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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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    SpaceX’s 22nd Cargo Resupply Mission Underway as Dragon Journeys to Station

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on June 3, 2021.

    More than 7,300 pounds of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware are on their way to the International Space Station, following the picture-perfect launch of SpaceX’s 22nd resupply services mission. SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon spacecraft launched atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, marking the first …

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    Dragon Separates from Falcon 9

    The Falcon 9 rocket's second stage separates from the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft as it continues on the company's 22nd commercial resupply services mission.

    The uncrewed Dragon spacecraft has separated from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket, continuing on its solo journey to the International Space Station to deliver crew supplies, vehicle hardware, and critical materials to support multiple science and research investigations that will take place aboard the orbiting laboratory. Dragon is scheduled to arrive at …

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    Falcon 9 First Stage Lands!

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first stage lands on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean after launching SpaceX's 22nd commercial resupply services mission.

    The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage sticks the landing, touching down on the “Of Course I still Love You” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Today’s launch marks the first flight of this Falcon 9 rocket, and the next time it flies will be on SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission in the fall. Coming up next, Dragon will …

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