The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was released from the International Space Station’s robotic arm at 2:10 p.m. EST. The capsule was maneuvered outside the vicinity of the space station in preparation for its return trip to Earth. The capsule is currently scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at about 7:44 p.m., 259 miles southwest …
The scene this morning at SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as reporters readied their cameras for this evening’s liftoff of NOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Forecasters upgraded today’s expected weather to 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for the launch of NOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft at 6:05 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A SpaceX Falcon 9 will place the spacecraft on a course to L1, an area about a million miles from Earth where DSCOVR will observe the …
SpaceX-5 Departure Preparations: The crew performed final cargo loading today. Once loading was complete, they closed the Dragon hatch and configured the Node 2 vestibule including installation of the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Controller Panel Assemblies (CPAs). SpaceX-5 unberth activities are scheduled to start tomorrow morning at ~10:20am CST with the crew releasing Dragon at …
The Expedition 42 crew closed the hatches to the Dragon commercial cargo craft today after loading it with critical gear and research. Dragon will be unberthed from the Harmony module then released from the grips of the Canadarm2 Tuesday afternoon. It will splashdown off the Pacific coast of Baja California for recovery by SpaceX engineers …
There is a 70 percent chance of favorable weather for the launch of DSCOVR at 6:05 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The primary concern is for winds at liftoff out of limits. The NOAA spacecraft is targeted to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force …
NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Air Force and SpaceX have issued the following statement: “The next launch attempt for the DSCOVR mission will now be Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 6:05 p.m. EST with a backup launch opportunity on Wednesday, Feb 11 at 6:03 p.m. Weather for an attempt on Monday, Feb 9 is unfavorable. If that …
Today’s launch of the DSCOVR mission is scrubbed due to loss of the Air Force’s Eastern Range radar, which is required for launch. Earliest next opportunity is Monday, Feb. 9, at 6:07pm ET.
NASA Launch Commentator Mike Curie: A preliminary decision has been made to work toward a second launch attempt tomorrow at 6:07 p.m. EST. Our coverage on the NASA Launch Blog and NASA TV’s countdown coverage will begin at 5 p.m. EST.
The DSCOVR spacecraft and the Falcon 9 rocket have launch opportunities coming up Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Should the launch team decide to try again tomorrow, the launch time would be at 6:07 p.m. EST. Note that a decision on next launch attempt has not been made yet.
