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    From the Classroom to the Launchpad – University Satellites Prepare for Launch

    Puerto Rico CubeSat NanoRocks-2

    Leerlo en español aquí NASA is preparing to launch three small, university-built research satellites aboard SpaceX’s 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. This mission, carrying more than 4,800 pounds of cargo, will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday Aug. 28 at 3:37 a.m. EDT. The small satellites, or CubeSats – …

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    Weather Now 50% Favorable for 23rd Commercial Resupply Services Mission

    CRS-23: SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket

    The weather forecast has dipped slightly for the planned Saturday, Aug. 28, launch of SpaceX’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 50% chance of favorable weather conditions for Saturday’s targeted liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and …

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    Dragon Mated to Falcon, Rolled out to Launch Pad for Saturday’s Mission

    The Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s 23nd commercial resupply services mission is now ready for its flight to the International Space Station. On Friday, Aug. 20, teams transported the spacecraft from SpaceX’s processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into the hangar at nearby Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, where it was attached to the Falcon …

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    Weather 60% Percent Favorable for Saturday’s Launch

    Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for Saturday’s launch from the Space Coast, with the cumulus cloud rule and flight through precipitation serving as the primary weather concerns. NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting Aug. 28, at 3:37 a.m. EDT, to launch …

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    NASA Tests Ways to Reduce Stress in Plants Growing in Space

    When astronauts embark on long-duration missions in the future, crews will grow food to supplement what they can bring with them. More than 20 years of continuously living and working in space aboard the International Space Station has provided many opportunities for crews and researchers to observe the challenges of growing plants in the stressful conditions of …

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    NASA Announces Date for SpaceX’s 23rd Cargo Resupply Mission

    NASA and SpaceX's 22nd commercial resupply services mission

    NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting Saturday, Aug. 28, to launch its 23rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff at 3:37 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will deliver …

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