Tag: Dragon
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space, lands back at Cape Canaveral
Look back on Monday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in this gallery of photos captured by remote cameras at the launch pad, plus views of the first stage returning to Cape Canaveral for a propulsive landing. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket took off on 1.7 million pounds of thrust…
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Falcon 9 Block 4 debut a success, Dragon arrives for Station berthing
After launching right on time in a rare single day launch window on Monday afternoon, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for the SpX-12/CRS-12 mission arrived at the International Space Station and completed rendezvous and berthing operations. The mission is delivering thousands of pounds of scientific experiments to the Station for what promises to be a busy month…
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Station crew captures Dragon supply ship, gets early start on unpacking
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft on final approach to the space station Monday. Credit: Sergey Ryazanskiy/Roscosmos Two days after departing from a launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 6,400 pounds of experiments and supplies after concluding an automated laser-guided approach.…
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SpaceX launches cargo capsule full of science experiments
Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbed into space Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a column of gleaming exhaust, shooting a commercial resupply vessel toward the International Space Station with research projects looking into cosmic rays, the origin of Parkinson’s disease, the utility of small satellites and an experimental radiation-tolerant supercomputer. Crammed…
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Video: Falcon 9 launch viewed from KSC press site
Watch a replay of Monday’s Falcon 9 launch as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site, a viewpoint around three miles from pad 39A. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket delivered a SpaceX cargo capsule on course to haul more than 6,400 pounds (2,900 kilograms) of experiments and equipment to the International Space Station. It was…
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4K video replay liftoff Falcon 9 rocket’s liftoff on station cargo flight
Check out a 4K video clip of Monday’s Falcon 9 launch viewed from Spaceflight Now’s office at the Kennedy Space Center. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket took off from pad 39A and delivered a SpaceX cargo capsule on course to haul more than 6,400 pounds (2,900 kilograms) of experiments and equipment to the International Space Station.…
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SpaceX sends a supercomputer and lots more science experiments to space station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as spectators watch from Florida’s Space Coast. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has sent a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station with three tons of supplies and scientific experiments, including a supercomputer that could help blaze the trail to Mars.…
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Video: NASA and SpaceX brief media on space station cargo flight
Officials from NASA and SpaceX briefed the media on Monday’s scheduled launch of a commercial Dragon spacecraft on an automated resupply mission to the International Space Station. It will be the 12th SpaceX cargo flight to the research outpost.
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Photos: SpaceX rolls out rocket for next station resupply flight
SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A Sunday in preparation for liftoff on a two-day trek ferrying more than 6,400 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. Workers at the launch pad spent Sunday afternoon installing last-minute cargo…
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Live coverage: Station astronauts capture SpaceX supply ship
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 12th 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. Watch on a mobile device.