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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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    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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    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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    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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