Dragon SpX-14 (CRS-14) – Falcon 9 – Canaveral SLC-40 – 02.04.2018 20:30 UTC

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 1 мин.1 минуту назад

Here comes the sun. Capture window now open.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 2 мин. назад

Again, congrats to the SpaceXer who said "We should put the logo here, because when she's captured....."

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 1 мин. назад

Dragon is ~10 meters from the @Space_Station. Capture sequence starting shortly → http://nasa.gov/ntv 

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Есть контакт! Захват

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 5 мин. назад

Capture confirmed! Dragon is now attached to the @Space_Station robotic arm.

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 23 мин. назад

CAPTURE CONFIRMED for SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon:

FEATURE ARTICLE:
CRS-14 Dragon arrives at Space Station with science bonanza: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/crs-14-dragon-space-station-science-bonanza/ ...

- by Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)

Berthed Ops Coverage:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45401.0 ...

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https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html

Upcoming Events (All Times Eastern)

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• 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 4 - Coverage of the Installation of the SpaceX CRS-14 Dragon Cargo Craft to the ISS (all channels)
  

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04/04/2018 13:45 Stephen Clark

Capture occurred at 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT).

04/04/2018 13:45 Stephen Clark

The next step this morning will be to move Dragon to an Earth-facing berthing port on the space station's Harmony module in the next few hours. Control of the robot arm will be handed over to engineers on the ground for the placement of the capsule to its attachment port.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/04/04/astronauts-capture-dragon-resupply-ship/

Astronauts Capture Dragon Resupply Ship

Mark Garcia
Posted Apr 4, 2018 at 6:50 am


The SpaceX Dragon was grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm today as the space station orbited above the continent of Africa. Credit: NASA TV

While the International Space Station was traveling more than 250 miles over the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle captured the Dragon spacecraft at 6:40 a.m. EDT using the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Ground controllers will now send commands to begin the robotic installation of the spacecraft on the station's Harmony module. NASA Television coverage of installation will begin at 8:30 a.m. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live.

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The Dragon lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Monday, April 2 with more than 5,800 pounds of research investigations and equipment, cargo and supplies to support dozens of the more than 250 investigations aboard the space station during Expeditions 55 and 56.

Among the research arriving on Dragon is a new facility to test materials, coatings and components, or other large experiments, in the harsh environment of space. Designed by Alpha Space and sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) provides a platform for testing how materials react to exposure to ultraviolet radiation, atomic oxygen, ionizing radiation, ultrahigh vacuum, charged particles, thermal cycles, electromagnetic radiation, and micro-meteoroids in the low-Earth orbit environment.

The Canadian Space Agency's study Bone Marrow Adipose Reaction: Red or White (MARROW) will look at the effects of microgravity on bone marrow and the blood cells it produces – an effect likened to that of long-term bed rest on Earth. The extent of this effect, and bone marrow's ability to recover when back on Earth, are of interest to space researchers and healthcare providers alike.

Dragon also is carrying an Earth observatory that will study severe thunderstorms and their role in the Earth's atmosphere and climate, as well as upgrade equipment for the station's carbon dioxide removal system, external high-definition camera components, and a new printer for the station's crew.

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