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    Join NASA to Discuss High-Rate Laser Comms Demo, Space Station Science

    NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen on the International Space Station

    NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 26, to discuss a laser communications system and new research to understand the interactions between weather on Earth and in space. The investigations are two of many research and technology experiments bound for the International Space Station next month aboard the agency’s SpaceX …

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    NASA Invites Media to Upcoming SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station

    Launch of NASA's SpaceX CRS-28 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

    Media accreditation is open through Oct. 18, 2023, for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Media accreditation is open for NASA’s SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted no …

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    Cygnus Solar Arrays Successfully Deployed

    Cygnus space freighter in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm

    The solar arrays have successfully deployed on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft that is on its way to deliver more than 8,200 pounds of scientific investigations, cargo, and supplies to the International Space Station after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Sunday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Post-launch press release  …

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    Liftoff of Northrop Grumman’s CRS-19 Antares Rocket

    A photo of a rocket launching at night. The Antares rocket is slim and white with a short, rounded nose cone. It rises off the pad with brightly lit white clouds billowing around it and beside it against a black sky. A tall water tower is just visible in front of the clouds to the right of the image.

    NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket with Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard lifted off from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 8:31 p.m. EDT.  This is Northrop Grumman’s 19th contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station. This Cygnus, dubbed the S.S. Laurel Clark, is scheduled to arrive at the space station on …

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    Live Launch Commentary Airing Now for Antares Launch

    NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting today for the launch of its 19th contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station. The five-minute launch window opens at 8:31 p.m. EDT. Live launch commentary has begun on NASA TV.  A launch tonight would put Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft at the space station on …

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    Countdown Underway; Weather 90% Favorable for Antares Launch

    The countdown is underway for tonight’s launch of NASA commercial resupply provider Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft. Weather is now 90% favorable for the launch of this resupply mission to the International Space Station.  Live coverage of the launch with commentary will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app beginning …

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    Preparations Underway for Upcoming Cargo Delivery

    The Expedition 69 crew is gearing up for a cargo delivery to the International Space Station this week. Health investigations and spacesuit surveys were also conducted today. NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio spent most of their day preparing for Friday’s capture of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. The duo completed another robotics practice session …

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    Northrop Grumman CRS-19 Mission Prepares for Launch

    A large, white rocket lifts off from a launch pad against a bright blue sky. White flame and exhaust streams out from its base with billowing clouds of exhaust on the launch pad. A tall water tower stands next to the launch pad. In the foreground, tall green grasses behind a fence line.

    The next resupply mission to the International Space Station from commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is preparing for launch during a window that opens Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 8:31 p.m. EDT at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.  Loaded with more than 8,200 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft will …

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    Dragon Docks to Station, Delivers New Cargo and Solar Arrays

    June 6, 2023: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are docked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, and Roscosmos' Soyuz MS-23 crew ship and Progress 83 and 84 resupply ships.

    While the International Space Station was traveling approximately 270 miles over the coast of Brazil, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the station’s Harmony module at 5:54 a.m. EDT, with NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg monitoring operations. The SpaceX Dragon launched as part of the company’s 28th contracted commercial resupply services mission for NASA …

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