[SprinkL3]

NASA's events and live link can be found here.

They sometimes change their launch dates and times, due to weather or other incidentals, so stay tuned if you're interested in watching launches or learning all things NASA.

Events like these are helpful for some of us who are isolating in place, disabled with mobility problems, bedbound or homebound, bored, anxious, etc. I tend to use online activities as ways to remain connected to others with similar interests and to keep my brain active. This also helps me distract when I'm having a stressful day.

There were other threads started with specific dates, but then NASA kept changing those dates. So I decided to just start a generic thread here to keep up with NASA's changes. The link provided above is the primary site where you could watch NASA live as well as see their schedule.

If you'd like to add any comments here, please feel free to do so!

[SprinkL3]

NASA is NOW LIVE and broadcasting the astronauts getting ready for their SpaceX launch later today.

(All times Eastern U.S. time. UTC-5)

Here's the schedule for today:

Nov. 10, Wednesday
10 a.m. – Spaceflight for Everybody virtual symposium airing on NASA TV until approximately 3:30 p.m. (Full list of events and speakers)
4:45 p.m. – Coverage of the Launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to the International Space Station (launch scheduled at 9:03 p.m. EST; Chari, Marshburn, Maurer, Barron; continuous coverage through docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony on Nov. 11)
10 p.m. – Crew-3 Postlaunch media teleconference

And here's NASA's future schedule:

FUTURE LIVE EVENTS

(All times Eastern U.S. time. UTC-5)

Nov. 11, Thursday
7:10 p.m. – Docking of NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts to the International Space Station (Chari, Marshburn, Maurer, Barron)
8:45 p.m. – Hatch Opening of the Crew-3 Crew Dragon “Endurance” at the International Space Station
9:20 p.m. – Welcoming Ceremony for the Crew-3 Astronauts Aboard the International Space Station

Nov. 13, Saturday
11 a.m. – U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – Kennedy Space Center

Nov. 15, Monday
9:15 a.m. - NASA/SpaceX Crew-2 post-flight news conference
3 p.m. – Deep Space Food Challenge

Nov. 16, Tuesday
1 p.m. - Media briefing on NASA's Laser Communication Relay Demonstration mission
2 p.m. – NASA EDGE: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Show

Nov. 17, Wednesday
2 p.m. – International Space Station U.S. Spacewalk #78 preview briefing

Nov. 18, Thursday
11 a.m. – Media briefing on James Webb Space Telescope science goals
11:20 a.m. – International Space Station Expedition 66 In-Flight Educational Event with NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (Will appear only on the NASA TV media channel)
2 p.m. – Media briefing on James Webb Space Telescope science instruments

Nov. 19, Friday
7:55 a.m. – International Space Station Expedition 66 in-flight event for ESA (European Space Agency) with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer

Nov. 20, Saturday
10:45 a.m. - Release of the Northrop Grumman “Ellison Onizuka” Cygnus NG-16 cargo craft from the International Space Station (Release scheduled at 11 a.m. EST)

Nov. 24, Wednesday
7:45 a.m. - Coverage of the launch of the Russian “Prichal” Node Module to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (Launch scheduled at 8:06 a.m.)
9:05 a.m. - International Space Station Expedition 66 education event for ESA with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer (streamed here with English interpretation; on NASA TV’s media channel in native language)

Nov. 26, Friday
9:30 a.m. - Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of the Russian “Prichal” Node Module to the space station (Docking scheduled at 10:25 a.m.)

Nov. 30, Tuesday
5:30 a.m. – Coverage of International Space Station U.S. Spacewalk #78 to replace the Port 1 Truss S-Band communications antenna (Spacewalk scheduled to begin at appx. 7:10 a.m.; Marshburn and Barron; will last around 6 ½ hours)

[SprinkL3]

The SpaceX Crew are being buckled into their seats now! Watch live here. They will take off soon.

[SprinkL3]

T MINUS 20 second and counting!

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Takeoff went fast! They're still showing the Crew 3! Totally cool! We haven't seen this since the 1980s.

[mote.of.soul]

Hi @SprinkL3👋👋

Some very interesting space posts you have here. Cool.👍

You might know more about this than me (I haven't fully looked into it yet) but I think NASA will soon be launching a mission (unmanned) to an asteroid to see if they can change its path, its trajectory. Which is actually super important really, because asteroids do in fact pose a very real threat to the planet should a big one impact the Earth. And they do every so often. 🤔

[SprinkL3]

Originally Posted by mote.of.soul

Hi @SprinkL3👋👋

Some very interesting space posts you have here. Cool.👍

You might know more about this than me (I haven't fully looked into it yet) but I think NASA will soon be launching a mission (unmanned) to an asteroid to see if they can change its path, its trajectory. Which is actually super important really, because asteroids do in fact pose a very real threat to the planet should a big one impact the Earth. And they do every so often. 🤔

Thank you @mote.of.soul - I had no idea about the asteroid issue. Yikes!

I usually get emails from the NASA website, but I forgot that they have other events coming up. I should try to post them here. I realized just now that I don't get all the emails - just certain ones. My apologies if I missed posting an event.

I watched the last one. I want to see the landing of the previous one, but I think I missed it. I just realized that they are naming each crew in succession - so Crew 3 was the one that I announced, but I think Crew 2 returned to Earth already.

I always wondered about asteroids and its potential dangers to Earth.

Thank you for replying here and for the info!

[mote.of.soul]

Very welcome @SprinkL3, thanks. 🙂

These real-time NASA events look really interesting. It's great how all the different things happening are scheduled too. Thanks for drawing my awareness to it because I might start following them more.

But yes, I'll be following the asteroid mission definitely. When the mission gets underway, I imagine you might be following it as well. It should be very fascinating. It'll probably take months, maybe years idk, to reach the asteroid, but when it does, the footage should be amazing. And I suspect we'll all be a bit more illuminated about the asteroid issue too, yes. It's a real issue which needs a solution.

Awesome SprinkL3. 👍👍

[downandlonely]

Glad they finally took off and you got to watch it @SprnkL3

[SprinkL3]

Originally Posted by downandlonely

Glad they finally took off and you got to watch it @SprnkL3

Thank you!

My inner children loved it. Especially since the last time we ever watched NASA take off was in the 1980s, when the shuttle exploded with the teacher on it. That was quite traumatic. I think parts of me was scared that was going to happen again, so it was a huge deal to be able to get through this next showing. I missed all the other takeoffs from the years between the 1980s and Crew 3. I'm glad Crew 3 made it (as well as the many other missions that were after the 1980s but before Crew 3).