13 March 2021, 10:21 am EST By NASA astronaut space walk ( Youtube/UNIVERSE DOPE )
NASA is sending two of their astronauts to conduct the 237th spacewalk outside the International Space Station or ISS on Mar. 13.
NASA s ISS maintenance
According to CNN, the two astronauts, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins are scheduled to embark on the fifth spacewalk of the year to carry out numerous system upgrades needed by the ISS.
The Expedition 64 engineers are running a bit behind schedule, as they were expected to exit the station s Quest airlock at a little after 7:30 a.m. ET for a mission that is expected to take around six and a half hours. The crew would first stay in the airlock donning their suits before their mission.
5 February 2021, 11:33 am EST By NASA teams up with SpaceX for mission ( Youtube/ Tech Vision )
Space agency NASA has teamed up with SpaceX to provide launch services for its upcoming two-year astrophysics mission that will start in June 2024. NASA released the announcement on February 4.
NASA teams up with SpaceX
The mission that NASA and SpaceX will team up for is called Spherex, which stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer.
The goal of the mission is to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which could then help answer questions about the beginning of the universe and how the galaxies were developed.