Space to Ground: A Mission to Inspire: May 30, 2025

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

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Welcome to Space to Ground, I'm Sandra Jones. A Dragon has returned to Earth, updated targeted launch dates have been announced, and while this school year may be coming to a close, astronauts on the International Space Station continue to inspire students around the world. "Station, Houston. All hooks are open". On Friday May 23rd, an unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the Zenith port of the space station's Harmony module.

The spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California on Sunday marking the return of the 32nd commercial resupply services mission for SpaceX. This was the first Pacific Coast splashdown for SpaceX as recovery operations moved to the West Coast. NASA and its partners have adjusted the summer 2025 space station flight planning and launch schedule to provide additional time to finalize mission plans, spacecraft readiness, and logistics. Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station is now targeting a launch on Sunday June 8th at 9:11 a. m eastern from launch complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The four private astronauts will work alongside the Expedition 73 crew aboard space station for about 2 weeks to conduct mission related science, outreach, and commercial activities. As part of Crew-11, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will launch in late July to the Space Station aboard a Dragon and Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A. There, the crew of four will hand over with the agency's SpaceX Crew-10 before embarking on a long-duration mission aboard space station. And in August, SpaceX's 33rd commercial resupply mission for NASA will deliver science supplies and hardware to the orbital complex. This Dragon Cargo spacecraft also will be equipped with a robust reboost kit to aid in providing propulsion boosts to maintain the space station's altitude.

This capability will help reduce the Roscosmos segment propellant use aboard the space station and maintain reserve levels. As school wraps up for this year, many students are beginning their summer breaks. But students across the world still have the opportunity to engage with the crew aboard the International Space Station through a variety of outreach and educational activities. You can learn more about in-flight downlinks and the amateur radio program by checking out these links @nasa. gov and @issationallab.

org. And for all of the activities taking place on the International Space Station, check out the blog by visiting blogs. nasa. gov/spacestation. And that's Space to Ground for this week.

Thanks so much for watching. We'll see you next week.

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