Tag: SAGE 3
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SpaceX waves off space station cargo delivery for a day
File photo of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship, loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of cargo and experiments, aborted an approach to the International Space Station on Wednesday after encountering a problem in its GPS navigation system. The gumdrop-shaped, solar-powered spacecraft was…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket on the eve of its first launch from pad 39A
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship received their final cargo load Friday before a hydraulic lift raised the 20-story booster vertical atop launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket is taking off from pad 39A for the first time, and flying for the 30th time overall since June…
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Time lapse: Fully-assembed Falcon 9 rocket lifted atop launch pad 39A
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is again standing on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, this time with a Dragon supply ship on top ready to head on a resupply run to the International Space Station. The 20-minute process to raise the 213-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket at pad 39A was completed…
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Cargo manifest for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission
File photo of a Dragon supply ship berthed at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NOTE: Updated Feb. 17. The 10th dedicated cargo delivery mission by SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, and the first to liftoff from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, will carry more than 5,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space…