Tag: Dragon
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Dragon delivers cargo to space station
News Brief: Two days after its launch, SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo capsule was pulled in for its hookup to the International Space Station today. Astronauts used the station’s robotic arm to capture the twice-used cargo ship and attach it to a port on the Harmony module. Over the course of the next month, the station’s crew…
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Dragon cargo capsule reaches space station for second time
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station Wednesday. Credit: NASA/JAXA/Norishige Kanai A commercial Dragon spacecraft glacially approached the International Space Station on Wednesday, allowing a robotic arm controlled by Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai to reach out and grapple the supply ship as it soared 250 miles over Africa, completing SpaceX’s 14th mission to…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on SpaceX’s 14th station cargo mission
Packed with food, hardware and experiments in biology, Earth science and space technology, a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship lifted off Monday from Cape Canaveral destined for the International Space Station. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket took off at 4:30:38 p.m. EDT (2030:38 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad, then turned to…
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SpaceX sends reused cargo ship to space station on reused Falcon 9 rocket … again
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX sent nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments to the International Space Station today, using a Falcon 9 rocket booster and a Dragon capsule that have both been flown before. The rocket rose from its launch pad at Cape…
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Live coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 14th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Video: Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral
Watch views of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fiery liftoff Monday at Cape Canaveral from multiple angles as the slender, kerosene-fueled launcher climbed into space on the way to the International Space Station. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket took off at 4:30:38 p.m. EDT (2030:38 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad, then turned to the…
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CRS-14: SpaceX Falcon 9 conducts second flight with previously flown Dragon
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its fifteenth mission to the International Space Station Monday with a launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, occurred at 16:30 Eastern Time (20:30 UTC). Monday’s launch carried CRS-14, the fourteenth flight of Dragon under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services…
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Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,800 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 2030 GMT (4:30 p.m. EDT) Monday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. It will…
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SpaceX supply ship departs Cape Canaveral for space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX Hauling nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral, with a previously-flown Dragon cargo carrier riding a reused first stage booster to kick off a nearly…
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Eliminating space junk could take step toward reality with station cargo launch
Artist’s illustration of the RemoveDebris satellite de-orbiting at the end of its mission with the assistance of a dragsail. Credit: SSTL European engineers who developed a small satellite hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX supply ship Monday are gearing up for a first-of-a-kind experiment to examine ways to snare a…