Tag: ISS Cargo
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Dragon successfully launched, rocket recovery demo crash lands
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 4:47 a.m. EST (0947 GMT) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Scriptunas Images A commercial Dragon spaceship soared into orbit from Cape Canaveral on Saturday in pursuit of the International Space Station, but the automated craft’s Falcon 9 booster crash landed after flying back…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Cape Canaveral
Crowned with a commercial cargo capsule with 5,100 pounds of provisions and experiments, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, sending the Dragon supply ship on a two-day trek to the International Space Station. The 208-foot-tall booster, burning a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, climbed into space from SpaceX’s Complex…
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SpaceX cargo rocket ready for another launch attempt
Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is counting down to liftoff Saturday of a Falcon 9 rocket with a commercial cargo craft heading for the International Space Station after engineers replaced a component in an upper stage steering system that grounded the launcher Tuesday. Launch of the 208-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 4:47:07 a.m. EST (0947:07…
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Next Falcon 9 launch attempt pushed back to Saturday
The mission patch for SpaceX’s fifth operational resupply flight to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting Saturday for launch of its next space station resupply mission from Cape Canaveral after a problem with an upper stage steering system actuator flared up during a countdown Tuesday, NASA officials said Wednesday. Saturday’s instantaneous launch…
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NASA ‘leaning on’ SpaceX to keep ISS supply lines open
A previous Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in September 2014. Credit: SpaceX The Dragon spaceship poised for launch Tuesday will carry more than 2.5 tons of equipment for the International Space Station’s six-person crew, making the first U.S. supply delivery to the orbiting research complex since the crash of an Antares cargo rocket…
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SpaceX launch scrubbed by steering system problem
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with more than 5,100 pounds of equipment and supplies bound for the International Space Station was called off Tuesday less than two minutes before liftoff because of apparent problems…
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Live coverage: Dragon completes space station resupply flight
Live coverage of the countdown, launch and rendezvous of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship for 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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Falcon 9 completes full-duration static fire
The Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin 1D main engines Friday on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX fueled up a Falcon 9 rocket, ran through a mock countdown and fired the booster’s nine Merlin main engines Friday in a successful preflight static fire test officials hope will clear the way…
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Launch of SpaceX supply ship delayed to January
File photo of a Falcon 9 static fire before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Blaming a technical glitch encountered during a preflight test, officials said Thursday the launch of SpaceX’s next Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to early January. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is now expected no…