Tag: ISS Cargo
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Video: Last minute technical problem scrubs Falcon 9 launch
The launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on a space station resupply run was aborted 13 seconds before liftoff when ground controllers were alerted to a potential problem with the vehicle’s second stage steering system. Video: NASA TV.
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Final experiments added to SpaceX spaceship for station resupply flight
A view of the access room temporarily attached to SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule at launch pad 39A Friday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Engineers clad in clean suits finished stowing last-minute cargo into SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship Friday, including 40 mice and bacterial research specimens, a day before it is scheduled to blast off to the…
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 1501:32 GMT (10:01:32 a.m. EST) Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. It will…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo carrier reaches space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 10th 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.
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Time lapse: Fully-assembed Falcon 9 rocket lifted atop launch pad 39A
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is again standing on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this time with a Dragon supply ship on top ready to head on a resupply run to the International Space Station. The 20-minute process to raise the 213-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket at pad 39A was completed…
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Weather could stand in way of Falcon 9 launch Saturday
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside a SpaceX hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Rainy weather expected across Central Florida this weekend has a 50-50 chance of preventing the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Saturday on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, U.S. Air Force forecasters said Wednesday. The…
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Cargo manifest for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission
File photo of a Dragon supply ship berthed at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NOTE: Updated Feb. 17. The 10th dedicated cargo delivery mission by SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, and the first to liftoff from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, will carry more than 5,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space…
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Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in Florida
Credit: William Harwood/CBS News Nine Merlin engines ignited and throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust Sunday during a brief hold-down firing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, sending a plume of smoke out of the flame trench at Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A as the company preps for a space station…
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Live coverage: SpaceX begins final launch preparations at historic launch pad
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will send a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX readies rocket for tests at historic pad 39A
An aerial view of launch pad 39A from late 2015. Credit: NASA SpaceX engineers are preparing to mount a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A for the first time this week as the company declares the modified facility ready to support a new era of commercial space missions. The two-stage…