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The Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate leads NASA’s human spaceflight and space-enabling activities across low Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond.
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    Aug 12
    .@NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in space, and completed nine spacewalks in support of the @Space_Station. He ranks fourth among NASA astronauts in
    NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock prior to the start of the third spacewalk for the STS-134 mission.
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    Jul 30
    .@NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the @Space_Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov. Launch is targeted for March
    NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
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    Jul 28
    .@NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the @Space_Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms.
    NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Chris Williams shows off the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station. Williams was supporting semiconductor crystal research to help advance the commercial space economy and promote Earth-based industries. NASA/Chris Williams
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    Jul 27
    .@NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the @Space_Station during three spacewalks in August to continue upgrading solar arrays, replace a communications antenna, and connect power and data cables in support of space station operations. Experts will preview
    NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in March, her reflection visible in a spacesuit helmet visor as she installs leg and arm components and swaps parts between suits. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
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    Jul 26
    Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the @Space_Station, @NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted landing at 5:27 a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m.,
    The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev.