVED NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov splashed down off the coast of Florida near Tallahassee at 5:57 pm EDT. Welcome home, crew!
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They’re not just simulating Mars, they’re living it.🧑🚀🏠 The CHAPEA Mission 2 crew entered the Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 19. For 378 days, they’ll live like Martian explorers, simulating life on the Red Planet to help NASA prepare for future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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From air pressure to rocket thrust, Orion faces many forces in flight—and engineers like Quyen Jones in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room track them all. After a clean launch and spot‑on TLI burn, her team is excited to see data match years of testing on Artemis II.
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CHAPEA's 4-person crew just exited their home after 378 days. ✅ They simulated a Mars mission to help assess health and performance in relation to Mars-realistic resource limitations in isolation and confinement. The door is officially open and the mission is complete. Congrats CHAPEA Crew 1!
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Four crew members. One spacecraft. One global team. 🌍 From Mission Control’s Orion Mission Evaluation Room, international experts like European Space Agency's Luca Fossati support the European Service Module—the powerhouse that supplies Orion with propulsion, power, air, and water for NASA Artemis II.
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It’s all about control — and the view that comes with it. Emily Kollin works on the control console in Mission Control’s Orion Evaluation Room, helping manage Orion’s orientation and maneuver its camera-equipped solar arrays to capture views of yesterday’s NASA Artemis II lunar flyby.
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Sliding into the holidays like… Recently, the Artemis II crew practiced how to safely get themselves out of Orion Spacecraft post-splashdown, should there be an emergency reason they need to leave the capsule prior to the recovery team arriving.
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