Tag: RapidScat
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Video: Dragon cargo craft released from International Space Station
Ground controllers sent commands Saturday for the International Space Station’s Canadian-built robotic arm to release a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, ending the ship’s nearly four-week stay at the orbiting research complex. The unpiloted Dragon spacecraft was released from the robot arm at 4:58 a.m. EST (0958 GMT) Saturday, and it parachuted to a splashdown in…
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Commercial cargo craft splashes down in Pacific Ocean after station resupply run
The Dragon spacecraft is pictured soon after its release from the International Space Station on Saturday. Credit: Norishige Kanai/JAXA/NASA A commercial cargo capsule owned by SpaceX concluded a month-long resupply trip to the International Space Station on Saturday, wrapping up the 13th round-trip flight to the station by a Dragon spacecraft with an on-target splashdown…
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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule returns to Earth
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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NASA declares end for space station’s hurricane monitoring instrument
ISS-RapidScat wind speed data from a North Atlantic storm in October 2014, as seen by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System used by weather forecasters at NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOAA NASA’s RapidScat instrument mounted on a platform outside the International Space Station to track winds over the world’s…