TESTING 1-2-3 🚀 SpaceX’s In-Flight Abort Test is the final major test before astronauts fly aboard the #CrewDragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Watch this animation for a preview of today’s final, critical flight test aimed at showing the new, crew capable spacecraft can protect NASA Commercial Crew Program astronauts in the unlikely event of an emergency during launch. Watch live coverage on NASA TV starting at 10:10 a.m. EST: www.nasa.gov/live | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Admini

This week: 🚀SpaceX prepares for its upcoming Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station 👨‍🚀 NASA Astronauts complete final qualification training before their March 14th launch 🔴Our Mars NASA InSight lander records weather on the Red Planet Take a look at these stories & more in the latest episode of This Week at NASA! | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

96K views · 3.1K reactions | There it goes! Thirteen photographs assembled in sequence show the International Space Station, with a crew of three onboard, pass in front of our view of the Sun while orbiting Earth at a speed of roughly five miles per second on Sunday, Oct. 7. See more: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/72157674303910028/ Learn when you can #SpotTheStation: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

It's a lab for life-saving science, an orbiting observatory for Earth's evolving climate, and a testbed for humanity's exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. It's a meeting ground in space for countries and explorers from around the world—and now, it's our home through 2030. Learn more about our latest extension of operations for the International Space Station: https://go.nasa.gov/3njU9qG | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This week at NASA, we've been showing off how research on the International Space Station helps us on Earth, updating our plans to bring samples back from Mars, and testing rocketry for a future NASA Artemis Moon mission. Want more space news? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: nasa.gov/subscribe | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration