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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

1 month

They are not lost in space. They are not stuck in space. They are not stranded in space.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

How it started: How it’s going:

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

How big are @NASA_SLS and Saturn V? In these display cases in Mission Control, Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas, Gemini, Saturn V, Shuttle, Skylab, @SpaceX Falcon 9/Crew Dragon, @ulalaunch Atlas V/ @BoeingSpace Starliner, and SLS are all the same 1/100 scale.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

"What did you do at work last night dear?" Nothing major, just reduced the altitude of the @Space_Station by 1.7km to prepare for the next Progress arrival and used a gravity assist to spin our 1 million pound space ship around 180 degrees.

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

There haven't been Health Stabilization posters in Mission Control since 2011. @Commercial_Crew is getting really close to flying people to orbit from the US again!

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@Carbon_Flight

16 days

Not the way we wanted or envisioned the test flight to end but our ops teams are now transitioning to ensure Calypso’s successful return to the desert.

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

17 days

During today’s Agency Flight Readiness Review, NASA decided to autonomously return Starliner from the International Space Station.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

A shuttle-era holdout in Mission Control is with us no longer. Like so many that work at @NASA_Johnson , it served well, worked hard, and stayed well past its "you could retire now" years.

Dean Lenort 🐀

@dllprop

4 years

Disaster at NASA!

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@Carbon_Flight

2 months

Good morning from the Blue Flight Control Room! A subset of our team is here today, working with #Starliner , Butch, and @Astro_Suni . We’re updating some software files we’ll need for our upcoming departure (coming soon to a desert near you, if you live in the American Southwest!)

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Just finished my shift prepping the crew for the EVA. Tune in now to watch @PeridotFlight and team put the finishing touches on @AMSISS repair.

NASA

@NASA

5 years

LIVE FROM SPACE: @AstroDrewMorgan and @ESA astronaut @Astro_Luca embark on a spacewalk to finish installing a new cooling system on the @Space_Station ’s dark matter detector. Ask ?s using #askNASA and watch live coverage:

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Touchdown! Mission complete with a bullseye landing. I can't be prouder of our Mission Ops team. They/we worked the unexpected in true Flight Operations fashion. Never gave up, never stopped trying, and always looked for additional test objectives we could accomplish.

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@Carbon_Flight

6 years

Boeing Mission Operations (MO) continues to prepare to fly the first #Starliner test flight later this year for @BoeingDefense . As part of our prep, we’ve created our MO patch for that Orbital Flight Test (OFT) mission.

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

The crew of CFT has arrived.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 months

Your Flight Directors leading the teams that will fly @BoeingSpace #Starliner , with Butch and @Astro_Suni . Back (L to R): Chloe Mehring (Lion), Rick Henfling (Redstone), me (Carbon), Mike Lammers (Saturn) Front: Anthony Vareha (Enterprise) Absent: Marcos Flores (Argo)

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Twenty-four years ago today I drove through the gates of @NASA_Johnson for the first time. Ok, well, I drove up to the gate and into the badging office parking lot, but after THAT I drove through the gates. Still a dream job and still a human spaceflight fanboy!

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

These signs can only mean one thing. Mission Control Houston is getting ready to help launch a human rated spacecraft from American soil soon... #OFTiscoming

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Congratulations to @NASAFltDirector Rebecca Wingfield, working her first solo shift as a @NASA Flight Director today. @Space_Station and her crew are in good hands with Flight Director 92, Cerulean Flight.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

May was OFT-2, June and July was post fight stuff, and August has been catching up on my ISS shift duties. Tonight’s my last scheduled ISS shift before working some @NASAArtemis I shifts while coasting to and from the Moon. #WeAreGoing

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Congratulations to newly minted Flight Director 93, Adi Boulos, now forever to be known as Zenith Flight. Flight Director 25, Sirius Flight, Milt Heflin, shared some sage wisdom before pinning the FD pin on Adi’s lapel.

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@Carbon_Flight

6 years

The first element of the @Space_Station passed 20 years in orbit (Mission Elapsed Time, MET) a few hours ago. I was back at @UMengineering , having completed my first @NASAJSCStudents tour at @NASA_Johnson in Jan - Aug 1998. Where were you when the first ISS element launched?

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

10 years ago I was the lead @Space_Station Flight Director for Expedition 28. It started with the departure of Soyuz TMA-20 during STS-134, from which we got this view of Endeavour docked to ISS.

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Now's a great time to get that coffee and curl up in front of the screen for a day of NASA TV EVA watching! Another milestone in preparation of the arrival of @Commercial_Crew vehicles.

International Space Station

@Space_Station

5 years

. @Astro_Luca and @Astro_Christina are assisting spacewalkers @AstroHague and @AstroDrewMorgan before the duo exits the station today about 8:20am ET. #AskNASA |

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@Carbon_Flight

4 months

If the final #Starliner CFT readiness review and training was last week and roll out to the pad is not until this weekend, what are we doing this week, you ask? Chasing all those final, fine details. Triple checking everything, making sure all is ready to go.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

The trajectory/orbit of @NASA_Gateway , its long duration mission, and its ability to be able to conduct significant deep space research while both crewed and uncrewed will provide significant scientific advancement in understanding our corner of the solar system. Can’t wait!

Gateway Lunar Space Station

@NASA_Gateway

3 years

The Gateway's orbit around the Moon provides a research opportunity to directly measure solar wind and radiation from the Sun outside of the effects of earth’s magnetosphere. Learn more about the space weather instruments that will fly on the Gateway:

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Clear evidence that two flight controllers have their final certification evaluations today. Bribery to the simulation gods never hurts. Today’s simulated event is installation of a HTV while orbital debris lurks and might drive the need for @Space_Station to get out of the way

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Mission accomplished! With Rosie’s training/stunt double looking on, our Rendezvous lead, Ray (left of Rosie in the picture), hung the plaque and our EECOM lead, Mike, held the ladder.

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@Carbon_Flight

8 months

26 years ago yesterday I rolled through this gate for the first time as a @NASAInterns . There were no flags over the entrance; we were 10 months away from @Space_Station first element launch. Now we’re 70 Expeditions in and I get to be her @NASAFltDirector . Not old, just seasoned

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Congratulations to Chris Dobbins, @NASA ’s 102nd @NASAFltDirector . Call sign Ignis Flight. He’s also the 3rd @UMich Flight Director and second from @MichiganAero .

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Today marks the 10th anniversary of my first shift as a Flight Director. 🤯🤯🤯

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Great thread showing what hypervelocity impacts of even small objects can do to structures that make up satellites and orbital laboratories. Be sure to check out the link with more videos, but also more research data and information.

Nujoud Fahoum Merancy

@nujoud

3 years

This is what hypervelocity impacts look like (ISS Lab module shield test here at NASA JSC). even small particles are no joke at these speeds

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

The ladder is ready. The team is assembled. #Starliner OFT-2 is ready to be celebrated. #IYKYK

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@Carbon_Flight

3 months

Good morning! After a great launch yesterday, one more box to check! ✅ NASA CFT Flight Test Readiness Review 2 ✅ Progress 86P Undocking ✅ Progress 88P Launch ✅ #Starliner power up (in work) ✅ Progress 88P Docking ✅ @BoeingSpace CFT Launch ➡️ @BoeingSpace CFT Docking

International Space Station

@Space_Station

3 months

The @BoeingSpace #Starliner remains on track for a docking at 12:15pm ET today to the station despite helium leaks reported on the spacecraft. @NASA and Boeing will meet to review data prior to rendezvous and docking operations on the orbital outpost.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

To quote from the Foundations of Mission Operations: "To always be aware that, suddenly and unexpectedly, we may find ourselves in a role where our performance has ultimate consequences."

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

Exciting news in the world of quantum physics @ISS_Research onboard the @Space_Station !

Francis Villatoro

@emulenews

4 years

Quantum matter orbits Earth Observation of Bose–Einstein condensates in an Earth-orbiting research lab

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Congratulations, @NASAFltDirector Diane Dailey, working her first solo shift watching over the @Space_Station tonight

Wayne Hale

@waynehale

3 years

Congratulations to Horizon Flight - the newest and 99th Flight Director!

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

A very successful mission dress rehearsal is complete! This was the last integrated training event before launch. I was fortunate to be able to observe the crew with @AstroIronMike while @Saturn_Flight led the MCC activities. Go #Starliner ! Go CFT!

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@Carbon_Flight

4 months

When we send them on their way, we want to ensure that Butch and Suni will be safe and the mission will be fully successful. We need a bit more time to ensure that in every way, so we’re now targeting June 1 for launch.

NASA

@NASA

4 months

Mission managers from NASA, @BoeingSpace , and @ULALaunch continue to evaluate a path forward toward launching #Starliner 's Crew Flight Test. The teams are now working toward a launch opportunity at 12:25pm ET on Saturday, June 1, with additional opportunities on Sunday, June 2,

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

Not gonna lie. It's kinda nice to be able to sleep through the chaos of the day, work through the night, and be surrounded by these beautiful views of our stressed out planet while taking care of 3 humans in the ultimate quarantine. (They also have plenty of TP.)

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@Carbon_Flight

4 months

It is time! With Crew-8 relocated, all @Space_Station configurations are in place to support #Starliner arrival L-4 days ✅ Crew-7 return ✅ SpaceX CRS-30 launch ✅ Soyuz MS-25 launch ✅ Soyuz MS-24 return ✅ Russian EVA ✅ CRS-30 return ✅ Relocate Crew-8 ➡️ @BoeingSpace CFT

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

It’s going to be a fun weekend on console this weekend...

Chris Cassidy

@Astro_SEAL

4 years

Both Moscow and Houston Mission Control Centers have been tracking a tiny air leak for several months. A few weeks ago our crew isolated in the Russian segment of @Space_Station and closed as many hatches as possible in order to identify the location of the leak.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

. @Enterprise_Flt might have changed the Soyuz parking spots but I got to throw the @Space_Station into a J-turn and get us flying face forward again while he napped. Spinning 454,000 kg on a dime counts for something, right?

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@Carbon_Flight

3 months

It’s a quiet day in the White Flight Control Room. #Starliner is in its quiescent power mode with no work being performed inside today. A couple of fight controllers came in to update some files onboard. Butch and @Astro_Suni are hard at work with @ISS_Research .

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@Carbon_Flight

6 months

We’re now #8 on the runway, targeting mid/late April. @Space_Station is a busy place! 1. Crew-7 return 2. SpaceX CRS-30 launch 3. Soyuz MS-25 launch 4. Soyuz MS-25 return 5. CRS-30 return 6. Move Crew-8 to Zenith (top) docking port 7. Russian EVA (iirc) 8. @BoeingSpace CFT

Michael Flachbart 🚀

@SpaceBoss_Flash

6 months

Full house @Space_Station - lots of activity over the next few weeks w/ Crew-7 Dragon & Soyuz MS-24 still to depart & Soyuz MS-25 still to arrive. Then, in late April the 1st crewed flight of @BoeingSpace #Starliner arives w/ @Astro_Suni & Butch Wilmore - @Carbon_Flight

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

The second @NASAFltDirector from our most recent selection is nearing completion of her certification. She ran the shift tonight while I was her “backstop” if needed (it wasn’t; she’s doing awesome). Nice to be in this room and just watch the team work while the crew sleeps.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 months

Probably not many posts from me over the next couple of days. Heading to console shortly to take the shift from @Saturn_Flight to finish power up and checkout for flight. Follow @BoeingSpace , @Commercial_Crew , @ulalaunch , @NASA , @NASA_Johnson , @Space_Station for all the #CFT news

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

With the plaque hung on the wall, the OFT mission is now officially complete. We even had Rosie's training counterpart join us. Congratulations to the entire joint @ulalaunch , @BoeingSpace , @NASA_Johnson , and @Commercial_Crew team that made this happen.

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

Today the CFT lead Flight Directors are hitching a ride to @NASAKennedy with the folks that will be setting up the CFT crew quarantine for their arrival later in the week. We’ll be participating in the @NASA Flight Readiness Review tomorrow and Thursday.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

25 years ago today @NASA_Johnson handed this almost 21 year old a civil servant badge and told me to go help fly people in space. Thanks to @NASAInterns for helping me get my start. Ad astra!

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

. @Astro_Soichi and @Astro_Kate7 head out into their version of the “great outdoors” to continue @Space_Station upgrades. Tune into NASA TV now to follow along.

International Space Station

@Space_Station

4 years

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi began their spacewalk today at 6:37am ET to continue solar array modification work. More...

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@Carbon_Flight

3 months

Calypso is docked! Now to learn everything we can about a docked Starliner. ✅ NASA CFT Flight Test Readiness Review 2 ✅ Progress 86P Undocking ✅ Progress 88P Launch ✅ #Starliner power up (in work) ✅ Progress 88P Docking ✅ @BoeingSpace CFT Launch ✅ @BoeingSpace CFT Docking

Mike Lammers

@Saturn_Flight

3 months

After the first crewed docking controlled from the MCC in 13 years, the flowers have arrived!

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

. @LEGO_Group Mission Accomplished! So much fun to assemble and visualize/remember @Space_Station assembly over the years.

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

Only place in the world where I can see both of my work projects together in the same place. #Starliner #Gateway #HALO #Artemis

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@Carbon_Flight

9 months

Special thanks to the @NASAFltDirector and Flight Controllers standing the Christmas watches, keeping our crews safe, while the rest of us celebrate with our friends and families.

NASA's Johnson Space Center

@NASA_Johnson

9 months

‘Twas the night before Christmas And all through Mission Control… Santa hats lined each and every console. The Expedition 70 crew was kept safe by teams on the ground, While St. Nicholas’s sleigh circled the Earth, all around.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

It’s busy in the MCC this week! @Space_Station real time ops (FCR-1), @NASAArtemis real time ops (WFCR, Ops Suite 3, Ops Suite 1), @BoeingSpace Starliner CFT testing (BFCR), and ISS simulation training (Ops Suite 2)

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@Carbon_Flight

5 years

What's left in these last 7 days for Mission Operations and @BoeingSpace ? One more day of launch simulations, one more day simulating (jointly with the @Space_Station team) #Starliner rendezvous and docking, final Go/No-Go meetings, and @ulalaunch rocket rollout. Lots to do!

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

HTV has been an incredible asset to @Space_Station with its large internal and external mass capacity. Working with the @JAXA_en and @JAXA_JFLIGHT teams on HTV-4 was a privilege

JAXA Washington DC

@jaxa_wdc

4 years

Kounotori 9 (HTV9) is set to re-enter the atmosphere on Aug. 20! Mark the calendar to celebrate the the completion of HTV's final mission with us! ・Departure from the ISS: 8/19, 2:35 a.m. JST ・Re-entry: 8.20, 4:07 p.m. JST More details on

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Can’t believe it’s already coming to an end. It seems like we just got here! Tomorrow is our final day inside #Starliner , closing it out before its trip to the American Southwest.

NASA Commercial Crew

@Commercial_Crew

2 years

On Wednesday, May 25, @BoeingSpace 's #Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International @Space_Station for a landing in the western United States. @NASA ’s Boeing OFT-2 return coverage begins on Tuesday, May 24. See the full schedule at .

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

Continuing to make progress towards the Crew Flight Test in early May. We’re nearly complete with our pre-mission training campaign and about halfway through our final readiness reviews. Go #Starliner !

NASA Commercial Crew

@Commercial_Crew

5 months

. @NASA ’s @BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test is now targeting no earlier than Monday, May 6, for #Starliner ’s first launch with astronauts Butch Wilmore and @Astro_Suni . The date adjustment better optimizes @Space_Station 's schedule of activities. Details:

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

I give people permission to go to the bathroom while we still have satellite communication. (h/t @tweetsoutloud )

Jeremy Padawer

@JeremyCom

4 years

Poorly explain what you do for a living.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

What happens if @Space_Station is not behaving on a crewed #Starliner docking day? We may have to depart and come back the next day. Today we're simulating that case in order to ensure the Starliner crew, flight control teams, and spacecraft can successfully re-rendezvous.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Had the team trained for this exact scenario? Nope. But every time we train, we focus on resilience under pressure and finding the best way through the day's malfunctions in order to meet our priorities: 1. Crew Safety 2. Vehicle Safety 3. Mission Success

lacrosse_the_universe

@lacrossetheuni1

3 years

“Plan, Train, Fly” - should add: “Execute contingency/emergency procedures in a calm, efficient manner while lives are on the line like you’ve trained years for this moment.” Oh wait, they have! Great job @Space_Station Flight Ops team! No better team on or off the planet!

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@Carbon_Flight

9 years

These memorial plaques are on the walls of all our flight control rooms. Remembrance is daily, not annually

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

Workstation next to me yesterday was having issues. I wonder if anyone ever found the floppy this Windows 10 machine was looking for... How many techs even know what a floppy is?

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Night shift 6 of 6. I wonder, is it better or worse for your body clock if your office lighting/environment is always the same, regardless of the time of day. At least you can look at the World Map and know where the sun is.

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@Carbon_Flight

6 years

Congrats to all involved! @SpaceX , @Commercial_Crew , @NASA , @Space_Station ! Best of luck and success for rendezvous and docking. Can’t wait to see Dragon on short final tomorrow.

NASA Commercial Crew

@Commercial_Crew

6 years

Dragon has good orbital insertion! Congrats to @SpaceX on a beautiful launch of #CrewDragon . Tune in at 4:00 a.m. EST for the post-launch briefing. @Space_Station @NASA @NASAKennedy #LaunchAmerica #CrewDragon

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Can't wait to see #Starliner out at SLC-41 later today. Melanie and the CCA and Pad teams take great care of the spacecraft, ensuring cargo, Rosie, and soon our @Commercial_Crew astronauts are safe and have a comfy ride to and from @Space_Station

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

3 years

We're ready to roll Starliner and #AtlasV to the Space Launch Complex-41 launchpad today! Starliner System Engineer Melanie Weber leads crew and cargo in the run-up to launch and pivots to the pad team lead for launch day. She says the team is giving #OFT2 their all.

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@Carbon_Flight

1 month

From the blog: “The integrated teams between Starliner and ISS worked extremely well together this week to finalize and safely execute the docked hotfire sequence,” said [FD Chloe] Mehring, who will lead the Starliner flight control team in the upcoming undocking from the [ISS].

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

1 month

During today's docked hot fire test, #Starliner thrusters performed at peak thrust rating values, and the helium system remained stable. Data will be reviewed and included in flight rationale for the Crew Flight Test undocking from @Space_Station and return to Earth. More:

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Trying to cram as much of a 6 month docked mission into 4 docked days as we can. Need to learn as much as possible on this test flight.

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

2 years

#Starliner has entered a planned quiescent phase while docked to the @space_station , which means its systems were powered down just like they would be during a long-duration mission. 📷: @AstroSamantha

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

It’s a beautiful day for a flight readiness review! Go #Starliner #CFT !

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@Carbon_Flight

5 months

The results are in and after an extensive review of the mission and our readiness, we’re GO to proceed with launch preparations, targeting a late May 6 EDT/early May 7 UTC launch!

NASA Commercial Crew

@Commercial_Crew

5 months

The Flight Test Readiness Review for @NASA ’s @BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test mission to the @Space_Station has concluded. Teams are "go" for launch at 10:34pm ET May 6 from SLC-41. Tune in at 4:30pm ET for a media teleconference:

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@Carbon_Flight

8 years

Sight I've never seen before: (L to R) Soyuz, Cygnus, and Dragon at @Space_Station at the same time

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@Carbon_Flight

6 months

Another milestone on the road to CFT: pre-mission press events. Today we showed off #Starliner training facilities and the Mission Control Center. Tomorrow will be the press conferences. Link has info on the conference - be sure to tune in!

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Some answers for you, @DJSnM (thread) Patch is not a SpaceX design; the cargo mission patches are designed by the NASA Transportation Integration Office lead for the mission. In this case, Sarah Gibelyou. Sarah's concept was turned into artwork by Logan Goodson, JSC graphic arts

Scott Manley

@DJSnM

2 years

Does anyone know what all the icons on the CRS-26 patch refer to?

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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Congratulations to the GNC group on hanging the plaque for Artemis I, with FDO and CDH holding the ladder! As Pegasus Flight, Rick LaBrode, the Artemis I Lead @NASAFltDirector said, this mission was a huge success thanks to all of the teams supporting ops of Orion, SLS, and EGS.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

This team is ready to handle anything cis-lunar space throws at them.

Jim Free

@JimFree

2 years

From mission control, @NASAArtemis 's flight control team at @NASA_Johnson has overall responsibility for flight operations from booster ignition to splashdown. Get to know the team that will monitor #Artemis I during its flight test as it sails into orbit.

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@Carbon_Flight

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Way to go and congrats, Gary! In just a few hours, the keys to @Space_Station hand over to @Astro_TJ (Saber Flight) as he leads Expedition 56.

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@Carbon_Flight

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L-44 hours. If you’re not already, follow @ulalaunch , @BoeingSpace , @Commercial_Crew , @NASA , and @Space_Station for all the details and coverage of OFT-2. #Starliner rolls to the pad tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

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@Carbon_Flight

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The @NASAFltDirector class of 2018 continues to knock out their certifications. Today Pooja Jesrani joined the ranks of certified Flight Directors as "Unity Flight." She's now 3 hours into her first solo shift at the helm of @Space_Station .

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

In addition to the @BoeingSpace OFT-2 patch, here is our Boeing Mission Operations team’s OFT-2 patch. Thanks to @KSCartist for OFT-2 & OFT patch designs.

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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

4 years

@smartereveryday Daughter helped me replace the CV axle in her car...

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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Congratulations to Athena Flight, Allison Bolinger, Flight Director 95!

Wayne Hale

@waynehale

5 years

Back in Mission Control for the ceremony to name a new Flight Director

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@Carbon_Flight

1 year

Congratulations to Nicole McElroy, @NASAFltDirector 104. Officially worked her first solo shift today and will now always be known by her call sign, Vista Flight.

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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

3 months

Getting ready to recover Butch, Suni, and Calypso. Practice makes perfect! It’s not just the Mission Control teams that have simulations.

NASA HQ PHOTO

@nasahqphoto

3 months

. @NASA and @BoeingSpace teams held a Mission Dress Rehearsal overnight in New Mexico to prepare for the return of #Starliner . More 📷:

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@Carbon_Flight

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Today, flight controllers working under @Saturn_Flight will perform the first launch of humans into space controlled from @NASA_Johnson Mission Control since STS-135 in 2011. Tomorrow will be the first docking of a crewed spacecraft controlled from MCC since STS-135.

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@Carbon_Flight

7 years

Rest easy knowing that the lights on @Space_Station and in the Mission Controls of Houston & Huntsville are still on. We continue to conduct amazing off-Earth science and prep for 3 EVAs between Jan 23 & Feb 2 (2 US, 1 Russian)

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

おめでとう！A great series of successes. HTV missions have been key for ISS resupply and growth for the past several years. Learn more about HTV and its history here:

JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

@JAXA_en

4 years

We've done it! Just completed all the HTV "KOUNOTORI" mission perfectly. Thank you @Space_station , @NASA , @esa , @csa_asc , @roscosmos , all of partners and YOU! Wait and see as we visit again with HTV-X. #GOHTV9 #JAXA #ARIGATO

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

For all you Western Hemisphere night owls, first Soyuz to launch and dock in just 2 orbits. Godspeed, Expedition 64!

International Space Station

@Space_Station

4 years

Three Exp 64 crewmates will launch aboard a Soyuz crew ship from Kazakhstan to the station at 1:45am ET on Wednesday, Oct. 14. More...

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

Our whole family sat in front of the TV this morning to watch (without being forced). More @ISS_Research on the way to @Space_Station and the 68th landing of a rocket back on Earth. Amazing. Congrats to @SpaceX . Now, let's dock that cargo Dragon for the first time!

Zebulon Scoville

@Explorer_Flight

4 years

Don’t take this for granted. I have a hard time convincing my kids to watch a rocket launch to ISS because it is something they have known all their life. This is in fact an amazing feat of human engineering. #NASA #SpaceX

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

After having this book on my shelf for way too long, I finally got up the nerve to read it. It was emotionally tough to read but I'm so glad I did. The stories, the memories, the thoughtful way it was presented... A very well done work. Next I need to get up to Hemphill.

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Great to see a successful approach and docking this morning. Continues to be very busy at the @Space_Station spaceport…

NASA

@NASA

3 years

Contact and capture, docking confirmed. At 9:29am ET, the @Roscosmos Nauka science module arrived at the Earth-facing side of the @Space_Station 's Russian segment:

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@Carbon_Flight

4 years

. @NASAArtemis Gateway is not just a PowerPoint program. Metal's being cut and we're making progress across the Program to launch in 2024.

Mark Kirasich

@MarkKirasich

4 years

Congratulations to @northropgrumman and @Thales_Alenia_S on the start of radial panel machining for HALO, the orbiting lunar Gateway's living quarters for visiting @NASA_Astronauts #Artemis

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@Carbon_Flight

11 months

Congratulations to @NASAFltDirector 106, Heidi Brewer - Alliance Flight!

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Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

5 years

Bravo Zulu, team! Thanks for keeping the watch. Merry Christmas!

NASA's Johnson Space Center

@NASA_Johnson

5 years

Flight controllers aren’t monitoring only the @Space_Station tonight — they’re also keeping an eye on Santa’s sleigh! 🎅 Happy holidays from Mission Control, where teams work tirelessly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 🎄

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Nothing better than a post splashdown @NASAArtemis Moon Pie.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 months

Something we don’t have much history with in @NASA_Johnson Mission Control - being on call and receiving a call from the @Space_Station @NASAFltDirector saying that the crews are getting into their return vehicles and we need to report to console too. Great teamwork yesterday.

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

2 months

Yesterday, @NASA_Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams activated Safe Haven procedures and sheltered inside #Starliner when crews learned of space debris near @Space_Station . Starliner stood ready to undock and return Wilmore and Williams to Earth if needed, but the debris

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@Carbon_Flight

3 years

Pooja is a top notch person and one heck of an awesome Flight Director. It’s great to have her on our #Starliner Flight Director team as well.

Women@NASA

@WomenNASA

3 years

"...We all have to act as one. One in terms of being there for the safety of the crew, the safety of the vehicle, and mission success." Learn how Pooja Jesrani, flight director of the @Space_Station , chose her team name, Unity, for #AAPIHeritageMonth :

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Our team along with the SpaceX team and the ISS crew all worked together to safely navigate Dragon in for a docking at the port on top of the Harmony module this morning. 45 days docked and then we’ll send it home with lots of science samples for study.

International Space Station

@Space_Station

2 years

The @SpaceX #Dragon cargo craft docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port at 7:39am ET today delivering new solar arrays, science experiments, and cargo replenishing the Exp 68 crew.

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@Carbon_Flight

2 years

Jeb wasted no time stretching his space legs. Awesome to see the crew inside Starliner today.

Boeing Space

@BoeingSpace

2 years

Expedition 67 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the @Space_Station entered #Starliner for the first time today. The crew welcomed the spacecraft, began unloading the cargo and honored the teams working to make #OFT2 happen.

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@Carbon_Flight

6 months

Making progress towards “our turn.” Happy to see Cargo Dragon has docked and Soyuz on its way. @Space_Station is a busy place! ✅ Crew-7 return ✅ SpaceX CRS-30 launch ✅ Soyuz MS-25 launch 1. Soyuz MS-24 return 2. CRS-30 return 3. Russian EVA 4. Move Crew-8 5. @BoeingSpace CFT

Ed Van Cise

@Carbon_Flight

6 months

We’re now #8 on the runway, targeting mid/late April. @Space_Station is a busy place! 1. Crew-7 return 2. SpaceX CRS-30 launch 3. Soyuz MS-25 launch 4. Soyuz MS-25 return 5. CRS-30 return 6. Move Crew-8 to Zenith (top) docking port 7. Russian EVA (iirc) 8. @BoeingSpace CFT

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@Carbon_Flight

3 months

What would #NationalMascotDay be without a shout out to Calypso, the CFT zero gravity indicator?