Daily Schedule

SABRE POD for Sunday 16 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Aircraft issues have been resolved for the time being
  • All are being tracked for further complications
• No aircraft access tomorrow

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• N/A

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:   Pack Up for the Air Shipment Begins in Hangar 990

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website        

For questions, please contact:

Jhony Zavaleta (ESPO): 650-965-5301 or via Signal chat(s)

Bri Milano (ESPO): 650-316-9940 or via Signal chat(s)

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)  

SABRE POD for Friday 7 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Science Flight #4 completed
• Schedule going forward
  • All instruments off N926 today
  • 8/10- 8/14 N926 Iceland Eclipse
  • 8/15-8/16 Reinstall SABRE payload
  • 8/17 Instrument Check Flight
  • 8/19 Upload for transit

    ***  Safe travels to everyone returning home- thank you all for your hard work! *** 

REMINDERS

• When able, please start marking anything you have indicated on the air shipment manifest provided to Jhony Zavaleta with the lime green painter's tape I was passing around this afternoon- I'll have sharpies tomorrow so people can label them
• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
  • People returning to Ellington before the end of the project in late September may hold onto their badges
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• N/A

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters   

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day: Don Darrow on SABRE Science Flight #4

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)  

SABRE POD for Thursday 6 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Science Flight #4 today

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• Science Flight #4

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters
• 0530     Maintenance show
• 0630     Payload integration
  • Please be ready to roll by 0620, PALMS can start 0615)
• 0730     Payload access ends
  • Flight Plan review (science leads and aircrew)
  • Tow/fuel
• 0745     Mission brief (go/no go) in Building 994
• 0845     Aircrew aircraft pre-flight
• 0900     Aircrew suit up
• 0945     Aircrew cockpit integration
• 1005     Engine start
• 1025     Taxi
• 1030     Take off
• 1630-1700        Land
• L+30 min           Debrief in 994/de-integrate
• 1730     End of day       

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:    (L) Gas cylinders marked with lime green tape for the air shipment (other bottles still in use by teams)                                                                                                                                 (R) Five (5) ISUs staged and ready for loading air shipment equipment 

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)  

SABRE POD for Wednesday 5 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Successful Science Flight (#3) completed today
• Science Flight #4 scheduled for Thursday 6 August

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• 1400: Forecasting meeting in Building 994

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• N/A

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and aircraft access for experimenters 

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day: (L) Mallory Yates explains the suiting up process & answers questions

                                    (R) Willie Lorenzo & aircrew member Don Darrow                        

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)  

SABRE POD for Tuesday 4 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Science Flight #3 

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• 1230: Tour of JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory - NASA Visitor Gallery (thank you, Victoria!!)
  • Participants should meet at the NBL at 1230
    • 13000 Space Center Blvd, Houston, TX 77059
    • Show your badge to the guard at the gate and tell them you’re there for a tour (foreign nationals must be in the same car as their escort)
    • Go to the door labeled “Operations Control Center”, roughly the center of the building
    • Once everyone has arrived, we’ll go inside
    • Photos are allowed in the facility
    • Please stay with the group

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• Science Flight #3

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters
• 0530     Maintenance show
• 0630     Payload integration
  • Please be ready to roll by 0620, PALMS can start 0615)
• 0730     Payload access ends
• 0745     Mission brief (go/no go) in Building 994
• 0845     Aircrew aircraft pre-flight
• 0900     Aircrew suit up
• 0945     Aircrew cockpit integration
• 1005     Engine start
• 1025     Taxi
• 1030     Take off
• 1630-1700        Land
• L+30 min           Debrief in 994/de-integrate
• 1730     End of day         

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:   Neutral Buoyancy Lab Pool with ISS Mockup

Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)  

SABRE POD for Sunday 2 August 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Successful Science Flight (#2) completed today (Saturday 1 August)
• Hangar and lab access tomorrow for instrument teams, no aircraft access
• Next Forecasting meeting will be Monday at 1400 in Building 994

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also several cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• N/A

GROUND OPERATIONS

• NLT 0800: Hangar and lab access for experimenters, no aircraft access

               MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:   SABRE Tropics Mission Patch

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s) 

            Weekends Off

SABRE POD for Saturday 1 August, 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Science Flight #2 tomorrow
• MTS troubleshooting continues for those that are having trouble logging in
• Outlook for the rest of the week:
  • Sunday- hangar and lab access available for instrument teams, no aircraft access

REMINDERS

• Please remember to return your badge(s) to either James or I on your last duty day and sign the Identity Termination form if you haven’t already
• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also a number of cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• Science Flight #2

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters
• 0530     Maintenance show
• 0630     Payload integration
  • Please be ready to roll by 0620, PALMS can start 0615)
• 0730     Payload access ends
  •    Flight plan review (science leads and aircrew)
  •    Tow/fuel
• 0745     Mission brief (go/no go) in Building 994
• 0845     Aircrew aircraft pre-flight
• 0900     Aircrew suit up
• 0945     Aircrew cockpit integration
• 1005     Engine start
• 1025     Taxi
• 1030     Take off
• 1630-1700        Land
• L+30 min           Debrief in 994/de-integrate
• 1730     End of day

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:   (L) Matt Goss and Eleanor Waxman with their LIF Instrument

                                      (R) Adam Ahern and Han Huynh (AMP/SOAP Team)

Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)

SABRE POD for Friday 31 July, 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Successful Science Flight #1 completed today (Thursday 30 July)
• MTS troubleshooting continues for those that are having trouble logging in
• Outlook for the rest of the week:
  • No fly work day today (Friday 31 July), access and power available for instrument teams
  • Saturday- Science Flight #2
  • Sunday- Hangar and lab access available for instrument teams, no aircraft access

REMINDERS

• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123
• If you need a cool/quiet/non-drafty space to work (or just cool down), the conference table with chairs in room 109 (just off the hangar floor) is usually available, as well as the tables in 994
  • There are also a number of cubicles with desks at the north end of the upstairs hallway, but internet is likely limited unless you bring your own hotspot

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• 0800: Tag up on hangar floor
• 1400: Forecasting meeting in Building 994

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• N/A

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters
• 0800- 1450: Aircraft access and power for experimenters               

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day:          

• Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)

SABRE POD for Thursday 30 July, 2026

All PODs will be posted/ updated in the Daily Schedule | SABRE folder on the ESPO mission website.

Please refer to the “Logistics” tab on the ESPO mission website and the Deployment Guide for additional logistics information.

All times are in CT.

KEY UPDATES

• Instrument work ongoing
• MTS troubleshooting continues for those that are having trouble logging in
• Outlook for the rest of the week:
  • Science Flight #1 tomorrow
  • No fly work day Friday 31 July, access and power available for instrument teams
  • Science Flight #2 Saturday 1 August

REMINDERS

• Closed-toe shoes required on ramp/hangar, shorts are acceptable
• Bring badge(s), water bottle
  • Remember to utilize the ice machine and the water station as much as you need to stay cool(er) and stay hydrated!
• Hangar Wi-Fi is ESPO SARP 1 and the password is Houston123

MEETINGS & BRIEFINGS

• N/A

FLIGHT OPERATIONS

• SABRE Science Flight #1

GROUND OPERATIONS

• Hangar and lab access for experimenters
• 0530     Maintenance show
• 0630     Payload integration
  • Please be ready to roll by 0620, PALMS can start 0615
• 0730     Payload access ends
  •     Flight Plan review (science leads and aircrew)
  •     Tow/fuel
• 0745     Mission brief (go/no go) in Building 994
• 0845     Aircrew aircraft pre-flight
• 0900     Aircrew suit up
• 0945     Aircrew cockpit integration
• 1005     Engine start
• 1025     Taxi
• 1030     Take off
• 1630-1700        Land
• L+30 min           Debrief in Building 994/de-integrate
• 1730     End of day

MISSION PHOTOS

Photo(s) of The Day: David Verbart loads substrates for the MOUDI instrument in preparation for Science Flight #1

Photos will also be added to the gallery on the SABRE website

For questions, please contact:

Kelly Griffin (ESPO): 757-894-4985 or via Signal chat(s)

James Goetze (JSC Aircraft Operations Division): 301-247-0070 or via Signal chat(s)