Expedition 52 – Page 2 – Spaceflight Now

Watch a liftoff-to-landing replay of Monday’s SpaceX launch

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, then the launcher’s first stage returned to landing at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after sending a Dragon supply ship toward a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Video: Falcon 9 launch viewed from KSC press site

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Watch a replay of Monday’s Falcon 9 launch as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site, a viewpoint around three miles from pad 39A.

Video: Time-lapse of Falcon 9 rocket raised for launch at pad 39A

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s ground team hydraulically hoisted a 213-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket vertical at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center before dawn Monday ahead of a planned liftoff with a space station-bound robotic resupply craft.

Photos: SpaceX rolls out rocket for next station resupply flight

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket rolled out of its hangar and up the ramp to launch pad 39A Sunday in preparation for liftoff on a two-day trek ferrying more than 6,400 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

Video: NASA and SpaceX brief media on space station cargo flight

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Officials from NASA and SpaceX briefed the media on Monday’s scheduled launch of a commercial Dragon spacecraft on an automated resupply mission to the International Space Station. It will be the 12th SpaceX cargo flight to the research outpost.

Live coverage: Station astronauts capture SpaceX supply ship

August 14, 2017 Stephen Clark

Two days after lifting off from Florida’s Space Coast, a Dragon cargo capsule packed with more than 6,400 pounds of research experiments and crew supplies arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday. Astronaut Jack Fischer used the station’s robotic arm to grapple the supply ship at 6:52 a.m. EDT (1052 GMT).

Timeline for SpaceX’s next station cargo launch

August 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

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 around 6,400 pounds of supplies and experiments.

SpaceX rocket readied for space station resupply run

August 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

Ground teams at the Kennedy Space Center were packing last-minute cargo into a commercial Dragon supply ship Sunday, a day before the automated freighter is set for liftoff on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a two-day trek to the International Space Station.

Space station crew looks forward to eclipse

August 11, 2017 William Harwood

The International Space Station’s crew will enjoy views of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse during three successive orbits, giving the astronauts a unique opportunity to take in the celestial show from 250 miles up as the moon’s shadow races across from the Pacific Ocean and the continental United States before moving out over the Atlantic.

Replays of new station crew’s liftoff and docking

July 30, 2017 Stephen Clark

Watch replays of the launch and docking of the Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft Friday with three new crew members for the International Space Station.