Tag: Complex 40
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Dragon soars on research and resupply flight to International Space Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into space Thursday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A commercial Dragon supply freighter built and owned by SpaceX rocketed into a clear blue sky over Florida’s Space Coast Thursday with a menagerie of research experiments and holiday surprises heading for the International…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo capsule arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 19th 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. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabbyending] NASA TV coverage of the…
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Photos: Falcon 9 in the starting blocks for space station resupply run
EDITOR’S NOTE: Launch attempt scrubbed Dec. 4. Ready for a resupply run to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday ahead of a planned liftoff with more than 5,700 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket and a Dragon…
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SpaceX cargo mission combines mighty mice, fires and beer research
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 4 after scrub. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works with an experiment on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA A nest of genetically-engineered mice, a research study to observe the behavior of fires in space, and an experiment that could lead to brewing beer in microgravity are among more than 5,700 pounds of…
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Long-duration coast experiment on tap after Falcon 9 launch Thursday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Dec. 4 after scrub. Artist’s illustration of a Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will perform a multi-hour experiment on the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket after the launcher deploys a Dragon supply ship on the way to the International Space Station Thursday, gathering thermal data and other information…
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Two cargo freighters set for launch to space station this week
Russian technicians inspect the Progress MS-13 resupply craft before its encapsulation inside the payload fairing of a Soyuz-2.1a booster. Credit: Roscosmos Fresh off a series of three complex spacewalks to repair a $2 billion cosmic ray detector, the International Space Station’s crew is set to receive two robotic resupply freighters in the next week after…
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch space station resupply craft Wednesday
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 Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now Check here for live updates on SpaceX…
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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket for next space station cargo launch
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday at pad 40. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now A Falcon 9 booster fresh from SpaceX’s factory briefly fired its nine Merlin main engines Tuesday on a Cape Canaveral launch pad, passing a key test before liftoff Dec. 4 with a Dragon supply ship heading for the International Space Station.…
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After quiet autumn, SpaceX preps for busy December launch schedule
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX After a lull in launch activity this fall, SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral are preparing for up to four Falcon 9 missions in December to close out 2019 with a surge of launches. SpaceX has launched just one Falcon…
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Broadband satellite to serve Pacific islands delivered to Florida launch base
The JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite has arrived at Cape Canaveral for pre-launch processing. Credit: Kacific A powerful commercial communications satellite to broadcast Internet signals over the Asia-Pacific region has arrived at Cape Canaveral for final launch preparations ahead of a planned Dec. 15 liftoff on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The JCSAT…