SpaceX Crew-4

Imagine What It's Like to Talk to Astronauts While They Are Orbiting the Earth. Indianapolis Children Got To Do Just That

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Ky (Anderson) followed up with, "How does water behave in space?" Everyone giggled as Lindgren gave a demonstration and said, "Water is absolutely amazing. We take advantage of orbiting laboratory to examine how fluids move and work in space. So here's a little example -- This is how we drink juice or water depending on if it's a hot or cold drink. And you can see if I push a little bit of water out here… it assumes the shape of a sphere. It's shaking a little bit and I'll release it from the straw."

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  • INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Indianapolis area students got to 'space-out' with an actual astronaut who was orbiting Earth on the International Space Station (ISS) today.
  • Lindgren answered, "Back 25 years ago the only way astronauts could talk with their families back on the ground was with amateur radio with a ham radio.
  • We take advantage of orbiting laboratory to examine how fluids move and work in space.
  • And you can see if I push a little bit of water out here it assumes the shape of a sphere.

Triple Ring Technologies and The Hines Family Foundation Collaborate on Nanolab BioModule

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

NEWARK, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hines Family Foundation for Education, Innovation and Service (HFF) SILVA Nanolab YCC01 BioModule was successfully delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) via SpaceX Crew-4 on April 27, 2022.

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  • NEWARK, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hines Family Foundation for Education, Innovation and Service (HFF) SILVA Nanolab YCC01 BioModule was successfully delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) via SpaceX Crew-4 on April 27, 2022.
  • The YCC01 project evolved from collaboration with scientists and technologists from NASA's Biosentinel program, and HFF product development partners, including Triple Ring Technologies.
  • Joe Heanue, CEO of Triple Ring Technologies, "Triple Ring is proud to support The Hines Family Foundation as it furthers its mission of helping underserved and underrepresented students learn and apply the technology and engineering skills necessary to thrive and prosper in the 21st-century STEM enabled workforce."
  • They partner with clients in medtech, life sciences, and sustainability & the environment to create new technologies, launch innovative projects, and start new ventures.

NASA Successfully Demonstrates rHEALTH's Powerful Biomedical Analyzer Onboard Space Station in a First for Space Medicine

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

BEDFORD, Mass., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- rHEALTH today announced that, in partnership with NASA, that its rHEALTH ONE universal biomedical analyzer was successfully demonstrated on-orbit at the International Space Station. Samantha Cristoforetti, the ESA astronaut part of the SpaceX Crew-4 astronaut team, demonstrated first in space operation of the sophisticated biomedical analyzer. She performed experiments across two sessions involving microliter drops of NASA-prepared control samples on May 13, 2022 between 09:00 and 17:00 GMT and again on May 16, 2022 between 10:45 and 18:30 GMT.

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  • BEDFORD, Mass., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- rHEALTH today announced that, in partnership with NASA, that its rHEALTH ONE universal biomedical analyzer was successfully demonstrated on-orbit at the International Space Station.
  • Samantha Cristoforetti , the ESA astronaut part of the SpaceX Crew-4 astronaut team, demonstrated first in space operation of the sophisticated biomedical analyzer.
  • The rHEALTH ONE is the most powerful biomedical analyzer successfully tested onboard the space station.
  • It was the first biomedical analyzer to demonstrate in space the principles of solid-state, sheath-flow focused cytometry.

NASA, ESA Astronauts Safely Return to Earth

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Friday, May 6, 2022

NASA astronauts Kayla Barron , Raja Chari , and Tom Marshburn , and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 12:43 a.m. EDT.

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  • NASA astronauts Kayla Barron , Raja Chari , and Tom Marshburn , and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 12:43 a.m. EDT.
  • Teams aboard SpaceX recovery vessels recovered the spacecraft and astronauts.
  • After returning to shore, the astronauts will fly back to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
  • The astronauts took hundreds of photos of Earth as part of the Crew Earth Observation investigation, one of the longest-running investigations aboard the space station, which helps track natural disasters and changes to our home planet.

NASA Crew-4 Astronauts To Perform an Array of ISS National Lab-Sponsored R&D Over Six-Month Science Expedition

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

During their mission, the Crew-4 astronauts will perform dozens of research and technology development investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory.

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  • During their mission, the Crew-4 astronauts will perform dozens of research and technology development investigations sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory.
  • ISS National Lab-sponsored experiments that the Crew-4 astronauts will conduct range from projects in the life and physical sciences to those in advanced materials, technology development, and in-space production applications.
  • This research, along with critical supplies, will be delivered to the ISS on multiple Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) missions.
  • This ISS National Lab-sponsored project is one of many funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).

Coverage Updated for NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Briefing, Events, Broadcast

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Prelaunch activities, launch, and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .

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  • Prelaunch activities, launch, and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch.
  • Launch day coverage of NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 mission will be available on the agency's website .
  • Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than 12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27, as the countdown milestones occur.

Coverage Set for NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 Briefing, Events, Broadcast

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Friday, April 15, 2022

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed by Crew-4 as Freedom, is scheduled to dock to the space station at 6 a.m. Sunday, April 24.

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  • The Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed by Crew-4 as Freedom, is scheduled to dock to the space station at 6 a.m. Sunday, April 24.
  • Prelaunch activities, along with launch and docking will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch.
  • For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 4 p.m. Friday, April 15, at: [email protected] .

Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

NASA and the nation are proud to welcome Mark home and grateful for his incredible contributions throughout his year-long stay on the International Space Station."

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  • NASA and the nation are proud to welcome Mark home and grateful for his incredible contributions throughout his year-long stay on the International Space Station."
  • Vande Hei will board a NASA plane bound for Cologne, Germany, for refueling prior to his return home.
  • NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn recently took over as station commander, and is joined by NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron , ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer , and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov.
  • Learn more about space station activities by following @space_station , and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts and the space station blog .

NASA to Host Briefings, Interviews for Agency's SpaceX Crew-4 Mission

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Friday, March 25, 2022

The mission will be NASA's latest crew rotation flight involving a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts.

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  • The mission will be NASA's latest crew rotation flight involving a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying astronauts.
  • The agency will hold a mission overview news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT and a crew news conference at noon.
  • Both news conferences will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • The Crew-4 mission will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren , Bob Hines , and Jessica Watkins , as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti .

NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the fourth SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission.
  • The earliest targeted launch date for the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission is Friday, April 15, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • Following a crew handover period, astronauts from NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission are scheduled for return to Earth in April aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance.
  • Media accreditation deadlines for Crew-4 launch are as follows:
    U.S. media and U.S. citizens representing international media must apply by 4 p.m. EDT Sunday, March 20.
    International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 4 p.m. Sunday, March 13.