Elyna Niles-Carnes

1 week ago | nasa.gov | Elyna Niles-Carnes

Rosaly J. Santos-Ebaugh serves as the acting chief of the Medical and Environmental Services Division within the Spaceport Integration and Services organization at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She is responsible for leading the planning, policy development and implementation of programs in the Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Health Branch, the Environmental Assurance Branch, and the Environmental Management Branch.

1 week ago | nasa.gov | Elyna Niles-Carnes

NASA’s Artemis II Moon rocket is taking shape following the successful integration of the launch vehicle stage adapter onto the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage on April 12 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program used a 325-ton crane to hoist the launch vehicle adapter almost 250 feet in the air and slowly lower it onto the core stage.

3 weeks ago | nasa.gov | Elyna Niles-Carnes

Crew-11 is the 11th crew rotation mission of SpaceX's human space transportation system and it's 12th flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station through NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

4 weeks ago | nasa.gov | Elyna Niles-Carnes

As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch in the coming months to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman and Pilot Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov will join crew members aboard the space station no earlier than July 2025.

4 weeks ago | nasa.gov | Elyna Niles-Carnes

NASA and Boeing are making progress toward crew certification of the company’s CST-100 Starliner system following the Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Joint teams are working to resolve Starliner’s in-flight anomalies and preparing for propulsion system testing in the months ahead as NASA plans for Starliner’s next flight.