Dragon is on the way to the International Space Station! The nine engines on the Falcon 9’s first stage ignited on time to lift the rocket and spacecraft off the ground. It will take about nine minutes for Dragon to reach orbit.
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The SpaceX mission to ferry cargo to the International Space Station is to launch Sunday, March 16 at 4:41 a.m. eastern time from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Launch team is “go” to proceed with final count toward the five-minute launch window opening at 8:31 p.m. EDT.
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At T-30 minutes, we remain on pace for liftoff on-time at 3:25 p.m. EDT. One of the experiments Dragon is carrying is called OPALS. It will demonstrate a data transmission using lasers which can carry far more data than radio frequencies. The increase is important because the research projects on the station produce a wide …
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SpaceX released this photo today of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft standing on the pad at Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Dragon is loaded with about 5,000 pounds of equipment, science experiments and supplies bound for the International Space Station and its crew of six astronauts.
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SpaceX’s launch to the International Space Station was scrubbed today due to a helium leak on the Falcon 9 first stage. The next launch opportunity would be Friday, April 18 at 3:25 p.m. EDT if the issue can be resolved.
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David McKenzie (ST10), Sabrina Savage, and Robert Loper (ST13) participated in the 13th NASA Space Exploration and Space Weather Workshop
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The crew of space shuttle Discovery mission STS-95, including John Glenn. On this flight, Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space. The nine-day mission supported a variety of research payloads, including experiments designed to investigate similarities between aging and the side effects of space flight.
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Astronauts practiced mating the Gemini capsule with the black and white target vehicle to simulate lunar orbit missions.
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