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This week on #SpaceToGround, Boeing's Starliner launches to the station, the station crew tests a device to monitor health in space, and Mark Vande Hei reflects on his record-setting 355 days on the orbiting lab.
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LIVE: Join us for a post-launch briefing on #Starliner with leads from NASA, @BoeingSpace, and @ULALaunch: microblog.im.allmendenetz.de/i/broadcasts/1mn…
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.@BoeingSpace’s #Starliner lifted off on a @ulalaunch #AtlasV rocket at 6:54pm ET and is now in orbit on it’s way to the space station. More…blogs.nasa.gov/oft-2/
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Today's instantaneous launch opportunity occurs when the orbital plane of the @Space_Station crosses over the #AtlasV pad. At the time of launch, the station will be flying 262 miles (422 km) above the North Atlantic approaching Europe.
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Ready to watch #Starliner launch to space today? If you're on the U.S Eastern Seaboard & weather is clear, you might see the @ULALaunch rocket and @BoeingSpace capsule in the sky.
Liftoff is at 6:54pm ET. Check the map for details & share pictures and videos if you spot it!
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.@NASA TV is live for the launch of the @BoeingSpace #Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test 2 (#OFT2) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Liftoff is expected at 6:54pm ET. nasa.gov/live | go.nasa.gov/3wslJqW
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🚀 LIVE: @BoeingSpace's #Starliner spacecraft launches aboard a @ULALaunch Atlas V rocket on a demonstration flight to the @Space_Station.
Liftoff of NASA's Orbital Flight Test-2 is expected at 6:54pm ET (22:54 UTC). microblog.im.allmendenetz.de/i/broadcasts/1gq…
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TODAY: @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner spacecraft is set to launch atop @ULALaunch’s Atlas V rocket at 6:54pm ET. Weather is currently 80% favorable for liftoff.
Live launch coverage begins at 6pm ET: clips.im.allmendenetz.de/gy6iam6NjsU
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The @BoeingSpace #Starliner counts down to liftoff at 6:54pm ET today as the Exp 67 crew preps for its Friday arrival and keeps up human research. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/…
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The countdown has begun for today's liftoff of the #AtlasV rocket and @BoeingSpace's #Starliner on its #OFT2 mission to the @Space_Station. Launch is planned for 6:54pmEDT, and the live webcast will begin at 6pmEDT. Live blog now underway: bit.ly/av_oft-2
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.@NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy launched aboard the space shuttle three times to assemble the station in 2000, 2002, and 2007.
Books inspired me as a child to look up to the heavens and wonder! Let’s encourage the next generation of explorers.
At 7pm ET, a video of @AstroMarshburn reading Goodnight Moon on the @Space_Station airs during a 75th anniversary celebration of the book: fb.me/e/1DAL1SzFr
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Books inspired me as a child to look up to the heavens and wonder! Let’s encourage the next generation of explorers.
At 7pm ET, a video of @AstroMarshburn reading Goodnight Moon on the @Space_Station airs during a 75th anniversary celebration of the book: fb.me/e/1DAL1SzFr
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A @ulalaunch Atlas V rocket with @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen being rolled out to the launch pad ahead of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (#OFT2) mission, scheduled to launch to the space station at 6:54pm ET on May 19. More pix…flic.kr/s/aHBqjzQv98
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Two weeks already since Crew3 left. I hope gravity was kind to you, @astro_matthias!
Two @esa astronauts 👩🚀👨🚀 & plenty of science 🧪 We look back on a historic month of @ISS_Research on the @Space_Station & forward to #MissionMinerva.
esa.int/Science_Exploration/… #ExploreFarther
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The @BoeingSpace #Starliner crew ship counts down to its launch on Thursday as the Exp 67 crew worked medical training and advanced space science today. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/…
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As we prepare for the #Artemis I lunar mission, we are saying “Goodnight Moon” from the @Space_Station.
A video of @AstroMarshburn reading out loud from the children's book tonight will be shown at 7pm ET during a 75th anniversary event: fb.me/e/1DAL1SzFr
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Big news for Gateway – we’re thrilled to announce Holly Ridings, NASA’s first female Chief Flight Director, will help build NASA’s foundation in deep space as Gateway’s Deputy Program Manager.
Learn more about Holly Ridings joining the Gateway program: go.nasa.gov/3wlg85z
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The Moon, with Earth's shadow draping across it during a lunar eclipse and the destination for @NASA_Gateway, is pictured from the station on May 13, 2022. More moon pix... flic.kr/s/aHsmACtudT
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Desde la @Space_Station, los humedales a lo largo de la costa noroeste de la península de Yucatán se ven de diferentes colores.
Esta foto captura la diversidad del paisaje del estuario cerca de Celestún, un pueblo pesquero en Yucatán, México: go.nasa.gov/3weC6al 🇲🇽
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