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April 26, 2018

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[ April 26, 2018 ] Long March 11 rocket delivers five commercial satellites to orbit Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2018 ] NASA’s new planet-hunting satellite begins climb into science orbit Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2018 ] European environmental observer launched by Russian rocket Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2018 ] Photos: Sentinel 3B satellite prepared for launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2018 ] Live coverage: Europe’s next environmental sentinel lifts off Mission Reports

Potential contamination not a concern for space station’s new lightning instrument

April 17, 2018

Scientists working on a new lightning detection instrument mounted outside the International Space Station said Tuesday they expect little effect on the sensor’s performance from possible contamination from the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched it into orbit April 2.

Dragon cargo capsule reaches space station for second time

April 4, 2018

A commercial Dragon spacecraft glacially approached the International Space Station on Wednesday, allowing a robotic arm controlled by Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai to reach out and grapple the supply ship as it soared 250 miles over Africa, completing SpaceX’s 14th mission to the research complex, and the second by the same capsule.

SpaceX supply ship departs Cape Canaveral for space station

April 2, 2018

Hauling nearly three tons of supplies, hardware and experiments, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shot into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral, with a previously-flown Dragon cargo carrier riding a reused first stage booster to kick off a nearly two-day journey to the International Space Station.

Video: Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral

April 2, 2018

Watch views of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fiery liftoff Monday at Cape Canaveral from multiple angles as the slender, kerosene-fueled launcher climbed into space on the way to the International Space Station.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on SpaceX’s 14th station cargo mission

April 2, 2018

Packed with food, hardware and experiments in biology, Earth science and space technology, a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship lifted off Monday from Cape Canaveral destined for the International Space Station.

Video: Press site view of SpaceX resupply launch (members only)

April 2, 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit Monday from Cape Canaveral with nearly three tons of hardware and supplies for the International Space Station.

Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch

April 2, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,800 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Live coverage: SpaceX resupply mission arrives at space station

April 2, 2018

A day-and-a-half after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Dragon supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday with more than 5,800 pounds of experiments, provisions and other hardware to support the orbiting lab’s six-person crew. The cargo capsule was captured by the station’s robotic arm at 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT).

Eliminating space junk could take step toward reality with station cargo launch

April 1, 2018

European engineers who developed a small satellite hitching a ride to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX supply ship Monday are gearing up for a first-of-a-kind experiment to examine ways to snare a chunk of space junk and tug it back to Earth.

Spacewalkers accomplish all objectives in six-hour excursion

March 29, 2018

Two newly arrived space station astronauts, both veteran spacewalkers, suited up and ventured outside the lab complex Thursday to install additional wireless communications gear, to replace a balky camera and its pan-and-tilt mechanism and to remove two suspect hoses in the station’s ammonia coolant system.

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