Tag: Expedition 58

  • SpaceX crew capsule returns to Earth, paving the way for human launches

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    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday with an on-target splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft closed out a six-day test flight in low Earth orbit Friday with an on-target splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, and officials hailed the ship’s performance before it flies with astronauts…

  • SpaceX crew ship set for Friday re-entry, splashdown

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A view “Ripley,” the instrumented dummy inside the Crew Dragon spacecraft, shortly after the capsule’s hatch was closed Thursday in preparation for undocking. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Space station astronauts closed hatches to the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Thursday, setting the stage for undocking early Friday and a…

  • Photos: Crew Dragon moves in for first docking

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    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these pictures of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as it approached for docking Sunday, a day after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The capsule linked up with a docking port on the forward end of the station’s Harmony module at 5:51 a.m. EST (1051 GMT) Sunday,…

  • Photos: SpaceX launches crew capsule demonstration flight

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    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, fired into orbit on top of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST (0749 GMT) Saturday from pad 39A at the Florida spaceport.…

  • SpaceX launches first Crew Dragon ferry ship

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires away from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the first space-bound Crew Dragon capsule. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now Opening a new era in American spaceflight, a Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space early Saturday, boosting the company’s first…

  • Astronauts eager to see results of Crew Dragon test flight

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully launched March 2, and docked with the International Space Station on March 3. NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, backdropped by astronauts Bob Behnken, Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover (left to right), speaks to reporters Friday ahead of the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s first orbital test flight. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The astronauts…

  • Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon arrive at pad 39A for launch

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    SpaceX rolled the first Crew Dragon spacecraft out to a Florida launch pad Thursday for final preparations ahead of a test flight to the International Space Station. The commercial crew capsule will ride a 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:49 a.m. EST (0749 GMT) Saturday,…

  • Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon stand tall at pad 39A

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    These photos show the 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft at launch pad 39A, ready for liftoff Saturday from Florida’s Space Coast on a critical test flight to the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 39A is scheduled for 2:49 a.m. EST (0749 GMT) to begin a 27-hour trek to the station,…

  • Live coverage: Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s first test flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live video coverage of Crew Dragon’s deorbit burn and splashdown begins at…

  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ready for first test flight

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) with additional photos, after the Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at pad 39A. The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft roll to pad 39A on Thursday morning. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft, fixed to the forward end of a Falcon 9 rocket,…