Tag: ISS Cargo
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Video: Falcon 9 launch replay from liftoff to landing
Video credit: NASA TV Flying with a reused first stage and a recycled Dragon supply ship, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday bound for the International Space Station on an unpiloted cargo delivery mission. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket launched from Complex 40 at 10:36 a.m. EST (1536…
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SpaceX cargo launch slips to Friday, allowing for additional rocket inspections
SpaceX’s mission patch for the CRS-13 cargo mission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has delayed liftoff of its next cargo ship bound for the International Space Station until Friday, setting up a one-shot attempt to launch the commercial supply carrier from Cape Canaveral before a potential slip to late December due to high solar angles in orbit.…
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SpaceX to restore upgraded launch pad to service with Wednesday cargo flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10 p.m. EST on Dec. 11 with one-day launch delay. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, sporting markings from the first stage’s first flight in June, stands poised for launch from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Tuesday. Credit: SpaceX Ready to double its Florida launch capacity with two pads, SpaceX is preparing…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 40
SpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 booster at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday in advance of a space station resupply launch Dec. 12, returning the pad to service after a rocket explosion there last year. The previously-flown rocket fired its Merlin 1D main engines at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) Wednesday in a…
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Test-firing at repaired launch pad clears way for SpaceX cargo flight next week
The Falcon 9 rocket’s previously-flown first stage fired its engines at pad 40 Wednesday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now SpaceX ignited a reused Falcon 9 first stage booster at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday ahead of a planned space station resupply launch Dec. 12, a major step in restoring the repaired facility to service…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket fires engines in hold-down test at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch a Dragon supply ship with several tons of cargo and experiments for the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. File photo of…
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NASA agrees to launch station supplies on reused SpaceX rocket
A Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster returns to landing at at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 3 following launch of a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will launch a space station-bound cargo ship with nearly 2.5 tons of supplies and experiments next Friday, Dec. 8, with…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser performs critical glide test flight
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser test vehicle lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Saturday after a successful glide test. Credit: NASA An atmospheric test article of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceship made a successful runway landing Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a glide test flight performed to verify…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser performs critical glide test flight
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser test vehicle lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Saturday after a successful glide test. Credit: NASA An atmospheric test article of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spaceship made a successful runway landing Saturday at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a glide test flight performed to verify…
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Photos: Antares rocket stands atop Virginia launch pad
Orbital ATK’s seventh Antares rocket stands ready for launch with a Cygnus supply ship Saturday on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. The two-stage Antares rocket, standing 139 feet (42.5 meters) tall, is set for liftoff at 7:37 a.m. EST (1237 GMT) Saturday from pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops…