https://spacewatch.global/tag/christina-koch/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/christina-koch/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/liftoff-nasa-launches-astronauts-to-the-moon-on-historic-artemis-ii-lunar-flyby-mission/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72572 NASA has launched Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon in over fifty years. Four astronauts are on their way aboard Orion for a lunar flyby.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/artemis-ii-set-for-april-1-launch-attempt-as-nasa-completes-the-missions-flight-readiness-review/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71975 NASA is targeting Thursday, March 19, to roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft back to launch pad 39B in advance of a launch attempt on Wednesday, April 1. This comes after the Agency completed its Artemis II Flight Readiness Review on Yesterday, March 12, and polled “go” to proceed toward launch. Last Month, NASA decided against launching the Artemis II mission during the March launch window subsequently rolling back the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/nasa-begins-fueling-test-for-sls-rocket-as-it-conducts-wet-dress-rehearsal-for-artemis-ii-mission/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71359 NASA has begun the countdown for the Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Mission at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, as the Agency conducts the fueling test for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The test will run the launch team through a full range of operations, including loading cryogenic liquid propellant into the SLS rocket’s tanks, conducting a launch countdown, demonstrating the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and draining the tanks to practice scrub procedures. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/uaes-first-astronaut-hazza-al-mansoori-begins-stint-on-board-international-space-station/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16208 The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, has announced that the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, carrying the first Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori, along with Oleg Skripochka and Jessica Meir, successfully docked with the International Space Station, ISS. This marks the beginning of the first spaceflight to be undertaken by an Emirati astronaut and first visit by an Arab astronaut to the ISS.]]>