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    Dragon Attached to Station, Returns to Earth in January

    Dec. 8, 2018: International Space Station Configuration

    Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 10:36 a.m. EST. The 16th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX delivers more than 5,600 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. Among the research it …

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    Dragon in the Grips of Robotic Arm, Installation Occurs Next

    SpaceX Dragon Capture

    While the International Space Station was traveling about 250 miles over the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea, Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor, captured the Dragon spacecraft at 7:21 a.m. EST using the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Ground controllers will now send commands to …

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    Dragon and Spacewalk Preps as New Crew Adapts to Space

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured in July of 2018

    A Dragon is chasing the International Space Station today to be gracefully captured by a robotic arm early Saturday. The expanded Expedition 57 crew prepared for Dragon’s arrival while conducting science, spacesuit checks and a variety of other station activities. The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft has been orbiting Earth for one day now carrying over …

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    Dragon Launch Slips One Day as New Crew Moves In

    Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst

    The launch of the SpaceX Dragon cargo vessel slipped one day to Wednesday at 1:16 p.m. EST with meteorologists forecasting 90% favorable weather for launch. Meanwhile, the newest crew members aboard the International Space Station are getting used to their new home in space. Dragon’s 16th mission to the orbital lab will deliver almost 5,700 …

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    NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission

    NASA astronauts (from left) Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin

    At the post-launch news conference for the Expedition 58 crew, Roscosmos and NASA officials announced that NASA astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, who were forced to abort their recent mission Oct. 11 to the International Space Station, are now scheduled to launch again Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. …

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    Expedition 57 Crew Aboard Station Expands to Six

    The six-member Expedition 57 crew

    NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Konenenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos joined Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos aboard the International Space Station when the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the orbiting …

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    Exp 58 Trio Docks to Station Six Hours After Launch Today

    Soyuz Spacecraft Socks

    The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station at 12:33 p.m. EST while both spacecraft were flying about 251 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Aboard the space station, Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst …

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    New Crew Blasts Off Heading to Space Station Today

    Expedition 58 Crew Blasts Off

    The Soyuz MS-11 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 6:31 a.m. EST Monday, Dec. 3 (5:31 p.m. in Baikonur) and have safely reached orbit.  At the time of launch, the station was flying about 250 miles over central Kazakhstan southwest of the capital of Astana, 405 miles ahead …

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    Watch NASA TV Now to See New Crew Launch to Station

    The Soyuz booster MS-11 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad

    Live launch coverage is underway on NASA Television and the agency’s website for the targeted lift off at 6:31 a.m. EST (5:31 p.m. in Baikonur) of a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Konenenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos will …

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