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    Russian Cargo Craft Delivers Over Three Tons of Supplies

    Space Station Configuration

    Traveling about 250 miles over the Philippine Sea, the unpiloted ISS Progress 67 Russian cargo ship docked at 7:37 a.m. EDT to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Read more about visiting vehicle launches, departures and arrivals at the station. For more information about the current crew and …

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    Crew Researches Mold, Rodents and Stem Cells as Cargo Ship Chases Station

    NASA Astronaut Jack Fischer

    Russia’s Progress 67 (67P) cargo craft is orbiting Earth and on its way to the International Space Station Friday morning carrying over three tons of food, fuel and supplies. Meanwhile, the three member Expedition 52 crew researched a variety of space science on Thursday while preparing for the arrival of the 67P. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin …

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    Russian Rocket Launches on Two-Day Cargo Delivery to Station

    Progress Cargo Craft Launch

    Carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 67 cargo craft launched at 5:20 a.m. EDT (3:20 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. At the time of launch, the International Space Station was flying about 258 miles over …

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    Cargo Ship Ready for Launch as Robotic Arm Unloads Dragon Experiments

    The Progress 67 cargo craft

    Russia’s Progress 67 (67P) cargo craft stands at its launch pad in Kazakhstan ready for liftoff Wednesday at 5:20 a.m. EDT. NASA TV will broadcast the launch live from the Baikonur Cosmodrome including the docking of the 67P Friday at 7:42 a.m. to the Zvezda service module. Two external experiments have been extracted from the …

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    Crew Starts Human, Botany Studies Before Next Cargo Mission

    The Expedition 52 crew of two NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos cosmonaut is in its second week aboard the International Space Station. Also, as one station resupply ship completed its mission in space on Sunday another rolled out to its pad for a launch this week. Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson started Monday measuring her shoulders, …

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    Station Trio Works New Science Delivered Aboard Dragon

    SpaceX Dragon

    The three-member Expedition 52 crew is settling down with science and cargo transfers this week after a trio of space ships arrived and departed at the International Space Station. NASA also introduced 12 new astronaut candidates Wednesday who could fly farther into space on newer spacecraft than any astronaut before them. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson …

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    Dragon Attached to Station for Cargo Transfers

    Dragon Installed to Harmony Module

    A little over two hours after it was captured by Expedition 52 Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was attached to the Earth-facing side of the Harmony module of the International Space Station. Ground controllers at Mission Control, Houston reported that Dragon was bolted into place at 12:07 …

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    Dragon Captured After Two-Day Flight to Station

    SpaceX Dragon Capture

    While the International Space Station was traveling about 250 miles over the south Atlantic ocean east of the coast of Argentina, Flight Engineers Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson of NASA captured Dragon a few minutes ahead of schedule at 9:52 a.m. EDT. Following its capture, the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will be maneuvered by ground …

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    Cygnus Departs Station Day Before Dragon Arrives

    Cygnus Departure

    Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA commanded the International Space Station’s Candadarm2 robotic arm to release the Cygnus spacecraft at 9:10 a.m. EDT while the space station was flying above the south Atlantic Ocean. Earlier, ground controllers detached Cygnus from the station and maneuvered it into place for its departure. The spacecraft spent 44 …

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    Dragon Launches to Station, Cygnus Departs Sunday

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches

    The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:07 p.m. EDT, and Dragon has begun its journey to the International Space Station with an arrival scheduled for June 5. Dragon separated from Falcon 9 about 10 minutes after launch, and solar arrays successfully deployed shortly after separation from the second stage. A post-launch news conference is …

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