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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/25/2019

    SpaceX (SpX)-18 Launch Status: Following yesterday’s launch postponement due to unfavorable weather conditions, SpX-18 launched successfully today at 5:01 PM CT from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. Dragon capture and berthing are scheduled to occur on Saturday, July 27.  SpX-18 Dragon will deliver ~1680 kg of pressurized cargo and ~530 kg of unpressurized cargo to …

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    Crew Waits for Dragon While Getting Used to Space and Working Science

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft will attempt another launch atop the Falcon 9 rocket today at 6:01 p.m. EDT. If the weather cooperates for a liftoff from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Dragon will arrive at the International Space Station on Saturday at 10 a.m. with over 5,000 pounds of cargo for the Expedition 60 crew. …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/24/2019

    SpaceX (SpX)-18 Launch Status: SpX-18 is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 today at 5:24 PM CT carrying ~1680 kg of pressurized cargo and ~530 kg of unpressurized cargo to the ISS. The crew will utilize the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to capture Dragon on Friday, July 26 at ~9:00 …

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    Dragon Targets Launch Today as Science Ramps Up Aboard Busy Station

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch

    Forecasters predict a 30% chance of favorable weather today for the liftoff of a U.S. cargo craft at 6:24 p.m. EDT from Florida. Mission managers are getting ready to launch the SpaceX Dragon loaded with new science experiments and the International Docking Adapter-3. Dragon is planned to arrive at the orbiting lab Friday at 10 …

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    Astronauts Relaxing Ahead of U.S. Cargo Mission

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA

    A quartet of Expedition 60 astronauts are relaxing today ahead of planned operations to receive a new space freighter on Friday. Meanwhile, a pair of cosmonauts checked Soyuz spacecraft systems and collected air samples aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT for the launch of its Dragon cargo craft …

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    Astronauts Relaxing Ahead of U.S. Cargo Mission

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA

    A quartet of Expedition 60 astronauts are relaxing today ahead of planned operations to receive a new space freighter on Friday. Meanwhile, a pair of cosmonauts checked Soyuz spacecraft systems and collected air samples aboard the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT for the launch of its Dragon cargo craft …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/22/2019

    59 Soyuz Launch/Dock: 59S launched on Saturday, July 20, from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:28 AM CT carrying Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan to the ISS. Docking to the SM aft port occurred at 5:50 PM CT with hatch opening at 8:04 PM CT. Following hatch opening, all 6 crewmembers performed the ISS Crew …

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    Fully Staffed Station Crew Kicks off Busy Week Waiting for Dragon

    A waning gibbous Moon on the 50th anniversary of NASA landing humans on the lunar surface

    SpaceX is targeting Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT for the launch of its 18th contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. This will be the third flight of this particular reusable Dragon space freighter atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The Expedition 60 crew is now fully staffed with three new flight engineers, who …

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    Hatches Open, Expedition 60 Crew at Full Staff

    Expedition 60 Crew Greeting Ceremony

    NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos joined Expedition 60 Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station when the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the orbiting laboratory officially opened at …

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    Soyuz Spaceship Docks, Station Crew Expanding to Six

    July 20, 2019: International Space Station Configuration

    The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station at 6:48 p.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying about 250 miles over southern Russian, northeast of the Black Sea. Aboard the space station, NASA …

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