Tag: International Space Station
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Russian cargo freighter on the way to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket climbs into the sky Friday over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-13 supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos For the second time in less than 24 hours, a robotic resupply freighter departed Earth Friday for the International Space Station, this time aboard a Russian Soyuz booster launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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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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SpaceX launches Dragon cargo craft with mighty mice and a tricky shipment for Seattle’s Spaceflight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad, sending a robotic Dragon cargo ship into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) A fresh SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a recycled robotic Dragon cargo capsule today, carrying 5,700 pounds of supplies, satellites and science to the International Space Station. In contrast with Wednesday’s planned launch…
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Soyuz rocket set to launch Russian Progress freighter to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a booster is set to launch the Russian Progress MS-13 cargo freighter Friday to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian resupply and refueling freighter loaded with 2.7 tons of cargo, propellant, water and oxygen for the International Space Station is in position on a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
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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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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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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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Boeing’s Starliner space taxi — and Rosie the Rocketeer — meet up with their rocket
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi is transported out to United Launch Alliance’s vertical integration facility in Florida, where an Atlas 5 rocket is waiting. (ULA Photo) Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi was moved to its Florida launch complex and set atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket today in preparation for next month’s uncrewed test…