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    New Solar Arrays Ready for Launch to International Space Station

    The first two of six new solar arrays for the International Space Station have been loaded into Dragon’s unpressurized spacecraft trunk for CRS-22.

    The first two of six new solar arrays for the International Space Station have been loaded into Dragon’s unpressurized spacecraft trunk. SpaceX will deliver them to the orbiting laboratory during its next cargo resupply mission, targeted for June 3 at 1:29pm. The arrays will provide additional electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations …

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    NASA Offers Virtual Guest Passport Stamp for Commercial Resupply Launch

    NASA Virtual Guest Program

    NASA’s virtual passport program started in 2020 as a way for the public to commemorate its virtual engagement in NASA launches and milestones with the NASA Virtual Guest Program. The stamp for the NASA SpaceX 22nd commercial resupply mission will be the eighth stamp offered through the program and the fourth stamp for a launch …

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    NASA, SpaceX Announce Target Launch Time for Next Resupply Services Mission

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and uncrewed Cargo Dragon just before liftoff at Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A.

    NASA and SpaceX are targeting 1:29 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 3, for the company’s 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped by the uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft, is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will …

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    Teams Work Overnight to Return Time-Sensitive Cargo From Space

    From space to the Cardinal Heart team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility, critical science was returned in less than six hours from splashdown to the hands of researchers who are studying the effects of gravitational force changes on cardiovascular cells using engineered heart tissues.

    Within hours of the Dragon capsule’s return to Earth, teams from NASA and SpaceX worked to return time-sensitive science investigations directly from space to the hands of researchers, who will spend the next few days conducting final research, tests, and checkouts. Dragon, loaded with 4,400 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International …

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    Crew Unpacks Dragon and Activates New Science

    The upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle approaches the space station as both vehicles were orbiting above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.

    Six spaceships, three U.S. and three Russian, are parked at the International Space Station after Monday’s arrival of the upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle. The Expedition 64 crew will spend the rest of December focusing on science as 2021 shapes up to be a busy year on the orbital lab. Two Dragon spaceships, one cargo …

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    New SpaceX Cargo Dragon Docks to Station

    Dec. 7, 2020: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon vehicles, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus-14 resupply ship, all three from the United States, and Russia's Progress 75 and 76 resupply ships and Soyuz MS-17 crew ship.

    While the International Space Station was traveling 268 miles over the southern Indian Ocean, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module for the first time at 1:40 p.m. EST, Monday, Dec. 7. NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover monitored docking operations for Dragon. Some …

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    New Dragon Spaceship Arriving at Station Today

    The upgraded SpaceX Dragon resupply ship lifts off atop the Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 6 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station, with an expected docking of the cargo spacecraft around 1:30 p.m. EST. NASA Television coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/live. When it arrives to the space station, Dragon will automatically dock to the space-facing side (zenith) of the station’s Harmony …

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    Dragon Separates from Second Stage

    Cargo Dragon separates from the Falcon 9's second stage during CRS-21.

    The uncrewed cargo Dragon has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, as the spacecraft continues its journey to the International Space Station to deliver critical supplies, equipment, and material to support multiple science and research experiments that will take place aboard the space station. Dragon is slated to arrive at the orbiting laboratory …

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    Falcon 9 First Stage Sticks the Landing!

    CRS-21 first stage landing

    The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage has successfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. This marks the 100th successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage, and the 35th landing on a droneship. This was the fourth flight for this particular first stage – one of those …

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    Main Engine Cutoff, First Stage Separates

    The nine Merlin engines in the first stage of the Falcon 9 have finished their burn, and the first stage has separated from the rocket. As the second stage continues carrying Dragon on its flight, the first stage will attempt a landing on the droneship “Of Course I Still Love You” in about five minutes.

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