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Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with the four astronauts of NASA's Crew-8 mission at 10:53 p.m. EST tonight
Yet, despite how many times these capsules have flown — in addition to the increasing cadence at which SpaceX is launching crewed missions to the orbital laboratory — NASA refuses to let its guard down. During the same Feb. 28 briefing, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stressed that crew safety is"primary" for the agency."It's risky business," he said.during the briefing.
"We estimated the square acreage of this defect to be about 0.02 square inches , which is less than half of what we are required to qualify this system to holes or cracks or other defects," Sarah Walker, director of Dragon mission management at SpaceX, said during a press conference held about an hour after launch."About 0.05 inches , I believe, is the qualification limit.
During their six-month stay aboard the ISS, the Crew-8 astronauts will conduct more than 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations inNASA is already looking to the future with its current human-related science research endeavors, to a time when people might live aboardLike Crew-8's science focus, most of the agency's current human-science research is not only geared toward thriving in LEO, but also toward keeping human crews safe and healthy on exploration missions,...
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