Spaceport Sheboygan

Presenting tomorrow to 200 Girl Scouts in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Bringing Wisconsin in Space to communities near Milwaukee.

Welcome & Keynote Speaker - Marsha Ivins This year were excited to have Marsha Ivins here to talk to our students. Marsha was selected as an astronaut in the class of 1984 as a Mission Specialist. A...

Hard to sleep the night before launches, Just like the shuttle missions I supported, launch day brings nervous excitement.

Today is launch day for our 26th annual Rockets 4 Schools with 23 schools from around the nation. Good luck to all!

You can come down to the Lake Michigan waterfront in Sheboygan or watch the live stream on You Tube Rockets 4 Schools Live.

Had a wonderful time presenting to St.Benedict's College in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Crew 5 launching to the Space Station today at 11am CDT.

CREW-5 - NHQ202210050001 (Oct. 5, 2022) - Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, left, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, second from left, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, right, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-5 mission launch, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission is the fifth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikini are scheduled to launch at 12:00 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Go to www.nasa.gov/nasalive for the streaming launch coverage of Nicole Mann, Anna Kikina, and their male crew mates.

The launch countdown has begun for the Atlas V 531 rocket to launch the SES-20/21 commercial satellites to provide telecommunications coverage to the U.S.

Launch time is 5:36pmEDT (2136 UTC).

Live updates on Twitter () and the live blog: http://bit.ly/av_ses

Three launches this week after Hurricane Ian passed over parts of the Kennedy Space Center. Tuesday an Atlas 5, at 4:36 pm CDT,, Wednesday crew 5 launches to the Space Station at 11am CDT and Thursday a Falcon 9 launches satellites in the early evening. You can follow these launches at www.spaceflightnow.com.

The countdown will get underway at 5:30 p.m. for a crucial fueling test to determine if a leak in the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket has been fixed. Watch a live view from the Kennedy Space Center as the clock starts ticking: https://youtu.be/3973yl4mDoE

🕔 On Saturday, June 18, the countdown begins for the next I wet dress rehearsal test.

Join us today at 11am ET for a media teleconference to learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/39r8i1J

Last week, your director was at the Kennedy Space Center to participate in the rollout of the Space Launch System, our new Moon Rocket for the Artemis 1 mission.

Boeing Starliner completes second Orbital Flight Test with landing in New Mexico Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has made its second landing from space, completing its first successful mission to the International Space Station. The capsule touched down in New Mexico, ending its second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2).

Fantastic docking by the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station

This evening at 5:54pm CDT NASA/Boeing will launch the Starliner on a test mission to the International Space Station. You can follow the flight at www.spaceflightnow.com or on NASA TV.

Ladies and gentlemen....THEM 👩‍🚀🚀✨

Introducing the 2021 class of NASA Astronaut candidates. They will report for duty in January at NASA's Johnson Space Center where they will begin their two years of training in these five major categories: operating and maintaining the International Space Station's complex systems, training for spacewalks, developing complex robotics skills, safely operating a T-38 training jet, and Russian language skills.

Get to know them: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-new-astronaut-recruits-to-train-for-future-missions

Space Out ! Join Spaceport Sheboygan at Discovery World in Milwaukee Saturday November 20th , from 9am-4pm. Celebrate the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope with presenters and hands on activities. Spaceport will have ISS artifacts and you can make and take a flip book of the deployment sequence of the James Webb Telescope.

Free with regular admission to Discovery World.

This evening, you can watch on the internet,as Wisconsin's next astronaut launches to the International Space Station . NASA TV, Spaceflightnow.

Astronaut Raja Chari, born in Milwaukee, WI, is the commander of the SpaceX Crew 3 mission to the ISS which after several delays is schedule for liftoff tonight.

Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids Lucy will be the first space mission to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. The Trojans may be remnants of the primordial material that formed the outer planets, and serve as time capsules from the birth of our solar system more than 4 billion years ago.

One step closer to the ! The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that'll launch Lucy on its trip to the Trojan asteroids has rolled out to the pad. Tune in today for prelaunch coverage:

1pm ET: Science Briefing
3pm ET: Engineering Briefing

📺: www.nasa.gov/live
📸: Sami Aziz

On Wednesday October 13th at 8:34am CDT you can watch Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) launch on Blue Origins Rocket for a sub-orbital flight.

Saturday October 16 at 4:34am CDT the LUCY mission to Trojan Asteroids wil launch from the Kennedy Space Center aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.

Overnight Friday into Early Saturday morning a Russian Cosmonaut, Actress and Producer will land after leaving the International Space Station.