Tag: Resilience
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Dragon Resilience returns to Earth, completing first operational Commercial Crew mission
NASA and SpaceX teams have returned NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Earth, completing the historic Crew-1 mission. Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC) on…
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SpaceX announces Inspiration4, all-civilian space mission in support of St Jude’s Hospital
SpaceX has added a new private Crew Dragon mission to their growing human spaceflight manifest. The first all-civilian space mission, named Inspiration4, will be launched on a Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft as early as the fourth quarter of 2021. The flight will be led by Jared Isaacman, a tech entrepreneur…
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Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docks, expands ISS crew to seven
After a 27.5 hour commute, Resilience and its crew successfully docked to the International Space Station at 23:01 EST Monday (04:01 UTC on Tuesday), increasing the Station’s crew from three to seven. The expanded crew on the orbiting laboratory will mean more time for Station maintenance and scientific research. After a picture perfect ride uphill,…
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With Resilience, NASA & SpaceX begin operational Commercial Crew flights
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 19:27 EST on 15 November (00:27 UTC on 16 November) lofting four space travelers into orbit ahead of a planned six month stay aboard the International Space Station. The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission marks the first operational Commercial Crew Program mission…
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Examining Crew-1 launch weather criteria and abort modes
With each new crew launch from the U.S. comes the inevitable questions: Why all the weather rules? What are the vehicle’s abort modes and how will it perform a launch abort and aim itself to a predetermined location in the Atlantic Ocean stretching from the Kennedy Space Center across to the western Irish coast? The…
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Crew-1 mission in final preparations as launch date aligns
With Crew-1 just weeks away, SpaceX and NASA have entered final preparations for the first operational Crew Dragon flight that will mark the first long-duration crew rotation mission to the International Space Station to launch from a country other than Kazakhstan since 2009. The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon with Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover,…
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Crew-1 mission in final preparations as launch date aligns
With Crew-1 just weeks away, SpaceX and NASA have entered final preparations for the first operational Crew Dragon flight that will mark the first long-duration crew rotation mission to the International Space Station to launch from a country other than Kazakhstan since 2009. The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon with Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover,…