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SpaceX Completes Static Fire Test for Falcon 9 Engines
SpaceX conducted a static fire test for the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines and is on track for the rocket’s rescheduled launch on Wednesday as part of the company’s cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, Spaceflight Now said Friday.
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SpaceX Dragon Completes 17th ISS Resupply Mission; Returns to Earth
The SpaceX-made Dragon spacecraft has returned to Earth, marking the completion of a delivery mission for the International Space Station, TechCrunch reported Monday.
Johns Hopkins APL Launches Two CubeSats From International Space Station
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has deployed two CubeSats from the International Space Station under a flight demonstration and test initiative. The CubeSats were launched from the orbital laboratory via a NanoRacks CubeSat platform as part of the CubeSat Assessment and Test mission, APL said Wednesday.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth After ISS Mission
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft has returned to Earth following a mission to the International Space Station. NASA said Monday the spacecraft dropped into the Pacific Ocean carrying space research data and ISS hardware.
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SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 16th Cargo Delivery Mission
SpaceX‘s Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station on Saturday to deliver approximately over 5.6K pounds of crew supplies and research payloads. The spacecraft launched from Florida via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, Dec. 5, as part of its 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission with NASA, the agency said Saturday. Dragon is set to return to Earth in January with […] More
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SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Performs 16th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Wednesday aboard its Falcon 9 rocket to bring over 5.6K pounds of supplies and research payloads to the International Space Station. The launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks the company’s 16th mission to ISS under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, the agency said Thursday. Dragon carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics […] More
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SpaceX Targets Dec. 4 Launch for 16th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission
A SpaceX-built cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch early next month at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to deliver scientific experiments, hardware and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The Dragon cargo ship’s targeted Dec. 4 liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket will mark SpaceX’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission under a contract with NASA, the […] More
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HPE to Offer In-Space Supercomputing Services to ISS Astronauts
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will allow astronauts and researchers aboard the International Space Station to directly perform in-space analyses through its supercomputer. HPE said Thursday it will offer commercial high-performance computing services to experimenters on ISS following the completion of a one-year mission that sought to evaluate the Spaceborne Computer’s capacity to withstand zero gravity, radiation […] More
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SpaceX Conducts 15th ISS Resupply Operation Under NASA Contract
SpaceXÂ launched Friday a spacecraft that contains equipment NASA intends to aid activities onboard the International Space Station, including research on artificial intelligence, cellular biology and Earth science. The Dragon spacecraft, propelled by the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, is the 15th ISS cargo flight SpaceX has […] More