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The ISS observes Greenwich Mean Time (UTC/GMT). The shuttles also had UTC clocks so that the astronauts could easily figure out what the "official" time aboard ISS was. [4] In 2019, a test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft suffered a mission anomaly through an incorrectly set Mission Elapsed Time on the vehicle. [5]
The space station is whizzing around Earth at about five miles per second (18,000 mph), according to NASA. That means time moves slower for the astronauts relative to people on the surface. Now ...
From left to right, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit and Suni Williams appear Tuesday, Jan. 28, for an exclusive interview with USA TODAY. The four American astronauts are ...
Also installed during STS-134 was the 15 m (50 ft) Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which had been used to inspect heat shield tiles on Space Shuttle missions and which can be used on the station to increase the reach of the MSS. [149] Staff on Earth or the ISS can operate the MSS components using remote control, performing work outside the ...
Two astronauts have been stuck on the space station after their Boeing spaceship had engine issues. Now, their return is being delayed another month to give SpaceX time to process a new spaceship.
Both astronauts are veterans of the Space Shuttle program, [21] and the Demo-2 flight was the third trip to space for both of them. The lead flight director for this mission was Zebulon Scoville. [22] NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren was the sole backup crew member for the flight, backing up both Hurley and Behnken for the mission. [23]
At the moment, different space organizations still use their own time zones for their onboard chronometers and their two-way communications systems. The ESA said doing so "will not be sustainable ...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is more than 24 hours into its long-awaited inaugural crewed test flight to the space station.The capsule lifted off atop an Atlas V rocket Wednesday from Florida ...