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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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    Dragon Cargo Craft Approaches Station Live on NASA TV

    The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the space station on June 5, 2021.

    A SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station, Tuesday, June 6, with an expected docking of the cargo spacecraft about 5:50 a.m. EDT. Live coverage is underway on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. When it arrives to the space station, Dragon will dock to the space-facing port of …

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    SpaceX Dragon Separates From Second Stage

    SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon spacecraft has separated from the company’s Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage, as the spacecraft continues its journey to the International Space Station for NASA in order to deliver critical supplies, equipment, and material to support multiple science and research experiments that will take place aboard the orbiting laboratory. Arrival to the station …

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    SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage Lands!

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage sticks the landing, touching down on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean. Today’s launch marked the fifth flight for this Falcon 9, and it is the fourth SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station this year, the most recent being Axiom Mission …

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    Main Engine Cutoff; First Stage Separates

    The nine Merlin engines in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage have finished their burn, and the first stage has separated from the vehicle. As the second stage continues carrying the company’s Dragon on its journey, the first stage will land on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” just off the coast of …

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    Liftoff! SpaceX Dragon Launches to the International Space Station

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023, on the company’s 28th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 11:47 a.m. EDT.

    Liftoff! At 11:47 a.m. EDT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket roared off the launch pad at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida, starting the Dragon spacecraft’s approximately 19-hour trip to the International Space Station for NASA. The SpaceX Dragon will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 69 crew currently …

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    Counting Down: 10 Minutes Until Liftoff

    Ahead of SpaceX's 28th cargo mission for NASA, the company's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft atop stands on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023.

    Launch preparations are well underway, and the countdown remains on track for SpaceX’s 28th cargo resupply launch to the International Space Station for NASA. Just 10 minutes from now, at 11:47 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines will roar to life, sending the company’s Dragon on its way to the orbiting …

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    A Few Fun Facts About Today’s Launch

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft atop is on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 2, 2023.

    Today’s launch marks SpaceX’s 38th launch this year, 4th Dragon flight in 2023, and 237th mission overall This is the fifth flight of this Falcon 9 rocket This is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft Dragon made its debut to the International Space Station in 2012 as the first private spacecraft to visit the …

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    Live Launch Coverage Begins From Florida’s Space Coast

    Ahead of the SpaceX's 28th cargo mission for NASA, the company's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft atop stands on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023.

    Hello from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands ready for liftoff at historic Launch Complex 39A. Today’s launch is the 28th commercial resupply services mission by SpaceX for NASA, delivering more than 7,000 pounds of supplies, equipment, and research to the International Space …

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