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Live coverage: Space station robot arm captures Dragon supply ship

April 8, 2016 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s eighth operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 8, 2025
  • Republican-backed reconciliation bill passes, includes funding for ISS, Artemis programs, Space Shuttle relocation
    July 5, 2025
  • ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission
    July 3, 2025
  • SpaceX launches its 500th Falcon 9 rocket
    July 1, 2025
  • EUMETSAT, ESA launches combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
    July 1, 2025
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