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A news release and images of splashdown as they become available will be posted on www.nasa.gov/station.]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:54:25 GMT


The spacecraft is currently scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 12:35 p.m., hundreds of miles off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico.



For the latest on the mission, continue visiting http://www.nasa.gov/station or http://www.spacex.com]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:01:08 GMT
Dragon will fire its engines for the last time at 11:42 a.m. sending it through the Earth’s atmosphere for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean around 12:34 p.m. A team of SpaceX engineers, technicians and divers will recover the vehicle off the coast of Baja, California, for the journey back to shore which will take about 30 hours.



For the latest on the mission, continue visiting http://www.nasa.gov/station or http://www.spacex.com]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:12:05 GMT
Dragon will fire its engines for the last time at 11:42 a.m. sending it through the Earth’s atmosphere for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean around 12:34 p.m. A team of SpaceX engineers, technicians and divers will recover the vehicle off the coast of Baja, California, for the journey back to shore which will take about 30 hours.

Dragon's return date, originally scheduled for March 25, was postponed due to inclement weather developing near its targeted splashdown site in the Pacific Ocean. The additional day spent attached to the orbiting laboratory will not affect science samples scheduled to return aboard the spacecraft. NASA Television will provide coverage of Dragon's departure beginning at 4 a.m. EDT.]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:26:14 GMT
The actual removal of Dragon from the space station begins at 4:05 a.m., with release scheduled for 6:56 a.m. Dragon will conduct a series of engine burns to take it away from the space station with the third and final departure burn taking place around 7:06 a.m. NASA TV coverage will conclude once Dragon leaves the vicinity of the space station.

Dragon's deorbit burn will take place approximately 11:42 a.m. with splashdown scheduled for 12:34 p.m. about 246 miles off the coast of Baja California. Dragon will take about 30 hours to return to port, at which point several critical science samples will be handed over to NASA for a return trip back to Houston that day.

For the latest on the mission, continue visiting http://www.nasa.gov/station or http://www.spacex.com]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:44:18 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:56:28 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:49:19 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:00:15 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:03:22 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:34:55 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:27:54 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:08:34 GMT Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:10:24 GMT
The station’s Mission Management Team unanimously agreed that Dragon’s propulsion system is operating normally along with its other systems and ready to support the rendezvous two days after Friday’s launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Dragon is scheduled to be captured Sunday at 6:36 a.m. EST by NASA Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn. Once grappled, Dragon will be installed onto the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module by ground experts at mission control in Houston. The cargo vehicle will be bolted into place through commands by Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency.

The operation of time-critical scientific experiments being delivered to the station on Dragon will be reviewed during the course of berthed operations to ensure that all planned investigations are completed. Despite the one-day delay in Dragon’s arrival at the station, its unberthing, release and splashdown remain planned for Monday, March 25.

SpaceX officials reported to the multinational management team that all of Dragon’s systems are operating as planned in the wake of the temporary loss of three of four banks of thrusters after Dragon separated from the Falcon 9 rocket Friday. The time required to recover normal operation of all 18 Draco thrusters and verify their readiness caused the one-day delay.

SpaceX said it has high confidence there will be no repeat of the thruster problem during rendezvous, including its capability to perform an abort, should that be required.

NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and grapple on Sunday, March 3 will begin at 3:30 a.m. EST. Coverage of berthing operations on NASA TV will begin at 8 a.m.]]> Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:49:57 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:38:21 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:04:57 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:31:12 GMT
Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:58:52 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:34:07 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:54:05 GMT Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:22:18 GMT
The mission will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:21:22 GMT
The mission will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:10:22 GMT
Follow launch coverage on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog www.nasa.gov/spacex]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:07:17 GMT
Follow launch coverage on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog www.nasa.gov/spacex

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:01:45 GMT
Follow launch coverage on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog www.nasa.gov/spacex

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:25:40 GMT
There are several ways to keep up with today's countdown. NASA will begin live launch coverage at 8:30 a.m. on NASA Television and http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. You can follow the SpaceX 2 mission activities on Twitter using @NASA and @SpaceX and by using the hashtags #ISS and #Dragon.

For countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog and more information about the mission, visit http://go.nasa.gov/spacex2.]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:20:41 GMT
Joel Tumbiolo, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, reported that the weather still remains 80 percent favorable for the 10:10 a.m. EST liftoff. The only concern would be a slight chance of wind or cloud violations.

"Very excited to be back here. We're a launch company and we love to launch," said Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX. "We're prepared to fly."

Tomorrow's launch coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog www.nasa.gov/spacex.

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:51:00 GMT
NASA will host two SpaceX 2 media briefings today from Kennedy Space Center that will air on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv. A mission science briefing will begin at 1 p.m., and the prelaunch news conference will begin at 3 p.m.

Tomorrow's launch coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. on NASA TV, www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog www.nasa.gov/spacex.

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:51:28 GMT On Thursday, NASA TV will air an International Space Station Mission Science Briefing at 1 p.m. and a Mission Prelaunch News Conference at 3 p.m.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:49:18 GMT
At 2 p.m. today, Kennedy Space Center will host a briefing about NASA's human deep space exploration progress, including the Orion crew vehicle, Space Launch System rocket and Ground Systems Development and Operations. Participating in the update will be Dan Dumbacher, deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Division; Mark Geyer, Orion program manager; Todd May, Space Launch System program manager; and Pepper Phillips, Ground Systems Development and Operations program manager. The briefing will air live on NASA TV and online at www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Friday's launch coverage will begin at 8:30 a.m. on NASA TV and the NASA launch blog www.nasa.gov/spacex.

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:32:52 GMT
Yesterday's static fire of the SpaceX 2 Falcon 9 rocket was completed, with ignition coming as scheduled at 1:30 p.m. SpaceX engineers are conducting a standard review of the data.

Friday's launch coverage will begin at 8:30 a.m. on NASA TV nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA blog nasa.gov/spacex.

The mission is the second of 12 SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. It will mark the third trip by a Dragon capsule to the orbiting laboratory, following a demonstration flight in May 2012 and the first resupply mission in October 2012.]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:44:30 GMT
SpaceX's Dragon capsule will be filled with about 1,200 pounds of supplies for the space station crew and experiments being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory. Dragon is scheduled to return to Earth March 25 for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California. It will be bringing back more than 2,300 pounds of experiment samples and equipment.

For more information: http://go.nasa.gov/WLn5Gr]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:44:00 GMT
"This was a critical event in spaceflight tonight," Bolden said. "We're once again launching spacecraft from American soil with the supplies our astronauts need in space. NASA and the nation are embarking on an ambitious program of space exploration."

Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, launched its Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 8:35 p.m. EDT, capping a flawless countdown with spectacular show of light and thunder from the rocket's nine engines.

"This was an operational mission, so we're operational (but that) doesn't mean we're going to stop learning and stop making these vehicles as reliable as possible," Shotwell said during a press conference after the launch.

Dragon will rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory Wednesday so astronaut and station commander Suni Williams can reach out with the station's robot arm and grapple the Dragon. The spacecraft will then be joined to one of the station's ports where astronauts will unload its 1,000 pounds of materials. They will also load almost 2,000 pounds of used equipment and experiments inside the Dragon to be returned to Earth safely in about three weeks.]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:03:52 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:51:29 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:46:42 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:38:51 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:35:12 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:32:43 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:27:40 GMT Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:16:41 GMT Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:42:31 GMT Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:56:25 GMT
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 Saturday night, following a slight weather delay. The rocket will be elevated to its vertical position today, powered and fueled ahead of the 8:35 p.m. EDT liftoff.

Launch coverage will begin at 7 p.m. on NASA Television and http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:19:24 GMT
The fact that SpaceX has already launched a successful cargo demonstration mission to the space station does not mean the California-based company is taking its upcoming flight for granted, said Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX.

Speaking during a pre-launch press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shotwell said the upcoming mission will be flown by a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket combination that is nearly identical to the ones that flew in May.

"Every time we fly we learn something," Shotwell said. "We're a launch company, I'm excited every time we get to launch."]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:04:57 GMT
Speaking during a pre-launch press conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shotwell said the upcoming mission will be flown by a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket combination that is nearly identical to the ones that flew in May.

"Every time we fly we learn something," Shotwell said. "We're a launch company, I'm excited every time we get to launch."]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:49:18 GMT
Saturday’s rollout of the Falcon 9 rocket to its launch pad has been delayed to 6 p.m. EDT by inclement weather in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. There should be no impact to launch, which is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday from CCAFS Space Launch Complex 40.

Falcon 9 and Dragon are the first commercially developed and built American spacecraft to fly a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Today, NASA Television will air the SpaceX CRS-1 Prelaunch News Conference at 6 p.m.

On Sunday, launch coverage will begin at 7 p.m. on NASA TV and http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:28:29 GMT
On Saturday, NASA TV will air an International Space Station Science Briefing at 3 p.m. EDT and the SpaceX CRS-1 Prelaunch News Conference at 6 p.m. on NASA Television and on the Web at www.nasa.gov/ntv.

The weather forecast remains 60 percent favorable conditions for launch. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Capsule is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. on Sunday.]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:36:08 GMT
There is a 60 percent chance of favorable weather at the time of launch. The primary concerns are for thick clouds and flight through precipitation.

The launch of the Dragon spacecraft, designated SpaceX CRS-1, will be the first of 12 contracted flights by the company to resupply the International Space Station and is the second trip by a Dragon to the station, following a successful demonstration mission in May.]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:40:13 GMT Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:52:01 GMT Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:07:36 GMT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:17:30 GMT