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    Russian Progress Cargo Ship Reaches Station in Just Two Orbits

    Russia's Progress 73 resupply ship

    Traveling about 259 miles over northwest China, the unpiloted Russian Progress 73 cargo ship docked at 11:29 a.m. EDT to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the complex. In addition to the arrival of Progress today, the six crewmembers aboard the space station welcomed SpaceX’s cargo Dragon spacecraft on July 27, two …

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    Russia’s Progress Cargo Craft Racing Toward Space Station

    Progress 73 cargo craft launch

    Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted Russian Progress 73 cargo spacecraft launched at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:10 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. Following a …

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    Live Now on NASA TV: Launch Coverage of Russian Resupply Mission

    Progress 73 rocket at the launch pad

    NASA Television is live for the launch of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 60 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website now! The Progress 73 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Russian Rocket Launching To Resupply Station

    Support gantries rise toward the Progress 73 resupply ship

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 60 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website on Wednesday beginning at 7:45 a.m. EDT. The Progress 73 spacecraft is scheduled to launch …

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     New Space Research Kicks Off Ahead of Wednesday Cargo Launch

    NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan

    Microgravity research is ramping up aboard the International Space Station with brand new science payloads and an expanded Expedition 60 crew. July will see one more mission going up to the orbiting lab as a Russian cargo craft counts down to a Wednesday launch and docking. The Cell Science-02 experiment is underway on the station …

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    Crew Unloads Dragon as Russian Cargo Ships Depart, Prep for Launch

    Russia's Progress 73 cargo craft stands at its launch pad

    A new U.S. space freighter is open for business today after delivering its payload to the International Space Station on Saturday. Meanwhile, a Russian resupply rocket is processing for another space delivery mission on Wednesday that will take less than three and a half hours after launch. NASA Flight Engineer Nick Hague opened Dragon’s hatch …

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    Dragon Captured With New Science Experiments

    The SpaceX Dragon is in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm

    While the International Space Station was traveling more than 260 miles over southern Chile, astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA grappled Dragon at 9:11 a.m. EDT using the space station’s robotic arm Canadarm2. Ground controllers will now send commands to begin the robotic installation of the spacecraft on bottom of the station’s Harmony …

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    Dragon Installed to Station’s Harmony Module for Cargo Operations

    July 27, 2019: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus space freighter, the Progress 72 resupply ship and the Soyuz MS-12 and MS-13 crew ships.

    Two 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 12:01 p.m. EDT. The 18th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-18) delivers more than 5,000 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory. A key …

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    Station Gets Ready to Receive Dragon Cargo Craft Saturday Morning

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured moments before its release

    The SpaceX Dragon space freighter is on its way to the International Space Station following a Thursday launch from Florida. The six-member Expedition 60 crew will be waiting for the commercial cargo craft’s arrival Saturday morning. Dragon will rendezvous with the station Saturday morning reaching a point about 10 meters from the station. Flight Engineer …

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    Dragon Reaches Orbit, Astronauts Prepare for Saturday Capture

    NASA astronaut Christina Koch

    Dragon’s solar arrays have deployed and the spacecraft is safely in orbit following a launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:01 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of research, hardware and supplies to the International Space Station. Dragon is scheduled to arrive at the …

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