Tag: International Space Station
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 16th resupply launch to the space station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Wednesday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 1816 GMT (1:16 p.m. EST) Wednesday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 boosts Dragon cargo ship to orbit, first stage misses landing target
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX Two days after a successful launch from California, SpaceX fired off another Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, this one carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with 5,660 pounds…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 16th 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. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending]
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SpaceX cargo launch slips a day after rodent experiment snag
File photo of a SpaceX Dragon capsule in orbit. Credit: NASA NASA has announced a one-day delay in SpaceX’s next cargo launch until Wednesday to allow time for ground teams to replace moldy food bars meant for 40 mice heading for the International Space Station as part of a biological research experiment, denying the launch…
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All-new Falcon 9 rocket tested in Florida as SpaceX preps for back-to-back launches
The Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch SpaceX’s 16th operational resupply mission to the space station stands at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral on Thursday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight NowAn all-new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired its engines Friday night on launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, the opening act in a busy weekend of SpaceX…
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Photos: Antares rocket fires into space from Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Look back on the launch Saturday of a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, powered by a pair of kerosene-fueled RD-181 engines producing 864,000 pounds of thrust. These photos captured by NASA photographer Joel Kowsky show the two-stage Antares rocket climbing away from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern…
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This year, there’ll be empty spaces at the table for Thanksgiving on space station
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, at right, takes a group selfie with Russia’s Sergey Prokopyev and Germany’s Alexander Gerst on the International Space Station. (NASA Photo) Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for big gatherings around the dinner table, but this year’s feast on the International Space Station will be served to only three people. And only…
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Japanese cargo capsule succeeds in re-entry tech demo
The HTV Small Re-entry Capsule is hoisted from the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan on Nov. 11. Credit: JAXA A miniature cargo return vehicle carried aboard a Japanese supply ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month in the first test of a new capsule to bring home experiment samples from the International…
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Space station receives second of back-to-back cargo deliveries
The Cygnus spacecraft, named the S.S. John Young, in the grip of the space station’s robotic arm Monday. Credit: NASA/Serena Auñón-Chancellor Wrapping up a two-day chase since launching from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a commercial Cygnus cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station Monday with more than 7,200 pounds of supplies and experiments, the second…
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Russian freighter arrives at International Space Station
The Progress MS-10 supply ship during Sunday’s rendezvous with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Two days after launching from the steppe of Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter docked with the International Space Station Sunday. The Progress MS-10 spacecraft lifted off Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-FG rocket…