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NASA’s astronauts aboard International Space Station set to return to Earth on SpaceX Dragon
10Mar By adminNo Comments
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NASA’s astronauts aboard International Space Station set to return to Earth on SpaceX Dragon

[ad_1] NASA's Crew 7 mission is poised to conclude its six-month residency aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with seven astronauts preparing to return to Earth. Throughout their extended stay, these astronauts have been diligently engaged in conducting several scientific experiments and technology demonstrations aimed at benefiting humanity and advancing NASA's readiness for future space missions.Scheduled for departure from the ISS on March 11, the Crew 7 members will bid farewell to their space home. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is expected to undock from the space station at 11:05 a.m. with the journey culminating in a splashdown off the Florida coast on March 12, assuming suitable weather conditions. This mission represents the culmination of a remarkable journey for NAS...
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SpaceX Dragon successfully launches 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to ISS
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX Dragon successfully launches 29th commercial resupply mission for NASA to ISS

[ad_1] NASA with SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully launched its 29th commercial resupply mission yesterday from launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:28 pm EST on November 9, 2023. The resupply includes various scientific experiments and technology demonstrations along with optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves was shipped to the International Space Station. Know what the resupply mission will deliver. SpaceX 29th commercial resupply missionAccording to NASA's report, the uncrewed spacecraft has carried over 2950 kilograms of cargo and scientific hardware. The Dragon resupply spacecraft is expected to arrive at the International Space Station at 5:20 a.m. EST on Saturday, November 11. The spacecraft is carrying two major experiment...
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SpaceX Dragon crewed flight to ISS pushed back 24 hours
23Feb By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX Dragon crewed flight to ISS pushed back 24 hours

[ad_1] US space agency NASA and SpaceX on Tuesday pushed back by 24 hours the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket that is to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station.NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates had been scheduled to blast off for the ISS at 2:07 am (0707 GMT) Sunday. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has now been rescheduled for 1:45 am Monday, NASA officials said. The four astronauts are scheduled to spend six months on the orbiting space station. They arrived in Florida on Tuesday to begin their final preparations for the mission."When we looked at the work remaining to go, primarily on the vehicle, getting Dragon and Falcon 9 ready to go, we were a ...
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NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship
29Dec By adminNo Comments
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NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship

[ad_1] NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab. NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, are investigating the cause of a punctured coolant line on an external radiator of Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is supposed to return its crew of two cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut to Earth early next year. But the Dec. 14 leak, which emptied the Soyuz of a vital fluid used to regulate crew cabin temperatures, has derailed Russia's space station routines, with engineers in Moscow examining whether to launch another Soyuz to retrieve the three-man team that flew to ISS aboard the cri...
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