Tag: Dragon
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Axiom’s second private astronaut mission docks at International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft approaches the International Space Station for docking Monday. Credit: Axiom / SpaceX / NASA Four commercial space fliers who launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Axiom’s second private astronaut mission Sunday arrived at the International Space Station on a SpaceX crew capsule Monday to start an eight-day stay full of…
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Two Americans, two Saudis launch on commercial astronaut mission
Watch a replay of our coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 p.m. EDT (2137 UTC) on Sunday, May 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 will launch SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft with four commercial astronauts on the Ax-2 mission…
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Axiom’s second crew mission has narrow window for launch
Ax-2 mission commander Peggy Whitson, mission specialist Rayyanah Barnawi, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialist Ali Alqarni train at the European Astronaut Center in Germany. Credit: Axiom Space / European Space Agency The second fully commercial astronaut flight to the International Space Station will have just two opportunities to launch Sunday and Monday, or else…
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Cargo Dragon CRS-27 docks with ISS
The International Space Station has received another cargo delivery, essential for keeping the Station’s seven-person crew supplied with experiments, consumables, and equipment during its operation in low Earth orbit. This mission, CRS-27, launched on Tuesday, March 14 at 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC on Wednesday, March 15) from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It…
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Crew Dragon Endurance returns to Earth on Crew-5 mission
The Crew-5 astronauts returned to Earth on the evening of Saturday, March 11, after spending the last five months aboard the International Space Station. Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, Koichi Wakata of JAXA, and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos undocked their Crew Dragon, C210 Endurance, early on Saturday at 2:20 AM EST (07:20 UTC).…
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NASA, SpaceX launch and dock CRS-26 mission to ISS
SpaceX’s newest Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, C211, has launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:20:43 PM EST (19:20:43 UTC) on Saturday, Nov. 26 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Following an on-time liftoff, Cargo Dragon rendezvoused and docked with the forward port on the Harmony module of the International Space…
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Expedition 68 completes first full month with new crew and cargo
October 2022 was once again a busy month aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Several spacecraft movements completed the transition between Expedition 67 and 68 and saw new supplies delivered to the Russian Orbital Segment. Against this backdrop, the essential work of the station — furthering humanity’s understanding of science — has continued with the…
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SpaceX and NASA launch CRS-25 mission to the ISS
SpaceX launched its 25th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for the International Space Station (ISS) on a flight-proven Falcon 9 while also utilizing a flight-proven Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft. Falcon 9 B1067-5 lifted Dragon 2 Capsule 208-3 (C208-3) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on July 14 at 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC on July 15).…
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Liftoff! Pacific Northwest National Lab’s microbe study could blaze a trail for future farmers on Mars
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) An experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt, but could be the key to growing crops in space. The NASA-funded experiment — known as Dynamics of Microbiomes in Space, or…
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Crew-3: Dragon Endurance return four astronauts to Earth
Crew Dragon Endurance has concluded the Crew-3 mission, returning astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and Matthias Maurer back to Earth after nearly six months in orbit. Endurance undocked from the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony Module at 05:20 UTC (01:20AM EDT) on Thursday, before a splashdown on Friday at 04:43 UTC (00:43AM…