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ЦитироватьMay 17, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-082

NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Launch of Science to Space Station

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the next SpaceX delivery of NASA science investigations, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station), currently targeted for late June.

A Dragon cargo spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at neighboring NASA's Kennedy Space Center and CCAFS.

Credentialing deadlines are as follows:

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• International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 4:30 p.m. EDT Friday, May 25, for access to CCAFS or by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14, for access to Kennedy media activities only.
• U.S. media must apply by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21.
  

This is the 15th SpaceX mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. Each resupply mission to the station also delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.

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Highlights of space station research that will be facilitated by this Dragon's arrival are:

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• A cellular biology (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7470) investigation to understand how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along bacterial nanowires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in microbial fuel cells to make electricity from waste organic material.
• An Earth science instrument called ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station

(ECOSTRESS) will provide a new space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability. This data can help society better manage agricultural water use.[/li][/list]
Included in the cargo is a physical sciences investigation that will enable U.S. National Laboratory research, which is managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (https://www.iss-casis.org/). The goal of this investigation is to improve our fundamental understanding of physical interactions between soil and sediment particles of quartz and clay, commonly found in a wide variety of environmental settings such as rivers, lakes, and oceans, which has important applications on Earth for geologists and engineers. Additional biology and biotechnology investigations seek to improve understanding of endothelial cells that line the walls of blood vessels, the location of the hydrogen atoms in a molecule as a means to target drug design and delivery, and the genes in algae (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7446) that cause growth.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. The space station has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, more than 230 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbiting laboratory. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future human missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

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Last Updated: May 17, 2018
Editor: Katherine Brown

ЦитироватьMay 29, 2018

Experience the Launch of the SpaceX CRS-15 Cargo Mission

Social media users are invited to register to attend the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This launch, currently targeted for late June, will be the next commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station.

If your passion is to communicate and engage the world via social media, then this is the event for you! Seize the opportunity to be on the front line to blog, tweet or Instagram everything about SpaceX's 15th mission to the space station. In addition to supplies and equipment, the Dragon spacecraft will deliver scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations.

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A maximum of 40 social media users will be sel ected to attend this two-day event, and will be given access similar to news media.

NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to:

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• View a launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
• Speak with researchers about investigations heading to the orbiting microgravity laboratory
• Tour NASA facilities at Kennedy Space Center
• Speak with representatives fr om NASA and SpaceX
• View and take photographs of the Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40
• Meet fellow space enthusiasts who are active on social media
  

NASA Social registration for the CRS-15 launch opens on this page on May 30 and the deadline to apply is on June 6 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. All social applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Last Updated: May 30, 2018
Editor: Emily Furfaro

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Just as basic research into Earth's carbon cycle continues to be a robust activity at NASA, so is the development of new space-based tools for carbon monitoring. Several are now nearing launch and in development.

The JPL-managed ECOSTRESS (https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/) (the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station), slated to launch this summer to the International Space Station, will make the first-ever measurements of plant water use and vegetation stress on land. These data are expected to provide key insights into how plants link Earth's global carbon cycle with its water cycle.
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ЦитироватьDate: June 29, 2018 - 5:41 a.m. Eastern
 
 Mission: SpaceX CRS-15 Cargo Mission to International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-upcoming-launch-of-science-to-space-station)

ЦитироватьJune 7, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-091

Researchers to Discuss Science Launching on Next Resupply Mission to Space Station

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Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) works with the Micro 8 experiment in the U.S. National Laboratory during Expedition 41. Micro is a fundamental biology experiment and will expand our understanding of the fundamental basis of how spaceflight affects the biological and molecular functions of the cell and the molecular mechanisms by which cells and tissues respond to spaceflight conditions.
Credits: NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, June 11, to discuss a number of science investigations launching to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) on the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on NASA's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live).

David Brady, assistant program scientist for the International Space Station Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and Liz Warren, associate program scientist at the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS (https://www.iss-casis.org/)), will provide an overview of the research and technology aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft.

Also participating in the briefing will be:

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• John Hogan, NASA's Ames Research Center  – principal investigator for the Micro-12 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7470) investigation, will discuss this cellular biology research on how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along bacterial nano wires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in microbial fuel cells to make electricity from organic waste.
• Paul Jaminet, founder and chief executive officer, and Shou-Ching Jaminet, chief scientist, Angiex – will discuss Angiex's  (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502)investigation (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502) of endothelial cells, the cells that line the walls of blood vessels. Culturing endothelial cells in microgravity could create an important model system for evaluating the action of any vascular-targeted drug. Use of this model may enable Angiex to develop a novel cancer therapy with lower toxicity and potential to be effective against most cancers.
• Fred Turek and Martha Vitaterna, Northwestern University – principal investigators for Rodent Research-7 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7425), will discuss their research to examine how the space environment affects the community of microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of mice (also known as the microbiota). Results could help protect astronaut health during long-term missions by providing insights into the microbial populations' interactions with physiological systems including the gastrointestinal, immune, metabolic, circadian, and sleep systems during spaceflight.
• Mark Settles, University of Florida – principal investigator for the Space Algae (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7446) investigation, will discuss research to sel ect algae strains adapted to space and sequence their genomes to identify growth-related genes. Algae consume waste carbon dioxide, can provide basic nutrition and may perceive microgravity as a trigger to produce algae oils rich in antioxidants that may help mitigate the harmful effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation during spaceflight.
  

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SpaceX (http://www.nasa.gov/spacex) is targeting no earlier than 5:41 a.m. June 29 for the launch of its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket fr om Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division (https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/slpsra) at NASA Headquarters in Washington is sponsoring the Micro-12 and Rodent Research-7 investigations as part of its research to enable human spaceflight exploration, and CASIS is sponsoring the Angiex Cancer Therapy and Space Algae investigations as part of the U.S. National Laboratory (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index.html) research to improve life on Earth.

Last Updated: June 8, 2018
Editor: Sean Potter

ЦитироватьМосква. 8 июня. INTERFAX.RU - Частный космический челнок Dragon американской корпорации SpaceX с грузом для участников экспедиции отправится к Международной космической станции в конце июня, сообщил в пятницу "Интерфаксу" источник в ракетно-космической отрасли.
"Запуск грузового корабля Dragon к МКС назначен на 12:41 по Москве 29 июня. Ожидается, что он доберется до станции за трое суток и будет захвачен внешним манипулятором 2 июля в 14:00 по Москве", - сказал источник.
Космический челнок доставит грузы для экипажа станции, а также оборудование для различного рода, в том числе медицинских, экспериментов.

ЦитироватьJUNE 12, 2018
ECOSTRESS Among Science Payloads on Next Space Station Mission

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The ECOSTRESS instrument in a clean room. ECOSTRESS measures the temperature of plants, which shows how they are regulating their water use in response to heat stress. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC
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A new batch of science is headed to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html) aboard the SpaceX Dragon on the company's 15th mission for commercial resupply services, scheduled for launch June 29 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will deliver science that studies plant water use all over the planet, artificial intelligence, gut health in space, more efficient drug development and the formation of inorganic structures without the influence of Earth's gravity.

Take a look at five investigations headed to space on the latest SpaceX resupply:

ECOSTRESS

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Plants regulate their temperature by releasing water through tiny pores on their leaves. If they have sufficient water they can maintain their temperature, but if water is insufficient their temperatures rise. This temperature rise can be measured with a sensor in space.

ECOSTRESS (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1878), developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, measures the temperature of plants and uses that information to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress.

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MOBILE COMPANION

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As we travel farther into space, the need for artificial intelligence (AI) within a spacecraft increases.

Mobile Companion (http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/02/hello--i-am-cimon-.html), a European Space Agency (ESA (http://www.esa.int/ESA)) investigation, explores the use of AI as a way to mitigate crew stress and workload during long-term spaceflight.

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RODENT RESEARCH-7

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Spaceflight has an impact on many bodily systems. Rodent Research-7 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7425) takes a look at how the microgravity environment of space affects the community of microoganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, or microbiota.

The study also evaluates relationships between system changes, such as sleep-wake cycle disruption, and imbalance of microbial populations, to identify contributing factors and support development of countermeasures to protect astronaut health during long-term missions, as well as to improve the treatment of gastrointestinal, immune, metabolic and sleep disorders on Earth.

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ANGIEX CANCER THERAPY

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Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are the leading causes of death in developed countries. Angiex Cancer Therapy (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502) examines whether microgravity-cultured endothelial cells represent a valid in vitro model to test effects of vascular-targeted agents on normal blood vessels.

Results may create a model system for designing safer drugs, targeting the vasculature of cancer tumors and helping pharmaceutical companies design safer vascular-targeted drugs.

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CHEMICAL GARDENS

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Chemical Gardens (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7678) are structures that grow during the interaction of metal salt solutions with silicates, carbonates or other sel ected anions. Their growth characteristics and attractive final shapes form fr om a complex interplay between reaction-diffusion processes and self-organization.

On Earth, gravity-induced flow due to buoyancy differences between the reactants complicates our understanding of the physics behind these chemical gardens. Conducting this experiment in a microgravity environment ensures diffusion-controlled growth and allows researchers a better assessment of initiation and evolution of these structures.

These investigations join hundreds of others currently happening aboard the orbiting laboratory. For daily updates, follow @ISS_Research (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research), Space Station Research and Technology News (http://www.nasa.gov/stationresearchnews) or our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ISS) page. For opportunities to see the space station pass over your town, check out Spot the Station (https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/).

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News Media Contact

Written by Jenny Howard
International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center

ECOSTRESS News Media Contact:

Alan Buis
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-0474
Alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov

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Цитировать(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000149454500/c2e974df2f92ce57b2c8db329f5da805_bigger.png)Emre Kelly‏Подлинная учетная запись @EmreKelly (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly) 13 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1007741675890987008)

Confirmed: SpaceX's upcoming #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) mission will re-fly booster that launched TESS on 4/18. Pretty quick turnaround for a Block 4 #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash). Window on 6/29 opens at 0541 ET (0941 UTC). Expect it to be expendable.

Цитировать[SIZE=8]NASA Television Upcoming Events[/SIZE]
Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

June 28, Thursday
9 a.m. – SpaceX CRS-15 Pre-launch News Conference (All Channels)
11 a.m. – SpaceX CRS-15 What's On Board Briefing (All Channels)

June 29, Friday
5:15 a.m. – Coverage of the Launch of the SpaceX CRS-15 Mission to the International Space Station (Launch scheduled at 5:42 a.m. EDT) – Kennedy space Center (All Channels)
8 a.m. – SpaceX CRS-15 Post-Launch News Conference – Kennedy Space Center (All Channels)

July 2, Monday
5:30 a.m. – Coverage of the Rendezvous and Capture of the SpaceX CRS-15 Dragon Cargo Craft at the International Space Station (Capture scheduled at 7 a.m. EDT) (All Channels)
8:30 a.m. – Coverage of the Installation of the SpaceX CRS-15 Dragon Craft to the Harmony Module of the International Space Station (All Channels)

ЦитироватьJUNE 19, 2018

New NASA Mission to Detect Plant Water Use from Space

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ECOSTRESS will measure the temperature of plants from space. Scientists will be able to use that temperature data to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to water shortages.Credit: USDA 
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A simulation of ECOSTRESS land surface temperature data around California's Salton Sea (dark blue area, upper left). Cooler areas appear in blue and green, warmer areas are in yellow and red. The region south of the lake that appears green is mostly agricultural fields, and other surrounding areas are desert. ECOSTRESS land surface temperature data will be used to create an evapotranspiration product that can be used to monitor plant stress. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech 
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Doctors learn a lot about their patients' health by taking their temperature. An elevated temperature, or fever, can be a sign of illness. The same goes for plants, but their temperatures on a global scale are harder to measure than the temperatures of individual people.

That's about to change, thanks to a new NASA instrument that soon will be installed on the International Space Station called ECOSTRESS, or ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station. ECOSTRESS will measure the temperature of plants from space. This will enable researchers to determine plant water use and to study how drought conditions affect plant health.

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Plants draw in water from the soil, and as they are heated by the Sun, the water is released through pores on the plants' leaves through a process called transpiration. This cools the plant down, much as sweating does in humans. However, if there is not enough water available to the plants, they close their pores to conserve water, causing their temperatures to rise.

Plants use those same pores to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for photosynthesis - the process they use to turn carbon dioxide and water into the sugar they use as food. If they continue to experience insufficient water availability, or "water stress," they eventually starve or overheat, and die.

ECOSTRESS data will show these changes in plants' temperatures, providing insight into their health and water use while there is still time for water managers to correct agricultural water imbalances.

"When a plant is so stressed that it turns brown, it's often too late for it to recover," said Simon Hook, ECOSTRESS principal investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "But measuring the temperature of the plant lets you see that a plant is stressed before it reaches that point."

These temperature measurements are also considered an early indicator of potential droughts. When plants in a given area start showing signs of water stress through elevated temperature, an agricultural drought is likely underway. Having these data in advance gives the agricultural community a chance to prepare and/or respond accordingly.

"ECOSTRESS will allow us to monitor rapid changes in crop stress at the field level, enabling earlier and more accurate estimates of how yields will be impacted," said Martha Anderson, an ECOSTRESS science team member with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland. "Even short-term moisture stress, if it occurs during a critical stage of crop growth, can significantly impact productivity."

ECOSTRESS will hitch a ride to the space station on a NASA-contracted, SpaceX cargo resupply mission scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 29. Once it arrives, it will be robotically installed on the exterior of the station's Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility Unit.

Over the next year, ECOSTRESS will use the space station's unique low Earth orbit to collect data over multiple areas of land at different times of day. The instrument will produce detailed images of areas as small as 43 by 76 yards (40 by 70 meters) -- about the size of a small farm -- every three to five days.

Other instruments in space can make measurements with the same level of detail or at different times of day -- but not both. ECOSTRESS' dual capability makes it especially important for scientists trying to better understand our natural ecosystems and others working toward improved food security and water resource management.

"As water resources become more critical for our growing population, we need to track precisely how much water our crops need," said ECOSTRESS science lead Josh Fisher of JPL. "We need to know when plants are becoming susceptible to droughts, and we need to know which parts of the ecosystem are more vulnerable because of water stress."

Although not part of its primary mission, ECOSTRESS temperature data will also be valuable for other studies that require temperature information, such as detecting and characterizing volcanoes, wildfires and heat waves.

JPL built and manages the ECOSTRESS mission for NASA's Earth Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. ECOSTRESS is sponsored by NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder program, managed by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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Written by Esprit Smith
JPL Media Relations

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1009527969365229568)

Waiting on observed milestones (such as TEL rollback) but the Eastern Range has the CRS-15 Static Fire test of the Falcon 9 (B1045.2) scheduled to take place on Saturday at SLC-40. As always, subject to change.

ЦитироватьDragon Set to Deliver Supplies to International Space Station

Bob Granath (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/rgranath/)
Posted Jun 21, 2018 at 8:13 am

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The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 15, 2017 carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA/Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray, Tim Powers and Tim Terry

Commercial Resupply Services Mission: SpaceX CRS-15
Launch: 5:42 a.m. EDT, Friday, June 29, 2018
Lift Off: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9, 230 feet-tall
Spacecraft: Dragon, 20 feet high, 12 feet-in diameter
Payload: Dragon will deliver supplies and payloads, including materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station's Expeditions 56.
Return to Earth: After about one month attached to the space station, Dragon will return with results of earlier experiments, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.
Payloads on Board: https://go.nasa.gov/2LymYKJ

ЦитироватьJune 22, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-012

SpaceX CRS-15 Briefings and Events

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station).

Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) Thursday, June 28, with prelaunch events.

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Packed with more than 5,900 pounds of research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SpX-15_Resupply), crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket fr om Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon reaches its preliminary orbit, at which point it will deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station).

In addition to bringing research to station, the Dragon's unpressurized trunk is carrying a new Canadian-built Latching End Effector, or LEE. This new LEE is being launched as a spare to replace the failed unit astronauts removed during a series of spacewalks in the fall of 2017. Each end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm has an identical LEE, and they are used as the "hands" that grapple payloads and visiting cargo spaceships. They also enable Canadarm2 to "walk" to different locations on the orbiting outpost, including Canada's Mobile Base, which travels along rails on the space station's main truss.

In collaboration with the National Park Service, a toy dog representing the Newfoundland that accompanied Lewis and Clark on their historic expedition in the 1800s also is headed to the space station to help the two agencies celebrate NASA's 60th anniversary and the National Trail System's 50th anniversary. 

It will take three days to reach the space station, wh ere it will arrive Monday, July 2. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/richard-r-arnold), backed up by fellow NASA astronaut Drew Feustel (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel), will supervise the operation of the Canadarm2 robotic arm for Dragon's capture while NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor) monitors the spacecraft's systems. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

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Full mission coverage is as follows:

Thursday, June 28

News Media Schedule

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• 11 a.m. – What's on Board science briefing from Kennedy to highlight the following research:
• Christian Karrasch, project lead at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Philipp Schulien, project engineer at Airbus, will discuss the Crew Interactive Mobile companion (CIMON) (https://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10212/332_read-26307/#/gallery/29911) study into crew efficiency and acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) support for future use on long-duration missions.
• Principal investigators Richard Grugel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Oliver Steinbock at Florida State University, will discuss Chemical Gardens (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7678) studying the physics of nanotube growth.
• Simon Hook, principal investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Woody Turner, program scientist in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, will discuss the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ecostress) investigation. This study will answer several key science questions related to water stress in plants and how sel ected regions may respond to future changes in climate.
• Paolo Luzzatto-Fegi, principal investigator at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Dickinson, director of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems at the National Science Foundation, will discuss Quantifying Cohesive Sediment Dynamics for Advanced Environmental Modeling (BCAT-CS) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7668), which focuses on the study of forces between particles that cluster together by studying sediments of quartz and clay particles.
• Ken Podwalski, director of Space Exploration Operations and Infrastructure for the Canadian Space Agency, will discuss the spare Canadarm2 Latching End Effector (LEE) being launched.
  

[/li][li]12:45 – 1:15 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with representatives fr om NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.[/li][li]3:15 – 4:30 p.m. – One-on-one Interview Opportunities (Sign up at the Press Site)

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• ECOSTRESS
• Simon Hook, principal investigator, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Josh Fisher, science lead, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, deputy science lead, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  

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• Christian Karrasch, project lead, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Philipp Schulien, project engineer, Airbus
  

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• Ashley Danielson, volunteer and partnership specialist, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
• Alexandra Picavet, chief of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Midwest Region
  

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Friday, June 29

NASA TV Launch Coverage

NASA TV live coverage will begin at 5:15 a.m. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
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NASA Web Prelaunch and Launch Coverage

Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the SpaceX CRS-15 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning at 5:15 a.m. as the countdown milestones occur. ...

Postlaunch News Conference on NASA TV

A postlaunch news conference will occur at about 8 a.m. in Kennedy's Press Site TV Auditorium and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. ...

Last Updated: June 22, 2018
Editor: Linda Herridge

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186297.jpg)SpaceXUpdates‏ @SpaceXUpdates (https://twitter.com/SpaceXUpdates) 11 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXUpdates/status/1010048748364365829)

Photo of the CRS-15 Trunk containing the ECOSTRESS Payload and a spare Latching End Effector for Canadarm 2.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1010540808293011456)

The #falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/falcon9?src=hash) booster is now erect on #Pad40 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pad40?src=hash) awaiting static fire test as early as sometime today Jun 23 - ahead of @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) launch for @nasa (https://twitter.com/NASA) to @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) Friday morning Jun 29. Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://spaceupclose.com  (https://t.co/G4fyocB13Q)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186402.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 36 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1010598918437179396)

I just saw a waterspout roap out over @NASAKennedy (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy) before the VAB got hit by a rain wall! I hope the Falcon 9 is safed at LC40. That marks the first tornadic event I have witnessed.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010604507103932416)

Fueling operations are underway right now at Cape Canaveral's launch complex 40 as SpaceX prepares to test fire the nine Merlin engines on the Falcon 9 first stage ahead of next week's space station cargo resupply mission.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1010614888178348036)

Saw waterspout over @NASAKennedy (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy) and cape while awaiting @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) static fire test / weather very iffy but has cleared in past 30 min . Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010624912560721920)

The stormy weather in the Cape Canaveral area appears to have halted fueling operations for the Falcon 9 engine test fire, at least for now.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 32 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010630326018768897)

Vapors are once again visible at launch complex 40. A Falcon 9 engine test firing was scheduled for today.[/LIST]

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A large cloud of vapor is venting from the Falcon 9 indicating the countdown is probably ticking towards at 5:30pm (2130 GMT) test firing of the Falcon 9 rocket.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010635567313321986)

The strongback at launch complex 40 has retracted away from the Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for ignition. This is one of the final steps in the minutes before a static test fire.

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1010635963788382210)

Falcon9 is venting - lo res screen shot .static fire imminent . Credit @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010636128439947264)

IGNITION! The engines of a Falcon 9 rocket have roared to life for a short test firing at Cape Canaveral's launch complex 40, a crucial step towards Thursday's planned launch of a space station resupply mission.

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg)William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1010636254831136768)

F9/CRS15: 1st stage engine ignition at 5:30pm... and shutdown

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg)William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1010636313752735744)

F9/CRS15: Test appeared normal, presumably clearing the way for launch next Friday on SpaceX's 15th operational space station resupply mission, but we'll wait for confirmation from SpaceX.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1010643931829174272)

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting June 29 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's fifteenth mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1010644009964920832)

Rocket and spacecraft for CRS-15 are flight-proven. Falcon 9's first stage previously launched @NASA_TESS (https://twitter.com/NASA_TESS) two months ago, and Dragon flew to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) in support of our ninth resupply mission in 2016.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1010644249115856897)

Quick Look Review complete. Article for this test (and a round up):

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/falcon-9-static-fire-test-crs-15/ ... (https://t.co/v7BCHfIAYV)

ЦитироватьSpaceX test-fires reused rocket in preparation for space station cargo mission
June 23, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

A rocket booster SpaceX used to launch a planet-hunting NASA observatory two months ago fired again Saturday at Cape Canaveral, clearing a major pre-flight checkout before blastoff June 29 with a space station supply ship.

After running the rocket through a mock launch countdown, SpaceX engineers oversaw the brief ignition of the Falcon 9's first stage Merlin engines at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT) Saturday on Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.

Hold-down restraints at pad 40 kept the rocket firmly on the ground as the first stage's nine Merlin 1D engines throttled up to more than a million pounds of thrust.

A few seconds after igniting, the engines appeared to switch off as planned. A plume of steam and rocket exhaust loomed over pad 40 as SpaceX ensured the Falcon 9 transitioned into a safe condition after the hotfire test, a customary milestone in all SpaceX launch campaigns.

SpaceX confirmed the successful hold-down firing in a tweet later Saturday evening, confirming plans to launch the rocket at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) on Friday, June 29.

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File photo of a Falcon 9 static fire test at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now

The Falcon 9 launching next week will use the same first stage that carried NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite toward orbit on an April 18 launch fr om Cape Canaveral. The turnaround of some 10 weeks between missions is set to be the shortest span between launches of the same recycled Falcon 9 booster.

The first stage was the final one manufactured by SpaceX using the company's discontinued "Block 4" configuration. SpaceX debuted the upgraded "Block 5" version of the Falcon 9 rocket May 11.

The Falcon 9 Block 5 design is optimized for reusability of the first stage, and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said the upgraded Block 5 boosters could be launched, landed and flown again in as little as 24 hours, eventually requiring little more than the cost of new propellants and processing costs.

The Block 4 configuration was not capable of such rapid re-flights, requiring disassembly of its landing legs, inspections, refurbishment and the installation of new heat shield material and grid fins used on descent. The work took time and cost millions of dollars, but SpaceX officials said the expense of refurbishing Block 4 boosters was less than the cost of manufacturing an all-new vehicle.

The first stage that launched NASA's TESS mission in April landed on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, then returned to Port Canaveral, where engineers removed it from the recovery vessel and transported it to a hangar to begin preparations for its next mission.

The June 29 launch will be SpaceX's 12th mission of the year, and the 15th flight under the company's multibillion-dollar cargo transportation contract with NASA.

The Dragon supply ship set to ride the Falcon 9 rocket into orbit next week is also reused from a previous flight in 2016. With the completion of the static fire test Saturday, teams at Cape Canaveral will lower the Falcon 9 rocket and return it to the hangar at pad 40, wh ere they will mate the launcher with the Dragon cargo capsule.

The commercially-managed resupply mission will deliver more than 5,900 pounds (about 2,700 kilograms) of research hardware, crew supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station's six-person Expedition 56 crew.

The equipment launching to the space station next week includes a spare Canadian-built latching end effector for the research lab's robotic arm, plus an instrument developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be mounted outside the station's Japanese Kibo lab module to measure the temperature of plants from space.

The temperature measurements will tell scientists about the health of the plants, how much water they are using, and the resiliency of crops to extreme conditions like heat waves and droughts.

"When a plant is so stressed that it turns brown, it's often too late for it to recover," said Simon Hook, ECOSTRESS principal investigator at JPL. "But measuring the temperature of the plant lets you see that a plant is stressed before it reaches that point."

The Dragon capsule is scheduled to arrive at the space station Monday, July 2, to begin an approximately month-long stay. The craft will detach, de-orbit and splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of its mission, bringing experiment specimens and other payloads back to Earth.

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Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications SpaceX CRS-15 Experiments and Payloads

Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Enables human spaceflight exploration to expand the frontiers of knowledge, capability, and opportunity in space and Pioneers scientific discovery in and beyond low Earth orbit to drive advances in science, technology, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, and economic vitality.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Chemical Gardens (CG)

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Classical chemical garden formed by the addition of cobalt, copper, iron, nickel, and zinc salts to a sodium silicate solution.
Credits: Oliver Steinbock chemistry group at Florida State University

Hollow precipitation structures form when a metal salt crystal (except those fr om group 1A compounds) is placed in an aqueous solution containing anions (negatively charged particles) such as silicate, borate, phosphate, or carbonate. Immediately following the wetting of the salt crystal, it begins to dissolve and forms a membrane of metal hydroxide particles that allow water molecules to pass through. These water molecules flow through the membrane towards the seed crystal causing a build-up of osmotic pressure that eventually ruptures the membrane. In the simplest case, a buoyant jet of salt solution is released, the surface of which immediately precipitates with the surrounding solution, resulting in a hollow tube. A single crystal can produce multiple precipitation structures; historically these are referred to as chemical gardens.

The Chemical Gardens investigation will study the micro- and meso- structures formed under microgravity to determine structural motives, wall thickness, elemental composition, and tube dimensions. The structures grown during the experiment will be returned to Earth and analyzed using optical and scanning electron microscopy (including elemental characterizations), X-ray diffraction, and other established analytical techniques – microgravity samples will be compared to their otherwise identical Earth counterparts. The results from this experiment will offer significant insight into how micro-structures can be engineered from self-organizing chemical reactions, part of a larger effort that aims to develop a new engineering approach that creates hierarchically structured materials (and even relatively simple assemblages such as scaffolds) by biomimetic, parallel growth, rather than sequential processing steps.

Principal Investigators: Richard Grugel, Ph.D., NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; Oliver Steinbock, Ph.D., Florida State University
Co-Investigators: Alexander Blanchard, Florida State University; Ellen Rabenberg, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Developers: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Leidos Engineering, Houston, TX

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Effect of Macromolecular Transport on Microgravity Protein Crystallization (LMMBIO-4)

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PfGST Crystals Grown in Microgravity

This investigation examines the underlying reasons for the improved quality of microgravity-grown protein crystals. Proteins are important macromolecules, and without proteins our bodies would be unable to repair, regulate, or protect themselves. Researchers grow crystals of protein macromolecules in order to determine their three-dimensional structure. Using this 3-D structural information, researchers can determine how proteins function and how they may influence the development of diseases, including cancer, viral infections, and genetic disorders among many others. The structure is often used to help design new pharmaceutical drugs that specifically interact with the protein. While enormous strides have been made in the last decade, there are still a large number of important proteins without identified structures. This is due to the difficulty in growing the crystals needed to determine their atomic structure. Access to unique data optimized in microgravity could have great relevance for understanding protein structures and advancing new drugs into the pharmaceutical market. For example, proteins studied in this investigation include Plasmodium falciparum glutathione-s-transferase (PfGST), which is considered an antimalarial drug target.

Crystallization experiments will be monitored microscopically for growth rates as a function of overall protein molecular weight (which impacts the transport rates in solution). The degree of incorporation of protein monomers versus protein aggregates will be studied by monitoring fluorescence of growing protein crystals. Greater understanding of the principles involved in the crystallization process will improve the design of future experiments and increase the odds of crystal growing success.

Principal Investigator: Lawrence J. DeLucas, M.D., Ph.D., Aerospace Corp., Birmingham, Alabama
Co-Investigator: Christian Betzel, Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Germany
Developers: NASA's Glenn Research Center and ZIN Technologies Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio
Facility: Light Microscopy Module (LMM)

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Growth Rate Dispersion as a Predictive Indicator for Biological Crystal Samples Wh ere Quality can be Improved with Microgravity Growth (LMMBIO-6)

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LMM-Biophysics Capillaries

Scientists use X-ray crystallography, a technique for determining the molecular structure of a substance, to view molecules that are too small to be seen under a microscope. This technique requires growing crystals of the molecules. Observing crystallized proteins allows scientists to determine their structure, which can explain how they work or how other molecules, such as drugs, might interact with them. One limitation in the ability to determine a protein structure by x-ray crystallography is the availability of high quality crystals. Crystal growth in a microgravity environment can yield improved quality, but not all protein samples show improvement. If it is possible to predict which protein crystals could be enhanced by microgravity growth, then the choice of protein targets for future experiments would allow for more efficient use of microgravity facilities.

Earlier studies demonstrated that a reduction in growth rate dispersion, which yields a more uniform size distribution in the crystals, is correlated with an increase in crystal quality. Similarly, researchers have observed that crystals resulting from growth in microgravity are often more uniform in size. This investigation will examine the theory that the presence of larger growth rate dispersion in ground-based protein crystals may be used as an indicator of crystals that can be improved when grown in microgravity. The mechanisms that result in a decreased growth rate dispersion in microgravity will be studied by choosing protein targets which exhibit larger growth rate dispersion on the ground, crystallizing them in space, and monitoring for changes in growth rate dispersion in a microgravity environment. The quality of the crystals returned from space will be examined and compared to identical ground-based crystals.

Principal Investigator: Eddie H. Snell, Ph.D., Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, New York
Co-Investigator: Joseph R. Luft, M.S., Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo, New York
Developers: NASA's Glenn Research Center, ZIN Technologies Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio
Facility: Light Microscopy Module (LMM)

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Barrios Real-time Protein Crystal Growth Experiment (Barrios RTPCG-2)

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Hen Egg White Lysozyme Crystal

Scientists use X-ray crystallography to better understand how protein molecules work or how other molecules and compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, might interact with them. Growing protein crystals for study is often a difficult, iterative process, requiring observation of initial conditions and optimization of those conditions based on results. High-quality crystals are required for data analysis, and crystallizing them in microgravity produces larger, more perfect specimens.

Typical microgravity crystallization experiments require pre-determining optimal conditions on the ground, and then sending experiments with those conditions into orbit with the hope that by screening around the best ground conditions, microgravity results will be comparable. A more effective way to choose the best microgravity crystallization conditions would be to observe the initial experiments in orbit, then optimize conditions based on those preliminary visual observations (much as investigators do in the lab) and set up new experiments.

Thus, astronauts will set up protein crystallization experiments in real time on the space station using previously optimized microgravity protocols for preparing adequately mixing solutions. They will then use a microscope to observe the crystals that form, interact with the principal investigator in real time, and adjust for follow-on experiments. This approach will give ground-based scientists the ability to optimize crystal growth in microgravity instead of waiting until another flight opportunity to test and evaluate new crystallization conditions.

Principal Investigator: Lawrence J. DeLucas, M.D., Ph.D., Aerospace Corp., Birmingham, Alabama
Developers: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Barrios Technology, Houston, Texas

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Advanced Colloids Experiment with Temperature Control-2 (ACE-T2)

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Depiction of Colloidal lattice forming from the ACE-T2 experiment particles on ISS

Nanotechnologies offer the possibility of creating lighter and stronger materials, and the ability to make a broad range of necessary logistics items from building blocks, as is often needed during space exploration. The Advanced Colloids Experiment (Temperature controlled) – ACE-T2 will deliver an increased understanding of self-assembly processes at the micron and sub-micron levels. The goal of this experiment is to understand how complex interactions of small particles lead to the development of complex structures, and how best to control the growth of these structures. While this experiment deals with microscopically visible micron-sized particles – which are about 1/100 the diameter of a fine human hair – insights gained will also apply down to the sub-nanometer range that is 1000 times smaller than microscopically visible particles. We can use the understanding of how these particles work to build structures from quantum dots (QD) – very small semiconductor particles whose optical properties are a central theme in nanotechnology.

These experiments could also be useful on Earth in regard to engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. In its original sense, nanotechnology refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up, using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, high performance products. This work builds structures from parts that are the size of the wavelength of light, making it possible to manipulate and control light without having to switch to heat producing electronics, which presently limits size and speed.

Principal Investigator and Affiliation: Peter Schall, Ph.D., University of Amsterdam

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SPACE BIOLOGY

Investigating the Physiology and Fitness of an Exoelectrogenic Microorganism Under Microgravity Conditions (Micro-12)

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This Scanning Electron Microscope image shows Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bacteria. These bacteria are able to generate electric currents that can be conducted along nanowires extending from their cell membranes

Micro-12 is a life science research mission that will investigate the effects of spaceflight on the physiology of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. S. oneidensis is an exoelectrogen, a special type of microbe that is capable of utilizing solid electron acceptors, such as metal oxides, for respiration during spaceflight. These specialized organisms are used in bioelectrochemical systems, which have the potential for use in bioregenerative life-support processes. Results from this experiment will provide a foundation for the work of scientists aiming to create bioelectrochemical systems that treat wastewater, generate power, or synthesize useful chemicals. While these abilities would certainly be useful on Earth, they may be especially useful in spacecraft, particularly for future missions to the Moon or Mars.

Principal Investigator and Affiliation: John A. Hogan, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center

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Microbial Tracking-2 (MT-2)

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MT-2 hardware positioned in the Node 2 module of the International Space Station to collect a sample of the microbes and viruses floating in the air of the Station

The Microbial Tracking -2 (MT-2) study uses a combination of traditional culture-based methods and newer, more comprehensive molecular analyses to identify microbes and viruses on the orbiting laboratory and crew and to measure their disease-causing potential. Findings from the Microbial Tracking-2 study will provide NASA with tools to estimate risks to crew health and spacecraft performance stemming from microbial growth onboard a crewed spacecraft. Understanding these risks will be especially important for planning long-duration crewed missions, for which pathogenic microbes could lead to mission-ending scenarios. Data from this investigation will be made available to the scientific community through an open-access database developed by NASA called GeneLab.

Principal Investigator and Affiliation: Crystal Jaing, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Effects of Spaceflight on Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Mice: Mechanisms and Impact on Multi-System Physiology (Rodent Research-7/RR-7)

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We are learning more and more about the significant impacts that microbiomes in the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of mammals have on their hosts (including humans). Using mice as a model, the Rodent Research-7 experiment will study the effects of microgravity on the gut microbiota of mice over time, and how those changes affect other physiological systems and the overall health of the mice. This investigation will also determine whether changes in GI microbiota are exacerbated by the disruptions of sleep and circadian rhythms of that occur during spaceflight. Data from this study have the potential to contribute to the development of therapies and interventions that treat disorders resulting from microbial imbalances. Thus, this research will help protect the health of astronauts on long-term missions, and that of people on Earth.

Principal Investigator and Affiliation: Fred Turek, Ph.D., Northwestern University

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Last Updated: June 22, 2018
Editor: Carlyle Webb

ЦитироватьJune 22, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-098

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station). Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) Thursday, June 28, with prelaunch events.

Packed with more than 5,900 pounds of research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SpX-15_Resupply), crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit. It then will deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station.

It will reach the space station Monday, July 2. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/richard-r-arnold), backed up by fellow NASA astronaut Drew Feustel (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel), will supervise the operation of the Canadarm2 robotic arm for Dragon's capture while NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor) monitors the spacecraft's systems. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

Full mission NASA TV coverage is as follows:

Thursday, June 28

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• 11 a.m. – What's on Board science briefing from Kennedy
• Christian Karrasch, project lead at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Philipp Schulien, project engineer at Airbus, will discuss the Crew Interactive Mobile companion (CIMON) (https://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10212/332_read-26307/#/gallery/29911) study into crew efficiency and acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) support for future use on long-duration missions.
• Principal investigators Richard Grugel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Oliver Steinbock at Florida State University, will discuss Chemical Gardens (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7678) studying the physics of nanotube growth.
• Simon Hook, principal investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Woody Turner, program scientist in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, will discuss the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ecostress) investigation. This study will answer several key science questions related to water stress in plants and how sel ected regions may respond to future changes in climate.
• Paolo Luzzatto-Fegi, principal investigator at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Dickinson, director of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems at the National Science Foundation, will discuss Quantifying Cohesive Sediment Dynamics for Advanced Environmental Modeling (BCAT-CS) (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7668), which focuses on the study of forces between particles that cluster together by studying sediments of quartz and clay particles.
• Ken Podwalski, director of Space Exploration Operations and Infrastructure for the Canadian Space Agency, will discuss the spare Canadarm2 Latching End Effector (LEE) being launched.
  

[/li][li]12:45 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.
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• 5:15 a.m. – Coverage begins for the 5:42 a.m. launch
• 8 a.m. – Postlaunch news conference at Kennedy with representatives fr om NASA's International Space Station Program and SpaceX.
  

Monday, July 2

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• 5:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous, grapple and berthing at the space station. Capture is scheduled for approximately 7 a.m.
• 9 a.m. – Dragon installation to the Nadir port of the station's Harmony module
  

For the latest schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-15-briefings-and-events (https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-15-briefings-and-events)

Last Updated: June 22, 2018
Editor: Karen Northon

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1010654920733790208)

Nature and Space:1st views this afternoons @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) static fire test at 530PMET- for #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) cargo launch for @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) to @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) Jun 29- delayed by wild weather & waterspouts earlier today - from Canaveral National Seashore. Credit: @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://spaceupclose.com  (https://t.co/G4fyocB13Q)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1010920030039617536)

The Falcon 9 has been lowered to the horizontal position at launch complex 40 following yesterday's successful engine test firing.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 46 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1011102304626532352)

ECOSTRESS is a 490 kg, 1.85 x 0.80 x 0.93m box which will be installed at EFU10 on the Japanese Kibo Exposed Facility. It contains an infrared radiometer to measure vegetation temperature from space

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 48 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1011102972544155648)

Inside Dragon C111 will be a German (@DLR_en (https://twitter.com/DLR_en)) Earth viewing experiment called DESIS with a hyperspectral visible/IR detector with 30m resolution, massing 88 kg and 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.5m in size. The Dextre arm will extract it from the Kibo airlock and installed it on the MUSES system

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 48 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1011103253780721664)

Also inside Dragon will be a number of cubesats, including three 1U cubesats in Kyushu Tech's BIRDS program

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Bhutan-1 is for the Dept of IT and Telecom of the Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Gyal Khap). Maya-1 is for the Dept of Sci & Tech (DOST) of the Philippines. UiTMSAT-1 is for the Universiti Teknologi MARA in Shah Alam, Malaysia

ЦитироватьISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Science Overview

Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezcn0GHbLgOkZ85oV5xqZA)

Опубликовано: 25 июн. 2018 г.

The SpaceX CRS-15 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station will send new research and hardware, sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory (managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space), to our orbital laboratory. From cancer therapeutics to student research, learn more the science launching on this mission.

ЦитироватьISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Research Spotlight: Angiex, Inc.

Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezcn0GHbLgOkZ85oV5xqZA)

Опубликовано: 25 июн. 2018 г.

Angiex, Inc., an innovative startup (funded in part by Boeing through the MassChallenge Startup Accelerator), has developed a cancer therapy that regresses tumor cells in model organisms. Angiex will culture endothelial cells in microgravity, which could create an important model system for evaluating the action of any vascular-targeted drug.

ЦитироватьISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-15 Research Spotlight: University of California-Santa Barbara

Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezcn0GHbLgOkZ85oV5xqZA)

Опубликовано: 25 июн. 2018 г.

Researchers from University of California-Santa Barbara are sending an investigation to the ISS National Lab that will evaluate forces between particles that cluster together such as sediments of quartz and clay particles, which could play an important role in technological efforts related to deep sea hydrocarbon drilling and sequestration. This research is supported through a joint CASIS and National Science Foundation partnership.

ЦитироватьCrew Gets Ready for Dragon, Studies Space Impacts on Health and Physics

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jun 25, 2018 at 2:45 pm

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as the International Space Station was orbiting above northern Africa on May 5, 2018.

The Expedition 56 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition56/index.html) crew members are getting ready for the arrival next week of the 15th SpaceX Dragon mission to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station). The space residents also explored how microgravity impacts health and physics today while setting up a variety of cubesats for deployment.

The Falcon 9 rocket fr om SpaceX that will launch the Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex) space freighter into Earth orbit is due to lift off Friday at 5:41 a.m. EDT and take a three-day trip to the orbital laboratory. The commercial space freighter will be loaded with almost six thousand pounds of new science experiments (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-life-physical-sciences-research-and-applications-spacex-15-experiments-payloads), crew supplies and space station hardware.

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/richard-r-arnold) will be backed up by Commander Drew Feustel (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel) in the Cupola when he commands the Canadarm2 to grapple Dragon Monday at 7 a.m. The duo is reviewing procedures and training on a computer this week for the rendezvous and capture activities. Robotics controllers on the ground will then take over after the capture and remotely install Dragon a couple of hours later to the Harmony module wh ere it will remain for 32 days. NASA TV will broadcast live the Dragon science briefings, launch, capture and installation activities (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-space-station-resupply-mission-4).
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg)Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1011967441612804103)

A visualization of the reused parts launching on @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s CRS-15. Both the first stage booster and the Dragon capsule have flown payloads on previous missions, the only new parts are the second stage and trunk for Dragon! Launch for CRS-15 is targeted at 5:41am EDT on Friday.

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ЦитироватьCancer and Cement Studies on Station Could Lead to Earth Benefits

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jun 27, 2018 at 1:24 pm

... Meanwhile, two astronauts are practicing to capture the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex) cargo craft next week.
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Arnold will lead Monday morning's capture of the SpaceX Dragon when he commands the Canadarm2 to grapple the space freighter Monday at 7 a.m. EDT. Commander Drew Feustel (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel) will back him up in the Cupola monitoring its approach and rendezvous. The duo set up the Cupola today and practiced the robotic maneuvers they will use to capture Dragon when it reaches a point about 10 meters from the station.

NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) begins its live broadcast (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-television-to-air-launch-of-next-space-station-resupply-mission-4) Friday at 5:15 a.m. EDT of Dragon's launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Dragon will blast off at 5:42 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center on a three-day trip to the orbital lab carrying almost six thousand pounds of new science experiments (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/space-life-physical-sciences-research-and-applications-spacex-15-experiments-payloads), crew supplies and space station hardware. NASA TV will be back on the air Monday at 5:30 a.m. covering Dragon's approach and rendezvous and again at 9 a.m. for Dragon's installation to the Harmony module.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185527.jpg)NASA Kennedy / KSC‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASAKennedy (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1012040254134669322)

Tune in tomorrow at 11:00 am ET for the CRS-15 What's On Board science briefing. SpaceX is targeting 5:42 am. ET Fri. Jun 29 for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). Watch at: https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/KGjBfYTFwv). Have Questions? #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash)

2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1012036093422731265)

Tune in tomorrow at 12:45 pm ET for the Pre-launch News Conference with representatives from @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA), @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) and the @45thSpaceWing (https://twitter.com/45thSpaceWing). SpaceX is targeting 5:42 am. ET Fri. Jun 29 for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). Watch at: https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/KGjBfYTFwv)

ЦитироватьCubeSats for BIRDS-2 handed over to JAXA. Launch preparations completed!

Last Updated: June 26, 2018

On May 15, 2018, three CubeSats designed and developed in Japan by students from Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia were handed over to JAXA at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center, and started loading preparations for their launch.

The CubeSats handed over this time are for the second round of the BIRDS Project* intended to deploy CubeSats from the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" in accordance with the strategic partnership agreement between JAXA and the Kyushu Institute of Technology, and are scheduled to be launched onboard the Dragon CRS-15 spacecraft (SpX-15) from Florida, USA.

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In the BIRDS-2 programme participated by four countries (Japan, Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia), each country except Japan developed a small cube satellite 10 cm on each side (called a CubeSat) for a total of three CubeSats--"BHUTAN-1" (Bhutan), "MAYA-1 (the Philippines)" and "UiTMSAT-1" (Malaysia). Bhutan is going to launch its first satellite.

*BIRDS project (Officially called the Joint Global Multi Nation Birds) is an international joint development and operations project of CubeSats, participated by the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, and certain Asian and African nations. The three CubeSats handed over as mentioned above are for the second round of the programme.

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Representatives of member countries participating in the BIRDS-2 mission and JAXA officials taking a commemorative photo in front of the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) and the CubeSats (Credit: JAXA)

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ЦитироватьAnimation of Canadian robots Canadarm2 and Dextre catching and unloading Dragon

Canadian Space Agency (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNtqpHlU1pCaVy2wlzxHKQ)

Опубликовано: 26 июн. 2018 г.

2018-06-26 – Computer animation showing how Canadarm2 will grapple and berth SpaceX's Dragon resupply vehicle during its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Canadian robot Dextre will then transfer cargo between Dragon's trunk and the exterior of the Station.

ЦитироватьMonitoring Plant Health fr om Space: NASA's ECOSTRESS Mission

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCryGec9PdUCLjpJW2mgCuLw)

Опубликовано: 25 июн. 2018 г.

ECOSTRESS is a new NASA Earth science mission to study how effectively plants use water by measuring their temperature from space. ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) is set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in summer 2018, and will be affixed to the outside of the International Space Station wh ere it will make its temperature measurements.

ECOSTRESS is a pathfinding instrument that NASA has developed to study plant health and water stress and improve monitoring of drought and agricultural vulnerabilities from the International Space Station. Data from ECOSTRESS will also enable other science and applied science investigations around monitoring volcanoes, urban heat stress, wildfires, and coastal and inland water bodies.

NASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. NASA develops new ways to observe and study Earth's interconnected natural systems with long-term data records and computer analysis tools to better see how our planet is changing. The agency shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.

ЦитироватьHighlights of Science Launching on SpaceX CRS-15

NASA Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q)

Опубликовано: 27 июн. 2018 г.

A new batch of science is headed to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon on the company's 15th mission for commercial resupply services. Among the research being delivered is science that studies the use of artificial intelligence for crew support, plant water use all over the planet, gut health in space, more efficient drug development and the formation of inorganic structures without the influence of Earth's gravity.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. The space station has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, more than 230 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbiting laboratory. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future human missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

Highlighted investigations shown:
Mobile Companion/CIMON: https://go.nasa.gov/2JCgPRf (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nasa.gov%2F2JCgPRf&redir_token=fXhtYHoAL3v2voOb01AzxUxQD-B8MTUzMDI2OTg3M0AxNTMwMTgzNDcz&event=video_description&v=2SLlLAMIMLk)
ECOSTRESS: https://go.nasa.gov/2sT87DV (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nasa.gov%2F2sT87DV&redir_token=fXhtYHoAL3v2voOb01AzxUxQD-B8MTUzMDI2OTg3M0AxNTMwMTgzNDcz&event=video_description&v=2SLlLAMIMLk)
Angiex Cancer Therapy: https://go.nasa.gov/2LA1Cgc (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nasa.gov%2F2LA1Cgc&redir_token=fXhtYHoAL3v2voOb01AzxUxQD-B8MTUzMDI2OTg3M0AxNTMwMTgzNDcz&event=video_description&v=2SLlLAMIMLk)
Rodent Research-7: https://go.nasa.gov/2JlVQlC (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nasa.gov%2F2JlVQlC&redir_token=fXhtYHoAL3v2voOb01AzxUxQD-B8MTUzMDI2OTg3M0AxNTMwMTgzNDcz&event=video_description&v=2SLlLAMIMLk)
Chemical Gardens: https://go.nasa.gov/2JDCYie (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nasa.gov%2F2JDCYie&redir_token=fXhtYHoAL3v2voOb01AzxUxQD-B8MTUzMDI2OTg3M0AxNTMwMTgzNDcz&event=video_description&v=2SLlLAMIMLk)

ЦитироватьLive coverage: Favorable weather forecast for Falcon 9 launch Friday
June 28, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

06/28/2018 11:16 Stephen Clark

SpaceX is gearing up for its 15th launch to resupply the International Space Station since beginning commercial cargo service to the research complex in 2012.

Liftoff is set for 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad aboard a Falcon 9 rocket powered by a first stage booster recovered and reused after an April 18 flight with NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

Forecasters with the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron predict favorable weather for launch before sunrise Friday.

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There is a chance of afternoon thunderstorms in the area Thursday, but any weather that could threaten launch should dissipate overnight.

"A recurring weather pattern is expected across Central Florida for the next few days," forecasters wrote in an outlook issued Wednesday. "Southwesterly low-level winds and weak steering flow aloft will allow sea breeze induced storms from both coasts to slowly move inland.

"Storms should move west of the spaceport by early afternoon and any remnant clouds should dissipate prior to launch time. There is a slight weather concern of lingering cumulus or anvil clouds. Upper-level winds will be light with max speeds from the west at 20 knots near 37,000 feet."

Overall, there is a 90 percent probability of weather conditions being acceptable for launch Friday morning.

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If the Falcon 9 rocket takes off as scheduled Friday, it will deploy the Dragon supply ship -- also reused from a previous mission -- in orbit around 10 minutes after liftoff.

The automated cargo craft is scheduled to arrive at the space station Monday with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies and experiments.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15 Prelaunch Events Today

Anna Heiney (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/aheiney/)
Posted Jun 28, 2018 at 8:07 am

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 on July 18, 2017, at the start of the CRS-9 mission. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 5:42 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 29, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station). Packed with more than 5,900 pounds of research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SpX-15_Resupply), crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing predict a 90 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time. Cumulus and anvil clouds are the primary weather concerns.

Coverage of the SpaceX CRS-15 mission starts today with prelaunch events on NASA Television and at www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

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• 11 a.m.: What's on Board science briefing highlighting the mission's research
• 12:45 p.m.: Prelaunch news conference with representatives from NASA's ISS Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing
  

Follow the countdown starting at 5:15 a.m. Friday on NASA Television, www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live) and on NASA's SpaceX Launch Blog (http://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012330329472892928)

For #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash), the launch attempt Friday is at 5:42am EDT. In the event of a scrub, there is no attempt Saturday. Backup day is Sunday, 1 July at 4:54am EDT.
#NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012335476697681920)

First up in the list of media activities today at @NASAKennedy (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy) is a demonstration of CIMON, the first Artificial Intelligence (AI) that's launching to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) tomorrow on #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash).
#CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash)

ЦитироватьDragon Set to Deliver Supplies to International Space Station

Bob Granath (https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/author/rgranath/)
Posted Jun 28, 2018 at 8:49 am

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The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 15, 2017 carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA/Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray, Tim Powers and Tim Terry

Commercial Resupply Services Mission: SpaceX CRS-15
Launch: 5:42 a.m. EDT, Friday, June 29, 2018
Launch Weather: Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing predict a 90 percent chance of favorable weather at launch time. Cumulus and anvil clouds are the primary weather concerns.
Lift Off: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9, 230 feet-tall
Spacecraft: Dragon, 20 feet high, 12 feet-in diameter
Payload: Dragon will deliver supplies and payloads, including materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station's Expeditions 56.
Return to Earth: After about one month attached to the space station, Dragon will return with results of earlier experiments, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.
Payloads on Board: https://go.nasa.gov/2LymYKJ

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 43 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012358244180905985)

CIMON (AI going to Station tomorrow) responds when an astro says, "Cimon."

Question: What happens if an astro is also named Simon?

Joke answer: The astro needs to be renamed.#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)
#Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012369230933774342)

#CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) will be the 30th vehicle grappled by @csa_asc (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) Canada Arm-2.
#Canada (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canada?src=hash) #CSA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSA?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 11 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012378376122830849)

Our to-the-second launch times for #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) is:

Friday: 05:42:42 EDT (09:42:42 UTC)
Sunday: 04:54:28 EDT (08:54:28 UTC)

#Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012378681057140736)

1 item/issue being tracked that could delay launch. But teams are proceeded toward the window tomorrow.

This will be FINAL Block 4 Flacon 9.

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1012378829396905984)

Jensen officially confirms that this is the final flight of a Block 4 first stage.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012382417292840960)

Can't launch Saturday because ISS trajectory is too far away in its ground track for Dragon to reach Station in time for science requirements. NO other reason.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1012383167544561664)

Jensen: One of Dragon's thermal protection panels is the one issue being worked before launch. (@ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF)'s question)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1012383330552238081)

Hey look, there's @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) - and @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) next to him. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125484.png) Asking about the issue sent to the LRR. Ms. Jensen not going to be drawn on specifics (standard for SpaceX, etc. Likely proprietary).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1012384344415956992)

Jensen: The second stage will perform a long duration coast demonstraion. (This explains the reentry over the Atlantic Ocean instead of off the coast of Australia).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1012385381847896065)

The LRR is currently taking place. I don't believe the F9 is vertical (let's check), but was seen on the ramp. One would assume they will complete their review into the thermal panel before going vertical.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29262.jpg)Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1012381143159721985)

Andrew Rush, Made In Space: in-space manufacturing is transformative both for making space-based assets as well as products for use back on Earth. #NewSpace2018 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewSpace2018?src=hash)

7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1012384415299891202)

Rush: third flight of our pilot ZBLAN optical fiber facility is on the Dragon spacecraft launching to the ISS tomorrow. #NewSpace2018 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewSpace2018?src=hash)

3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1012385755828834305)

Rush: our goal in 10 years is to have a factory in space that can serve as the anchor tenant for a commercial space station. #NewSpace2018 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewSpace2018?src=hash)

ЦитироватьScience on Board CRS-15

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCryGec9PdUCLjpJW2mgCuLw)

Трансляция началась 3 часа назад

Original air date: Thursday, June 28 at 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET, 1500 UTC)

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NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, for the launch of its 15th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website Thursday, June 28, with prelaunch events.

Packed with more than 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit. It then will deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station.

It will reach the space station Monday, July 2. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, backed up by fellow NASA astronaut Drew Feustel, will supervise the operation of the Canadarm2 robotic arm for Dragon's capture while NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor monitors the spacecraft's systems. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony module.

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Full mission NASA TV coverage is as follows:

What's on Board science briefing from Kennedy

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• Christian Karrasch, project lead at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Philipp Schulien, project engineer at Airbus, will discuss the Crew Interactive Mobile companion (CIMON) study into crew efficiency and acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) support for future use on long-duration missions.
• Principal investigators Richard Grugel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Oliver Steinbock at Florida State University, will discuss Chemical Gardens studying the physics of nanotube growth.
• Simon Hook, principal investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Woody Turner, program scientist in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, will discuss the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) investigation. This study will answer several key science questions related to water stress in plants and how sel ected regions may respond to future changes in climate.
• Paolo Luzzatto-Fegi, principal investigator at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Dickinson, director of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems at the National Science Foundation, will discuss Quantifying Cohesive Sediment Dynamics for Advanced Environmental Modeling (BCAT-CS), which focuses on the study of forces between particles that cluster together by studying sediments of quartz and clay particles.
• Ken Podwalski, director of Space Exploration Operations and Infrastructure for the Canadian Space Agency, will discuss the spare Canadarm2 Latching End Effector (LEE) being launched.
  

12:45 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with representatives fr om NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.

ЦитироватьLIVE – CSA's ISS Program Manager details Canadian cargo heading to space this Friday

Canadian Space Agency (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNtqpHlU1pCaVy2wlzxHKQ)

Трансляция началась 3 часа назад

2018-06-28 - Ken Podwalski, CSA's ISS Program Manager, shares details about the Canadian cargo that will be sent to space on the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, including food for David Saint-Jacques' mission and a new "hand" for Canadarm2.

Цитировать06/28/2018 20:26 Stephen Clark

NASA and SpaceX officials just briefed reporters on tomorrow's launch from Florida's Space Coast set for 5:42:42 a.m. EDT (0942:42 GMT) from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.

Jessica Jensen, director of Dragon mission management at SpaceX, said engineers are examining a potential issue with a thermal protection panel on the cargo capsule, which is mounted to a Falcon 9 booster for Friday's launch to resupply the International Space Station.

Engineers are conducting thermal analysis on the panel to ensure it will perform as expected when subjected to heating during launch and re-entry, Jensen said.

Otherwise, all systems are "go" for launch, and there is a 90 percent probability of favorable weather for Friday's instantaneous launch window.

If launch does not occur Friday, SpaceX has a backup launch opportunity Sunday at 4:54 a.m. EDT (0854 GMT).

Цитироватьна сайте SpaceX

spacex.com/webcast (http://www.spacex.com/webcast)

или

на ТыТрубе

youtube.com/watch?v=ycMagB1s8XM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMagB1s8XM)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/68519.jpg)Human Spaceflight‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaspaceflight (https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight) 10 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/esaspaceflight/status/1012319559863369728)

Science and art on a Dragon! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png) A European package will launch on the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) rocket to aid more science on the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) with @Astro_Alex (https://twitter.com/Astro_Alex). Launch is scheduled for Friday, June 29 at 09:41 GMT (11:41 CEST). #Columbus10Years (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Columbus10Years?src=hash) More on the blog: http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/2018/06/28/science-and-art-on-a-dragon/ ... (https://t.co/44pS05BbTb)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1012525306970664960)

Falcon 9 and Dragon went vertical tonight ahead of tomorrow's resupply mission to the @ISS (https://twitter.com/iss). Weather is 90% favorable for launch at 5:42 a.m. EDT, 9:42 UTC.

Цитировать06/29/2018 06:27 Stephen Clark

The Falcon 9 rocket has been raised vertical at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad in preparation for liftoff at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT).

ЦитироватьCommercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch Friday
June 28, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/) Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is carrying a spare latching end effector (top) and NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument to the space station inside the vehicle's trunk. Credit: SpaceX

A Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship, primarily using previously-flown hardware, are scheduled for liftoff before dawn Friday at Cape Canaveral on SpaceX's 15th cargo launch to the International Space Station under contract to NASA.

The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) liquid-fueled rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad at 5:42:42 a.m. EDT (0942:42 GMT), around 45 minutes before sunrise on Florida's Space Coast.

If clouds stay away, the launch could provide a spectacular early morning display for sky-watchers in Central Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket is expected to climb into sunlight a few minutes after liftoff, illuminating the launcher's expanding exhaust plume in the rarefied upper atmosphere.

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Forecasters at the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron predict a 90 percent probability of favorable weather at launch time Friday. Clouds left over from storms over the Space Coast on Thursday evening should dissipate in time for the launch, but forecasters kept a low probability of cumulus and anvil clouds remaining in the area and violating weather criteria.

"We would have to be particularly unlucky," said Mike McAleenan, the Air Force's launch weather officer.

SpaceX engineers on Thursday afternoon were examining a concern with a thermal protection panel on the Dragon cargo craft, according to Jessica Jensen, the company's director of Dragon mission management.

Engineers are conducting thermal analysis on the panel to ensure it will perform as expected when subjected to heating during launch and re-entry, Jensen said.

Otherwise, all systems are "go" for launch.

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SpaceX's mission patch for the CRS-15 cargo mission. Credit: SpaceX

The Falcon 9 rocket set for liftoff Friday will use the same first stage booster flown April 18 with NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. SpaceX recovered the stage at sea after sending the TESS mission, designed to find planets circling other stars in our sun's neighborhood, toward its perch in space.

The first stage was the final one manufactured by SpaceX using the company's discontinued "Block 4" configuration. SpaceX debuted the upgraded "Block 5" version of the Falcon 9 rocket May 11.

The Falcon 9 Block 5 design is optimized for reusability of the first stage, and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said the upgraded Block 5 boosters could be launched, landed and flown again in as little as 24 hours, eventually requiring little more than the cost of new propellants and processing costs.

The Block 4 configuration was not capable of such rapid re-flights, requiring disassembly of its landing legs, inspections, refurbishment and the installation of new heat shield material and grid fins used on descent. The work took time and cost millions of dollars, but SpaceX officials said the expense of refurbishing Block 4 boosters was less than the cost of manufacturing an all-new vehicle.

"Our teams have just gotten extremely efficient at refurbishment processing," Jensen told reporters Thursday. "They know what to look for, they know what signs they're looking for, they know what's going to have to be replaced. We've just gotten extremely efficient, and we were able to turn this one around in just over two months."

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The first stage which launched NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite on April 18 will launch the Dragon supply ship Friday. Credit: SpaceX

Going into Friday's launch, the quickest turnaround between flights by the same first stage was around four-and-a-half months.

Friday's mission will be the final launch of a Block 4 first stage, Jensen said.

If launch does not occur Friday, SpaceX has a backup launch opportunity Sunday at 4:54 a.m. EDT (0854 GMT). Officials plan to skip a launch attempt Saturday due to limitations caused by the position of the space station in its orbit.

Ground crews at pad 40 were loading time-sensitive cargo into the Dragon capsule's pressurized compartment Thursday, before the launch team planned to lift the Falcon 9 rocket vertical ahead of the predawn countdown Friday.

Rocket-grade kerosene is set to begin flowing into the Falcon 9 rocket at 4:32 a.m. EDT (0832 GMT), followed by the start of liquid oxygen loading 5:07 a.m. EDT (0907 GMT). The automated countdown sequencer will also send commands to load helium pressurant into the Falcon 9 launcher.

After a final steering check and checkouts of the Falcon 9's navigation computer, the rocket's nine first stage Merlin engines will ignite at around T-minus 3 seconds. Hold-down restraints will open as the countdown clock reaches zero, allowing the rocket to climb away from Cape Canaveral with 1.7 million pounds of thrust.

The Falcon 9 will head to the northeast to align with the space station's orbit, passing the speed of sound in about a minute before shutting down its first stage engines at T+plus 2 minutes, 45 seconds.

The first stage on Friday's launch will not be recovered by SpaceX.

After stage separation, the Falcon 9's second stage, propelled by a single Merlin engine, will ignite for more than five-and-a-half minutes to place the Dragon spacecraft into a preliminary elliptical orbit approximately 200 miles (300 kilometers) above Earth.

Deployment of the Dragon capsule from the Falcon 9 upper stage is timed for T+plus 9 minutes, 31 seconds, and the spacecraft will begin extending its power-generating solar panels around 90 seconds later.

While the Dragon supply ship begins its three-day rendezvous with the space station, the Falcon 9's upper stage will continue in orbit on a long-duration coast demonstration, Jensen said.

A warning zone outlined in a notice to pilots and mariners suggests the Falcon 9's second stage will fall into the Atlantic Ocean following a de-orbit burn around six hours after liftoff Friday.

SpaceX has not disclosed the purpose of the long-duration coast experiment, but rocket stages are typically required to operate for six hours and conduct multiple engine firings to place payloads, such as clandestine military surveillance satellites, directly into geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator.

If the mission gets off the ground on time Friday, the Dragon capsule is set to reach the space station Monday. The station's Canadian-built robotic arm will grapple the free-flying capsule around 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT), then place the spacecraft on a berthing port on the Harmony module.

Astronauts will manually unpack the contents of Dragon's pressurized cargo module, which SpaceX is reusing from a previous resupply mission that launched in July 2016.

The mission is slated to deliver 5,946 pounds (2,697 kilograms) of equipment, experiments and provisions to the orbiting research laboratory. About 3,774 pounds (1,712 kilograms) of that tally will be carried inside Dragon's internal cabin, including:

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• 2,718 pounds (1,233 kilograms) of scientific investigations
• 452 pounds (205 kilograms) of crew supplies
• 392 pounds (178 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
• 139 pounds (63 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
• 46 pounds (21 kilograms) of computer resources
• 27 pounds (12 kilograms) of Russian hardware
  

The equipment launching to the space station inside the Dragon's trunk includes a spare Canadian-built latching end effector for the research lab's robotic arm, plus a 1,213-pound (550-kilogram) instrument developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be mounted outside the station's Japanese Kibo lab module to measure the temperature of plants from space.

The temperature measurements will tell scientists about the health of the plants, how much water they are using, and the resiliency of crops to extreme conditions like heat waves and droughts.

"When a plant is so stressed that it turns brown, it's often too late for it to recover," said Simon Hook, ECOSTRESS principal investigator at JPL. "But measuring the temperature of the plant lets you see that a plant is stressed before it reaches that point."

Developed under a cost cap of $30 million, the ECOSTRESS instrument is a pathfinder for future missions, and it will collect data from its mounting fixture outside the space station for about one year.

"ECOSTRESS will allow us to monitor rapid changes in crop stress at the field level, enabling earlier and more accurate estimates of how yields will be impacted," said Martha Anderson, an ECOSTRESS science team member with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland. "Even short-term moisture stress, if it occurs during a critical stage of crop growth, can significantly impact productivity."

The Dragon spacecraft will depart the space station Aug. 2 and return to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with nearly two tons of equipment, cargo and research specimens for analysis by engineers and scientists on the ground.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186432.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1012490324646748163)

Falcon 9 on its side this evening for Dragon capsule loading. Taking photos of a horizontal rocket in a light rain during sunset was a nice treat for a change. Launch is at 5:42am est. and should be incredible!
@Teslarati (https://twitter.com/Teslarati) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/falcon9?src=hash) #crs15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs15?src=hash) @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) @ISS_Research (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67649.jpg)Ken Kremer‏ @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1012524024428220417)

"Used @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Falcon 9/Dragon Set for Spectacular Pre-Dawn Blastoff June 29 to ISS Carrying #CIMON (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CIMON?src=hash) Artificial Intelligence Astronaut Assistant: Watch Live" - @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) @DLR_de (https://twitter.com/DLR_de) . Read my story/photos @ken_kremer (https://twitter.com/ken_kremer) http://kenkremer.blogspot.com/2018/06/used-spacex-falcon-9dragon-set-for.html ... (https://t.co/08qvFdMCaQ)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX's CRS-15 Mission to the Space Station: What's On Board?

NASA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ)

Опубликовано: 28 июн. 2018 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012608434229927937)

It appears our to-the-second launch time has shifted by 1sec to 05:42:41 EDT (09:42:41 UTC) to account for precise day-of ISS positioning.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012609792177852416)

At T-1hr 30mins and COUNTING. All appears to be on track for launch this morning. Teams will be polled shortly for a GO for fueling ops.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185527.jpg)NASA Kennedy / KSC‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASAKennedy (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1012609396281659392)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket with #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) atop stands at the launch pad as we are counting down to a 5:42 a.m. EDT to launch to begin a three-day trip to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1012609907282075648)

T-minus 90 minutes. SpaceX's Falcon 9 countdown is on track for liftoff from Cape Canaveral at 5:42am EDT (0942 GMT) with nearly three tons of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station. Live coverage: https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/28/falcon-9-dragon-crs-15-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/xAv2DUdSyt)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012612421998047232)

Falcon 9 AFTS (Automated Flight Termination System) has completed its checkouts and is "acceptable" for flight.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

ЦитироватьLaunch timeline for SpaceX's 15th space station resupply mission
June 28, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,900 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Liftoff is set for 0942 GMT (5:42 a.m. EDT) Friday from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.

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It will be the 57th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and SpaceX's 12th launch of the year. Working under contract to NASA, Friday's launch will be the 15th of least 26 SpaceX resupply missions to depart for the space station.

SpaceX does not intend to recover the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage on Friday's mission. The booster is already a veteran of one launch in April, when it propelled NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite toward orbit.

T-0:00:00: Liftoff

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After the rocket's nine Merlin engines pass an automated health check, hold-down clamps will release the Falcon 9 booster for liftoff from pad 40.

T+0:01:10: Mach 1

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The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Mach 1, the speed of sound.

T+0:01:19: Max Q

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The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure.

T+0:02:45: MECO

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The Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines shut down.

T+0:02:48: Stage 1 Separation

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The Falcon 9's first stage separates from the second stage moments after MECO.

T+0:02:56: Second Stage Ignition

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The second stage Merlin 1D vacuum engine ignites for an approximately five-and-a-half-minute burn to put the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.

T+0:08:31: SECO

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The second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket shuts down after reaching a target orbit with a low point of approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers), a high point of approximately 223 miles (360 kilometers) and an inclination of 51.6 degrees. The second stage will reignite for a de-orbit burn after a long-duration coast demonstration, falling back into the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean for a destructive re-entry around six hours after liftoff.

T+0:09:31: Dragon Separation

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The Dragon spacecraft separates from the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage.

T+0:11:00: Solar Arrays Deployed

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The Dragon spacecraft's two solar array wings extend one-at-a-time to a span of 54 feet (16.5 meters).

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Цитировать06/29/2018 11:32 Stephen Clark

The launch auto-sequence has started, and densified, super-chilled RP-1 kerosene is now being loaded into the Falcon 9 rocket.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186417.jpg)Keltisch Wolf Media‏ @KeltischWolfMed (https://twitter.com/KeltischWolfMed) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/KeltischWolfMed/status/1012615287928229888)

You have seen after launch pad photos, this is pre propellant loading photo of Rocket and personnel. @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125543.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125484.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125543.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012616588862918656)

This is the 3rd and FINAL Block 4 first stage / Block 5 second stage Falcon 9 configuration. It is also the LAST Block 4 booster to fly. All Falcons from here on will be Block 5s.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012617342214459392)

T-1hr. All is well with the early stages of RP-1 (rocket-grade kerosene) fueling of the 1st stage.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 51 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012617921154174976)

This is also the 1st time #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) and #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) are flying with a Block 5 2nd Stage of the #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) -- the first time NASA uses any #Block5 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Block5?src=hash) iteration of the Falcon 9 (but not the last).
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash)

Цитировать06/29/2018 11:45 Stephen Clark

Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 57th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
• 63rd launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
• 2nd launch of Falcon 9 Vehicle No. 45
• 47th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
• 15th SpaceX CRS mission to the space station
• 17th flight of a Dragon spacecraft
• 18th Falcon 9 night launch
• 11th Falcon 9 launch of 2018
• 12th launch by SpaceX in 2018
• 11th launch overall from Cape Canaveral in 2018
• 14th time SpaceX has flown a reused first stage booster
• 4th time SpaceX has flown a reused Dragon capsule
  

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1012618433450500096)

~1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon for its fifteenth mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). Vehicle and spacecraft are healthy and tracking no issues

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012618789178036224)

Extra performance of Block 5 2nd Stage results in 32 second shorter ascent for orbital insertion of #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash). CRS-14 took 9mins 3secs to reach orbit on an all-Block 4 #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash). #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) today will take only 8mins 31secs to reach orbit under Block 5 Stage 2 power.
#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 58 с. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012621328749391872)

T-45mins and COUNTING. All continues to go well. We are 10mins away from the start of Stage 1 LOX (Liquid Oxygen) load and Stage 2 RP-1 load. Stage 2 LOX load will follow later in the count.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012623078646480896)

Fueling of Stage 1 with RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) is now complete and in topping.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012623665748496384)

T-35mins and COUNTING. Stage 1 LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and Stage 2 RP-1 fueling are underway.

Цитироватьtnt22 пишет:
06/29/2018 11:45 Stephen Clark

Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 37-й пуск Falcon 9 1.2 (без учета Amos-6)
• 12-й (и последний) пуск первой ступени Блок 4
• 12-й пуск Falcon 9 1.2 без спасения первой ступени
• 8-й повторный пуск без спасения первой ступени
• 2-й запуск капсулы C111
• 72 дня между пусками первой ступени 1045
  

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1012627912506388480)

Good morning Falcon 9 B1042.2 and CRS-15 Dragon.

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Цитировать06/29/2018 12:34 Stephen Clark

Final setups of the Falcon 9 rocket's TEA-TEB and helium spin start ignition systems are underway.

ЦитироватьAstro Cat пишет:
Ну и хде посадка первой ступени?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1012635905679659009)

Array deployment! Now heading to the ISS.

ARTICLE:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/06/final-block-4-falcon-9-crs-15-dragon-launch/ ... (https://t.co/HKmkV5lbji)

- by William Graham

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 23 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012635278434033665)

Quick low res tease of what the #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) contrail did this morning. @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) will have higher res later!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 19 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1012636547084980224)

The upper stage will now perform a long duration coast test before deorbiting over the North Atlantic Ocean in about 6 hours. This test will help demonstrate Falcon 9's ability to perform direct GEO insertions.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg)Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 32 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1012634455079575552)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket continues downrange from Cape Canaveral, putting on a spectacular show just before sunrise. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/28/falcon-9-dragon-crs-15-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/xAv2DUdSyt)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186421.jpg)NASA Nate‏ @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd/status/1012641612499996672)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) Falcon 9 with #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) makes a spectacular predawn climb to orbit. – VAB Roof (https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A07d9e6b4a6486001)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 39 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012633211673997313)

Stage 1 separation 86 km up in space

39 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012633339331862528)

Stage 2 firing its single Merlin-vac engine, altitude 120 km

38 мин.38 минут назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012633441911918593)

Stage 1 will head down to the ocean, with no recovery planned today.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012635578268049409)

Solar array deploy at 0954:58 GMT

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 31 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012636339433590784)

The two solar array covers were ejected into orbit at about T+12:15 (as usual, not T+11:00 which the press kit always says) and will reenter in a few days; the solar arrays then unfolded.

25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012637741178335233)

Five objects in orbit from this launch: Dragon, the Falcon 9 second stage, the two solar array covers, and the small bit of debris that floated away from stage 2. The latter may be too small to catalog.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1012638107412385793)

Stage 2 will make several orbits of the Earth and be deorbited over the Atlantic in about 6 hours, in a test of its ability to restart its engine after a long pause

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 42 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1012634853437669376)

Dragon confirmed in good orbit.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186027.jpg)Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 43 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1012635392716279809)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is now in Earth orbit and on a three-day trip to the station where @Astro_Ricky (https://twitter.com/astro_ricky) will capture cargo craft with the @CSA_ASC (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) robotic arm Monday at 7am ET.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012645288647983104)

Achievement unlocked!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186432.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 41 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1012637654641504256)

CRS-15 was hands down the most beautiful launch I'd ever seen. This was absolutely incredible!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186402.jpg)Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1012632950326857728)

Space Coast Falcon sunrise. Go Falcon!

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59 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1012633883408523265)

Wicked cool! #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

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54 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1012634942596157440)

#WorthWakingUpFor (https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorthWakingUpFor?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #SkyArt (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkyArt?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15 Countdown Underway

NASAKennedy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15 Liftoff

NASAKennedy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьDragon SpaceX CRS-15 Spacecraft Separation

NASAKennedy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15 Dragon Solar Arays Deployed

NASAKennedy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186406.jpg)John Kraus‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1012649263761952768)

Falcon 9 and CRS-15 launch into the pre-sunrise Florida sky at 5:42am this morning, as seen in this long exposure image taken from the roof of NASA's 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building. What an absolutely incredible spectacle!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186406.jpg)John Kraus‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 11 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1012653348040925184)

#SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)'s #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) rocket's exhaust plume illuminated as it climbs into the upper atmosphere, on its way to deliver #CRS15 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS15?src=hash) to orbit. Wow.

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ЦитироватьJUNE 29, 2018

DRAGON RESUPPLY MISSION (CRS-15)

On Friday June 29, Falcon 9 successfully lifted for launch of its fifteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-15) at 5:42:42 a.m. EDT, or 9:42:42 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon 9's second stage about nine minutes and thirty seconds after liftoff and is on its way to the International Space Station, currently expected to arrive early on the morning of July 2nd.

Both Falcon 9 and the Dragon spacecraft for the CRS-15 mission are flight-proven. Dragon will return to Earth with more than 4,000 pounds of cargo after a one-month stay at the ISS.

ЦитироватьCRS-15 Mission

SpaceX (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI0Hodo5o5dUb67FeUjDeA)

Трансляция началась 2 часа назад

ЦитироватьSuccessful Launch for SpaceX Falcon 9, CRS-15

Anna Heiney (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/aheiney/)
Posted Jun 29, 2018 at 6:34 am

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Now in its preliminary orbit, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will begin its three-day pursuit of the International Space Station. It's scheduled to arrive Monday, July 2. NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold will be the prime operator of the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm; he will be backed up by NASA astronaut Drew Feustel. Meanwhile, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor will keep watch over the spacecraft's systems. Dragon will be installed on the station's Harmony module.

There will be a post-launch news conference originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 8 a.m. Watch it on NASA Television or www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

ЦитироватьDragon Blasts Off Carrying Science and Supplies for Station Crew

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jun 29, 2018 at 6:27 am

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was successfully launched on the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad LC-40 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Dragon successfully launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:42 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft's solar arrays have deployed. It will arrive at the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) Monday morning carrying more than 5,900 pounds of research investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SpX-15_Resupply) and equipment, cargo and supplies that will support some of the hundreds of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory.

A postlaunch press conference will take place at 8 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

Participants are:

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• Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson Space Center
• Jessica Jensen, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
  

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will use the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Dragon when it arrives at the station. Live coverage of the rendezvous and capture will air on NASA Television and the agency's website (http://www.nasa.gov/live) beginning at 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 2. Installation coverage is set to begin at 9 a.m.

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Research materials flying inside Dragon's pressurized cargo area include a cellular biology investigation (Micro-12 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7470)) to understand how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along the bacterial nanowires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in microbial fuel cells to make electricity from waste organic material.

An Earth science instrument called the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1878)) will provide a new space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability. This data can help society better manage agricultural water use.

An observational pilot study with the Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7639)) aims to provide first insights into the effects of crew support from an artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of efficiency and acceptance during long-term missions in space.

Among the hundreds of pounds of hardware flying to the space station is a spare Canadian-built Latching End Effector (LEE). Each end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm has an identical LEE, and they are used as the "hands" that grapple payloads and visiting cargo spaceships. They also enable Canadarm2 to "walk" to different locations on the orbiting outpost.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186343.jpg)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012663728398094337)

Rockets and nature. The circled disturbance in the water is a giant 15ft alligator that got quite angry at the rising and loud #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) this morning.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1012668845708869633)

"The Space Jellyfish" provided a nominal launch, good orbit.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186432.jpg)TomCross‏ @_TomCross_ (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/_TomCross_/status/1012669517762187264)

"The Space Jelly Fish" - Jessica Jensen, SpaceX. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125482.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125382.png)

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Цитироватьtnt22 пишет:
Им тоже антиресна-а-а...  ;)  

ЦитироватьChris G - NSF ‏ @ChrisG_NSF 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1012663728398094337)

Rockets and nature. The circled disturbance in the water is a giant 15ft alligator that got quite angry at the rising and loud #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) this morning.

 

ЦитироватьCRS-15 Interview with Trent Smith

NASAKennedy (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJtr2fFcUp6yljzJOzpHUg)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

Trent Smith, Veggie project manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, shares information about four new crops heading to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during the CRS-15 commercial resupply services mission.

ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Rocket's Red Glare: 06/29/2018

NASA Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q)

Опубликовано: 29 июн. 2018 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185566.jpg)Alexander Gerst‏Подлинная учетная запись @Astro_Alex (https://twitter.com/Astro_Alex) 23 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Astro_Alex/status/1012707021534031879)

Beautiful trail of @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) 15's launch this morning over Cape Canaveral. The unmanned cargo vehicle carries lots of @iss_research (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research) experiments for us up here on @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), incl. several European and German ones. And maybe also a few letters from my family. #Horizons (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Horizons?src=hash)

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Цитироватьtnt22 пишет:
Появился набор элементов на 1-й объект запуска

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1 43522U 18055A   18180.47790568 -.00003513  11105-4  00000+0 0  9993
2 43522  51.6352 317.9412 0119429  52.1513  25.5794 15.88341598    15  

ЦитироватьSpaceX launches AI-enabled robot companion, vegetation monitor to space station
June 29, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/06/) Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket takes off at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) Friday fr om Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: SpaceX

A commercial SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule packed with a robot assistant for the International Space Station's crew, pouches of extra strong coffee, and a NASA science instrument designed to track the health of plants on Earth left Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday on a three-day pursuit of the orbiting research lab.

Riding a plume of orange rocket exhaust, the Falcon 9 launcher climbed into a clear pre-sunrise sky after liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad at 5:42:42 a.m. EDT (0942:42 GMT), roughly the moment Earth's rotation carried the spaceport under the International Space Station's orbital track.

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The Falcon 9's first stage, launching for the second time after boosting a NASA science satellite to orbit in April, pivoted its engines to steer the rocket northeast from Cape Canaveral with 1.7 million pounds of thrust.

The rocket dropped the first stage booster to fall into the Atlantic Ocean — it was not planned to be recovered — as the Falcon 9's second stage ignited for a five-and-a-half-minute firing to give the Dragon cargo craft enough speed to achieve orbit around Earth.

The launcher soared into sunlight as it reached the rarefied upper atmosphere, creating a twilight effect as the Falcon 9's expanding exhaust cloud caught the first rays of the morning sun.

Imagery of the Falcon 9's ascent into space showed the exhaust plume illuminated, appearing as a growing nebula-like feature and putting on a memorable light show for spectators across Florida.

The rocket's second stage shut down around eight-and-a-half minutes into the flight, then deployed the Dragon supply ship around 90 seconds later. Two power-generating solar panels unfurled to a span of around 54 feet (16.5 meters), and the ship's rocket jets were primed for the three-day chase of the space station.

Meanwhile, the second stage was programmed to continue orbiting Earth for a long-duration coast demonstration, collecting data to verify the rocket can operate in space for up to six hours, allowing future Falcon 9 rocket missions to send payloads into higher, harder-to-reach orbits.

Friday's launch marked the 57th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and SpaceX's 12th launch of the year. It was the 14th time SpaceX has launched a reused first stage booster, and the fourth flight of a previously-used Dragon capsule.

The first stage launched Friday was the final one manufactured by SpaceX using the company's discontinued "Block 4" configuration. SpaceX debuted the upgraded "Block 5" version of the Falcon 9 rocket May 11, and Friday's flight employed a second stage containing Block 5 improvements.

The Falcon 9 Block 5 design is optimized for reusability of the first stage, and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said the upgraded Block 5 boosters could be launched, landed and flown again in as few as 24 hours, eventually requiring little more than the cost of new propellants and processing costs.

The Block 4 configuration was not capable of such rapid re-flights, requiring disassembly of its landing legs, inspections, refurbishment and the installation of new heat shield material and grid fins used on descent. The work took time and cost millions of dollars, but SpaceX officials said the expense of refurbishing Block 4 boosters was less than the cost of manufacturing an all-new vehicle.

Friday's mission was the final launch of a Block 4 first stage, said Jessica Jensen, SpaceX's director of Dragon mission management.

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paceX's 15th space station cargo mission, part of a commercial resupply contract with NASA valued at more than $3 billion, is set to reach its destination around 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) Monday.

Space station crew members will take command of the Canadian-built robotic arm to grapple the free-floating Dragon capsule. The robot arm will berth the spacecraft on the station's Harmony module a couple of hours later, beginning a one-month stay.

Astronauts will manually unpack the contents of Dragon's pressurized cargo module, which SpaceX is reusing from a previous resupply mission that launched in July 2016.

The mission is slated to deliver 5,946 pounds (2,697 kilograms) of equipment, experiments and provisions to the orbiting research laboratory. About 3,774 pounds (1,712 kilograms) of that tally are carried inside Dragon's internal cabin, including:

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• 2,718 pounds (1,233 kilograms) of scientific investigations
• 452 pounds (205 kilograms) of crew supplies
• 392 pounds (178 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
• 139 pounds (63 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
• 46 pounds (21 kilograms) of computer resources
• 27 pounds (12 kilograms) of Russian hardware
  

The cargo loaded inside Dragon include mice to be examined by scientists upon return to Earth. Researchers will study the effects of microgravity on microorganisms in the animals' gastrointestinal tracts.

There is also an experiment aboard the Dragon cargo capsule which will help scientists study how algae grows in space. Algae could provide basic nutrition and help absorb carbon dioxide on future space missions, and algae oils could reduce the adverse effects of cosmic radiation on humans.

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who launched earlier this month to begin a half-year on the space station, is also getting a talking assistant enabled by artificial intelligence.

Known as CIMON — short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion — the robot will help Gerst complete tasks, conduct experiments, and repair and upgrade components inside the space station.

"CIMON a free-floating artificial intelligence, and when he will be activated, this is kind of a historical moment," said Christian Karrasch, CIMON's project lead at DLR, the German Aerospace Center. "We are very happy that CIMON will be the first artifical intelligence in space.

"For us, this is a piece of the future of human spaceflight. If you go out to the moon or to Mars, you cannot take all (of) mankind and engineers with you, but with an artifical intelligence, you have, instantly, all the knowledge of mankind," Karrasch said.

Developed in partnership between DLR, Airbus Defense and Space, and IBM, CIMON is a spherical device about the size of a medicine ball. The entire structure of CIMON, primarily metal and plastic, was 3D-printed, according to Airbus.

Robots like CIMON could help space crews do their work more efficiently, improve safety, minimize crew stress, and help the public better understand spaceflight, according to project officials.

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CIMON's "neural" AI network and ability to learn, along with human-like characteristics such as a face and voice, will make it more of a companion than just an experiment to Gerst and other station crew members, officials said.

The AI-enabled helper was paired with Gerst, a German-born astronaut, using voice samples before his flight. That means CIMON will best communicate with him, but officials said anyone could work with the robot.

"If Alexander Gerst has certain questions to the experiment he's working on, CIMON has quite keep knowledge on that experiment, so he can really get inside the experiment, and he can ask questions that are beyond the procedure," said Philipp Schulien, an engineer on CIMON from Airbus.

CIMON learns with the help of IBM Watson AI technology.

"During the times when there is connectivity, all the communications go back through the cloud," said Bret Greenstein, IBM's global vice president of Watson and Internet of Things offerings. "So all the AI work is being processed at the cloud, actual language, all the training and the tailoring we did, happens in the cloud, which also means we can enhance it from the Earth anytime, and make it smarter constantly to help Alexander and the team to use it."

Kirk Shireman, NASA's space station program manager, said astronaut crews traveling deeper into the solar system will need to be more autonomous due to the communications delays inherent in such journeys.

"You can think of all of human knowledge, you might need to access parts of that," Shireman said. "So having AI, and having that knowledge base and the ability to tap into it in a way that's useful for the task that you're doing, is really critical for having humans farther and farther away from the planet."

In sum, the cargo mission will help enable 27 scientific experiments on the space station, according to David Brady, the International Space Station's assistant program scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Fresh food, including crab, lobster and maale-smoked salmon, pouches of strong coffee from Death Wish Coffee, an iPad Air, and spacesuit gloves are also among the items stowed inside the Dragon spacecraft.

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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is carrying a spare latching end effector (top) and NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument to the space station inside the vehicle's trunk. Credit: SpaceX

The equipment launched to the space station inside the Dragon's trunk included a spare Canadian-built latching end effector for the research lab's robotic arm, plus a 1,213-pound (550-kilogram) instrument developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be mounted outside the station's Japanese Kibo lab module to measure the temperature of plants from space.

The spare latching end effector, or hand, for the robotic arm will be stored outside the space station, ready to replace one of the arm's two end effectors with the help of spacewalking astronauts, if needed.

Astronauts replaced both hands of the robotic arm in a series of spacewalks late last year and earlier this year. Both latching end effectors showed signs of aging and wear-and-tear after nearly 17 years on the space station, and the replacements left the station without a spare hand for the arm, also known as Canadarm 2.

"It's a critical system," said Ken Podwalski, the Canadian Space Agency's space station program manager. "We always want to be able to protect for a failure."

The robotic arm is vital for the space station to receive cargo deliveries by SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo carrier, and Japan's HTV supply ship. It is also used to move astronauts around the space station on spacewalks, and for transferring experiments and other equipment around the exterior of the nearly million-pound science outpost.

Canadarm 2 is Canada's primary contribution to the space station. It uses the latching end effectors to inchworm between multiple host adapters outside space station module and on the station's truss backbone, and the arm's hands are capable of routing data, video and electrical power.

"Overall, I would dare say that we've gotten exceptional performance out of our space robotics, just because 17 years into the game for a system that was designed for a 10-year operational life — and 15 years on orbit — with the very few issues that we've had," Podwalski said.

"I think our biggest problems have really been about cameras. We've changed a number of cameras. We've got new cameras in the works, and those are actually very nice because we can actually change them out robotically," he said. "So that's a case wh ere we're using our own robots to fix our own robots. It's kind of the ideal scenario."

The Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station, or ECOSTRESS, will measure heat energy coming off Earth's surface. The temperature measurements will tell scientists about the health of the plants, how much water they are using, and the resiliency of crops to extreme conditions like heat waves and droughts.

"When a plant is so stressed that it turns brown, it's often too late for it to recover," said Simon Hook, ECOSTRESS principal investigator at JPL. "But measuring the temperature of the plant lets you see that a plant is stressed before it reaches that point."

Developed under a cost cap of $30 million, the ECOSTRESS instrument is a pathfinder for future missions, and it will collect data from its mounting fixture outside the space station for about one year.

"ECOSTRESS will allow us to monitor rapid changes in crop stress at the field level, enabling earlier and more accurate estimates of how yields will be impacted," said Martha Anderson, an ECOSTRESS science team member with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland. "Even short-term moisture stress, if it occurs during a critical stage of crop growth, can significantly impact productivity."

The thermal sensitivity of ECOSTRESS will also make it useful for detecting and studying hotspots, such as wildfires and volcanoes.

The Dragon spacecraft will depart the space station Aug. 2 and return to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with nearly two tons of equipment, cargo and research specimens for analysis by engineers and scientists on the ground.

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Цитироватьaxxenm пишет:
Почему не садили первую ступень если масса ПН так мала?.

Цитироватьsnek пишет:

Цитироватьaxxenm пишет:
Почему не садили первую ступень если масса ПН так мала?.

Рукалицо. Уже несколько раз говорилось, что они расстреливают оставшиеся блок 4, чтобы не возиться с двумя разными версиями. В трансляции, кстати, говорилось, что это последний пуск 4-го блока (хотя, вроде, я где-то слышал, что драгон демо будет тоже на нем).

Цитироватьsnek пишет:
В трансляции, кстати, говорилось, что это последний пуск 4-го блока (хотя, вроде, я где-то слышал, что драгон демо будет тоже на нем)

ЦитироватьCtas пишет:

Цитироватьsnek пишет:
В трансляции, кстати, говорилось, что это последний пуск 4-го блока (хотя, вроде, я где-то слышал, что драгон демо будет тоже на нем)

Самый последний Блок 4 будет использован для демонстрации прерывания взлета пилотируемого Дракона. То есть запуск будет суборбитальным.

Цитироватьaxxenm пишет:
Какова общая масса ПН в этом запуске?
4200+1712+985=6897 kg?
Почему не садили первую ступень если масса ПН так мала?.
 Видимо выгоды от "многоразовости" нет?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185302.jpg)Dr Marco Langbroek‏ @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 21 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1012708360771100677)

About an hour from now, @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) will deorbit the Falcon 9 upper stage from today's DRAGON CRS-15 launch over the northern Atlantic Ocean, 4 orbital revolutions after launch. It is an experiment to demonstrate its coasting ability (i.e. an engine restart after several revolutions)

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ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
С массой все очень просто, надо прибавить топливо в баках маневрирования Дракона, судя по всему его там 1278 кг.

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:

Цитироватьaxxenm пишет:
Какова общая масса ПН в этом запуске?
4200+1712+985=6897 kg?
Почему не садили первую ступень если масса ПН так мала?.
 Видимо выгоды от "многоразовости" нет?

С массой все очень просто, надо прибавить топливо в баках маневрирования Дракона, судя по всему его там 1278 кг.

ЦитироватьLIVE – SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship launches to the ISS with an important Canadian cargo

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Прямой эфир: 29 июн. 2018 г.

2018-06-29 - The Dragon resupply ship launches to the International Space Station! It's carrying Canadian cargo, including food for David Saint-Jacques' mission and a new "hand" for Canadarm2.

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной пишет:
Во сколько завтра стыковка CRS-15 с МКС ожидается?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186027.jpg)Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1013465462217244672)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) arrives at the station Monday at 7am ET with over 5,900 pounds of science gear and crew supplies. Live @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) TV coverage of its approach and capture begins at 5:30am We'll also answer your #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash) questions... https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/yuOTrYN8CV)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013467096074936320)

The CRS-15 launch second stage was meant to do an extended 4-orbit coast but then it should have been cataloged by @SpaceTrackOrg (https://twitter.com/SpaceTrackOrg) @Skitt0608 (https://twitter.com/Skitt0608) and was not. Can @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) please comment if the extended coast test happened or not? Journalist friends?

2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013467407401222145)

Currently object B is CRS-15, objects A and C are the solar array covers I think. However the first TLE set for object A could be the second stage perhaps, with only the later ones being the cover?

2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013470205425651724)

We believe the plan was for stage 2 to reenter over the N Atlantic at about 1615 UTC. The deorbit burn was likely somethign between 100m/s W of Hawaii at 1545 UTC and 300m/s off Vancouver 15 min at 1600UTC - in any case 3 full orbits and most of a 4th completed

2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013470828481179649)

This, if it did happen per plan, would normally result in the stage getting a catalog number.

2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013472700650663937)

Here are the orbit heights for object A (blue), B (red), C (blue) from the TLE data so far. B is clearly Dragon, heading up to ISS. Later data points for A and C are consistent with the array covers. 1st data point for A is anomalous.

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2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013475324124893184)

Oops - x-axis on previous plot was off by 12 hours (MJD vs JD origin issue). Here it is again, corrected, with the launch and stage 2 deorbit times as vertical cyan bars.

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2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013475861775994881)

I believe that the stage 2 coast did occur as planned, the first TLE set of object A is stage 2, and after it was deorbited Space-Track used the same catalog number for one of the array covers.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185394.jpg)CanadianSpaceAgency‏Подлинная учетная запись @csa_asc (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) 27 июн. (https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/1011977489084805120)

This Friday, @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s Dragon will launch to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), carrying important supplies—including a spare "hand" for Canadarm2 and food for @Astro_DavidS (https://twitter.com/Astro_DavidS)'s upcoming mission: http://ow.ly/tn3w30kBDK7  (https://t.co/RtYoGnIqZ0).

http://asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_l2nvip1d/1_gxd4osxj.webm (http://asc-csa.gc.ca/videos/recherche/1_l2nvip1d/1_gxd4osxj.webm)
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Цитировать07/02/2018 08:13 Stephen Clark

On the final leg of a three-day trip after liftoff fr om Cape Canaveral on Friday, a SpaceX Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of cargo is set to arrive at the International Space Station around 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT) Monday.

Astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will use the space station's Canadian-built robotic arm -- Canadarm 2 -- to capture the Dragon capsule.

The unpiloted Dragon supply ship carries more than 5,900 pounds (nearly 2,700 kilograms) of hardware, crew provisions and experiments. The supplies include an AI-enabled robot helper for the station crew, and an instrument from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed to study plant health and stress.

Members of the station crew will be on standby to manually issue hold or retreat commands to the Dragon spacecraft, which will be flying on autopilot.

Laser navigation sensors and thermal cameras aboard the Dragon capsule will collect data on the range, closure rate and orientation between the supply ship and the space station.

The Dragon capsule lifted off at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral.

Since liftoff, the cargo craft has completed several orbit adjustments using its rocket thrusters to boost itself to the space station's altitude more than 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.

The Dragon will arrive at a hold point 350 meters -- or 1,150 feet -- below the space station at 5:04 a.m. EDT (0904 GMT), around two hours before its scheduled capture by the robotic arm. The spacecraft will conduct a 180-degree yaw maneuver to align its grapple fixture with the position of the station's robotic arm before continuing the approach.

Soon after beginning its final approach sequence, the Dragon spacecraft will halt again at a hold position 250 meters, or 820 feet, below the space station at 5:19 a.m. EDT (0919 GMT). This brief hold allows ground controllers to assess the status of the rendezvous and issue a "go" for the Dragon to enter the so-called keep-out sphere, an imaginary circle around the space station in which traffic is tightly controlled for safety reasons.

The Dragon spacecraft should depart the 250-meter hold point around 5:34 a.m. EDT (0934 GMT), heading for a 30-meter hold position before pressing on to a final point about 10 meters, or 33 feet, beneath the space station for capture by the robot arm.

Once in the grasp of the robot arm, Dragon will be maneuvered to a berthing port on the space station's Harmony module, wh ere it will stay until Aug. 2. The supply ship will head back to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with around two tons of research specimens and other equipment requiring analysis and refurbishment.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186323.jpg)Cowboy Dan‏ @CowboyDanPaasch (https://twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/CowboyDanPaasch/status/1013647257491689472)

#Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is now approx 39nm behind @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) and 5 miles below. 2.5 days to get here. Docking with Station in about 6 hrs, as it whizzes over mi casa.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013714608295694336)

ARTICLE: SpaceX Dragon prepares for ISS arrival with science/crew supply payloads -

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/07/spacex-dragon-iss-arrival-science-crew-supply-payloads/ ... (https://t.co/rztrmK1pRO)

- By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF))

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186027.jpg)Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1013718388252659713)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is 24 minutes ahead of its timeline with a possibility of an early capture at the station this morning... #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash) https:/www.nasa.gov/live

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186027.jpg)Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1013719172944031744)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is less than 60 Meters from the station as both spacecraft orbit over Africa. #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash) https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut)

Цитировать07/02/2018 12:45 Stephen Clark

The Dragon spacecraft is at a hold point 30 meters, or 98 feet, from the space station. There will be polls of teams in Houston and Hawthorne in the next few minutes before departing this hold point.

Astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will ensure that the Dragon appears to be in the correct position for this point in the rendezvous. The crew has a control panel linked with Dragon via UHF radio to issue simple commands in case of any problem. For example, the astronauts could tell the spacecraft to hold, abort or retreat.

Arnold and Feustel are inside the space station's cupola module for this morning's arrival.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186027.jpg)Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1013721936684126208)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is holding at 30 meters fr om station. Next stop is its capture point about 10 meters from the station wh ere @Astro_Ricky (https://twitter.com/astro_ricky) will command the @CSA_ASC (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) to capture Dragon. #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash) https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1013725030050484225)

Dragon has been given a "go" to move towards capture position.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013726543871344640)

Crew given a "way ahead of schedule" night capture option, but can decide to wait for a daylight option.

Цитировать07/02/2018 14:00 Stephen Clark

Capture occurred at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 GMT).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 41 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013738773056835584)

Installation around 9:30 am Eastern.

Цитировать07/02/2018 14:00 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.

ЦитироватьSpaceX Dragon CRS-15 Captured by Space Station

Space Videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdF5d0UwSJJunRcRVzP1uDg)

Опубликовано: 2 июл. 2018 г.

The unmanned SpaceX Dragon CRS-15 was successfully captured with the International Space Stations robotic arm today at 10:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AILt5Bz46mc&t=654s) UTC, July 2nd 2018.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15: Dragon capture, 2 July2018

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Опубликовано: 2 июл. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьDragon Capture Confirmed Over Canada

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jul 2, 2018 at 7:03 am

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The SpaceX Dragon is pictured about 30 meters from the International Space Station. It would be captured minutes later when it reached its capture point 10 meters from the station Credit: NASA TV

While the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) was traveling more than 256 miles over Quebec, Canada, NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/richard-r-arnold) and Drew Feustel (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-j-feustel), captured the Dragon spacecraft at 6:54 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 bottom of the station's Harmony module. NASA Television coverage of installation is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live (http://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 Friday, June 29 with more than 5,900 pounds of research (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SpX-15_Resupply), equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Among the hardware flying to the space station is a spare Canadian-built Latching End Effector (LEE), the part used as the "hands" that grapple payloads and visiting cargo spaceships such as Dragon. This was the 30th grapple of an arriving spacecraft, and the 15th time the Canadarm2 has captured a Dragon. Each end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm has an identical LEE, and they also enable Canadarm2 to "walk" to different locations on the orbiting outpost.

Among the research arriving on Dragon is a cellular biology investigation (Micro-12 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7470)) to understand how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along the bacterial nanowires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in microbial fuel cells to make electricity from waste organic material.

An Earth science instrument called the ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1878)) will provide a new space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability. This data can help society better manage agricultural water use.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013773736577814528)

SpaceX's CRS-15 Dragon is currently being installed into Node 2 Nadir on the ISS. Align. First Stage capture with latches. Then 16 bolts driven to firmly secure the vehicle to the port. Second stage capture completes the process.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013777247650623488)

ISS EVA "To Do" list: Need some more HD cams. Heading to RTL (Ready To Latch).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013780938956959744)

Dragon CRS-15 captured by the ISS Canadarm-2 at 1054 UTC, and is being berthed on the Harmony module, with first-stage capture at 1338 UTC

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1013782978869301250)

Second stage capture, 1352 UTC Dragon berthing on ISS complete.

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185339.jpg)NASA‏Подлинная учетная запись @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1013783540624834561)

At 9:52am ET, @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) cargo craft was bolted into place and is now attached to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) where it will be for the next month delivering more than 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1013782890172375040)

RTL. First and Second Stage Capture! That's the CRS-15 Dragon secured to the ISS. Hatch opening "Tuesday", but they usually open the same day so they can get stuck into that ice cream. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125479.png)

ЦитироватьDragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long Stay

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jul 2, 2018 at 10:00 am

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July 2, 2018: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are attached to the space station including the SpaceX Dragon and Cygnus resupply ships from the United States; and from Roscosmos, the Progress 69 resupply ship and the Soyuz MS-08 and MS-09 crew ships.

Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station)'s Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT.

The 15th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX (CRS-15) delivers more than 5,900 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-15_mision_overview_rev2_high_res7.pdf)to the orbiting laboratory.

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Among the research arriving to the U.S. National Laboratory is the Space Algae (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7446) investigation, will discuss research to sel ect algae strains adapted to space and sequence their genomes to identify growth-related genes. Algae consume waste carbon dioxide, can provide basic nutrition and may perceive microgravity as a trigger to produce algae oils rich in antioxidants that may help mitigate the harmful effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation during spaceflight. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS (http://www.iss-casis.org/)), which manages the U.S. National Laboratory, is sponsoring the investigation.

A technology demonstration arriving is an observational pilot study with the Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7639)) that aims to provide first insights into the effects of crew support fr om an artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of efficiency and acceptance during long-term missions in space.

After Dragon spends approximately one month attached to the space station, the spacecraft will return to Earth with about 3,800 pounds of cargo and research, including an investigation to advance DNA sequencing (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/BEST_DNA_RNA)in space and the Angiex cancer therapy investigation (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502) to improve understanding of endothelial cells that line the walls of blood vessels.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185441.jpg)Ricky Arnold‏Подлинная учетная запись @astro_ricky (https://twitter.com/astro_ricky) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/astro_ricky/status/1013781136684744704)

.@SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) traverses #Italy (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Italy?src=hash) & the #Nile (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nile?src=hash) delta in #Egypt (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Egypt?src=hash) en route to @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station).

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ЦитироватьГрузовой корабль Dragon пристыковался к МКС

17:22 02.07.2018 (обновлено: 17:23 02.07.2018)

ВАШИНГТОН, 2 июл — РИА Новости. НАСА (Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства, США) завершило стыковку космического корабля Dragon с Международной космической станцией (МКС). ...

"Dragon теперь прочно прикреплен к МКС", — сообщил ведущий трансляции.

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Dragon стартовал с космодрома на мысе Канаверал 29 июня и в понедельник утром достиг МКС. Процесс стыковки занял более двух часов: сначала экипаж осуществил захват грузовика рукой-манипулятором Canadarm2, затем специалисты с Земли руководили мягкой стыковкой корабля с американским модулем Harmony.

Dragon доставил на орбиту 2,676 тонны груза. Из них 205 кг приходится на предметы первой необходимости, воду и провиант для экипажа, а 1,233 тонны — материалы для научных экспериментов. В общем объеме груза, как сообщили в НАСА, на МКС также доставлено 12 кг российского оборудования.

Ожидается, что уже во вторник, 3 июля, экипаж планирует открыть люк прибывшего корабля и начать его разгрузку.

Dragon, капсула которого уже бывала на МКС в 2016 году, будет оставаться на орбите несколько недель, после чего доставит на Землю результаты научных экспериментов.

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15: Dragon berthing to the ISS, 2 July2018

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Опубликовано: 2 июл. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьSpaceX Dragon CRS15 - Grapple at ISS - July 1, 2018

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Опубликовано: 2 июл. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьDragon capsule reaches space station with three tons of cargo
July 2, 2018 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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The Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on Monday, soaring over the Nile River Delta in Egypt. Credit: NASA/Ricky Arnold

A commercial cargo carrier owned and operated by SpaceX pulled into port at the International Space Station on Monday, three days after launching fr om Cape Canaveral with a NASA Earth science instrument, a spare hand for the lab's Canadian robotic arm, and an AI-powered helper bot for the research lab's six-person crew.

Completing a high-flying cargo delivery with a leisurely laser-guided final approach, the Dragon spacecraft arrived at the space station at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 GMT) Monday as the lab's robotic arm grasped the supply ship.

The link-up occurred as the International Space Station and Dragon cargo freighter soared 256 miles (412 kilometers) over Quebec, both speeding around Earth at a velocity of 5 miles (8 kilometers) per second.

"Houston, station, capture complete," radioed astronaut Ricky Arnold. "Go for post-capture reconfiguration. Looking forward to some really exciting weeks ahead as we unload the science and get started on some great experiments."

Ground controllers commanded the robotic arm to move the Dragon capsule to a berthing port on the station's Harmony module, where a series of latches and 16 bolts closed create a firm connection between the outpost and the visiting supply ship around three hours later.

SpaceX's Dragon capsule joins a Cygnus commercial supply ship from NASA's other cargo transportation provider, Northrop Grumman, berthed at the nearby Unity module.

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The Dragon cargo freighter launched Friday from Cape Canaveral on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. Its arrival at the space station Monday marked the second visit of the same capsule to the orbiting research complex, following a cargo delivery mission in July and August of 2016.

SpaceX refurbished the spacecraft's pressurized compartment and flew it again.

SpaceX has a contract with NASA worth $3.04 billion for 20 resupply missions to the International Space Station. The mission that reached the research lab Monday was the 15th under that contract, including one flight that suffered a launch accident in June 2015.

NASA has awarded SpaceX a follow-on contract for a minimum of six additional resupply missions beginning in 2020, and a $2.6 billion deal to complete development of an upgraded crew-rated version of the Dragon spacecraft, which could fly its first unpiloted demonstration mission to the space station later this year.

SpaceX says it intends to fly the rest of its cargo missions under the first contract, which runs through early 2020, with reused Dragon capsules. After 2020, the company's resupply flights will fly aboard the same "Dragon 2" vehicle design being developed for astronaut crews, replacing seats and cockpit controls with cargo accommodations.

Astronauts planned to open hatches leading to the Dragon spacecraft Tuesday, then begin unpacking the ship's pressurized cabin.

The mission delivered 5,946 pounds (2,697 kilograms) of equipment, experiments and provisions to the orbiting research laboratory. About 3,774 pounds (1,712 kilograms) of that tally were carried inside Dragon's internal cabin, including:

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• 2,718 pounds (1,233 kilograms) of scientific investigations
• 452 pounds (205 kilograms) of crew supplies
• 392 pounds (178 kilograms) of vehicle hardware
• 139 pounds (63 kilograms) of spacewalk equipment
• 46 pounds (21 kilograms) of computer resources
• 27 pounds (12 kilograms) of Russian hardware
  

The cargo loaded inside Dragon include mice to be examined by scientists upon return to Earth. Researchers will study the effects of microgravity on microorganisms in the animals' gastrointestinal tracts.

There is also an experiment aboard the Dragon cargo capsule which will help scientists study how algae grows in space. Algae could provide basic nutrition and help absorb carbon dioxide on future space missions, and algae oils could reduce the adverse effects of cosmic radiation on humans.

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who launched earlier this month to begin a half-year on the space station, is also getting a talking assistant enabled by artificial intelligence.

Known as CIMON — short for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion — the robot will help Gerst complete tasks, conduct experiments, and repair and upgrade components inside the space station.

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CIMON, the space station's new robotic assistant. Credit: DLR

"CIMON a free-floating artificial intelligence, and when he will be activated, this is kind of a historical moment," said Christian Karrasch, CIMON's project lead at DLR, the German Aerospace Center. "We are very happy that CIMON will be the first artifical intelligence in space.

"For us, this is a piece of the future of human spaceflight. If you go out to the moon or to Mars, you cannot take all (of) mankind and engineers with you, but with an artifical intelligence, you have, instantly, all the knowledge of mankind," Karrasch said.

Developed in partnership between DLR, Airbus Defense and Space, and IBM, CIMON is a spherical device about the size of a medicine ball. The entire structure of CIMON, primarily metal and plastic, was 3D-printed, according to Airbus.

Robots like CIMON could help space crews do their work more efficiently, improve safety, minimize crew stress, and help the public better understand spaceflight, according to project officials.

CIMON's "neural" AI network and ability to learn, along with human-like characteristics such as a face and voice, will make it more of a companion than just an experiment to Gerst and other station crew members, officials said.

The AI-enabled helper was paired with Gerst, a German-born astronaut, using voice samples before his flight. That means CIMON will best communicate with him, but officials said anyone could work with the robot.

"If Alexander Gerst has certain questions to the experiment he's working on, CIMON has quite keep knowledge on that experiment, so he can really get inside the experiment, and he can ask questions that are beyond the procedure," said Philipp Schulien, an engineer on CIMON from Airbus.

CIMON learns with the help of IBM Watson AI technology.

"During the times when there is connectivity, all the communications go back through the cloud," said Bret Greenstein, IBM's global vice president of Watson and Internet of Things offerings. "So all the AI work is being processed at the cloud, actual language, all the training and the tailoring we did, happens in the cloud, which also means we can enhance it from the Earth anytime, and make it smarter constantly to help Alexander and the team to use it."

Kirk Shireman, NASA's space station program manager, said astronaut crews traveling deeper into the solar system will need to be more autonomous due to the communications delays inherent in such journeys.

"You can think of all of human knowledge, you might need to access parts of that," Shireman said. "So having AI, and having that knowledge base and the ability to tap into it in a way that's useful for the task that you're doing, is really critical for having humans farther and farther away from the planet."

Several CubeSats were also carried inside Dragon's pressurized module for deployment outside the space station in the coming months. Three of the nanosatellites are part of the Biarri program, a partnership between defense authorities in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Three CubeSats developed under the auspices of the Birds program, led by the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, were also delivered to the space station Monday for later deployment. The Birds CubeSats inside Dragon were built by students in Bhutan, Malaysia and the Philippines.

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Representatives from CubeSat teams in Bhutan, Malaysia and the Philippines pose with their nanosatellites before launch to the International Space Station. Credit: JAXA

In sum, the cargo mission will help enable 27 scientific experiments on the space station, according to David Brady, the International Space Station's assistant program scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Fresh food, including crab, lobster and maple-smoked salmon, pouches of strong coffee from Death Wish Coffee, an iPad Air, and spacesuit gloves are also among the items stowed inside the Dragon spacecraft.

The equipment launched to the space station inside the Dragon's trunk included a spare Canadian-built latching end effector for the research lab's robotic arm, plus a 1,213-pound (550-kilogram) instrument developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be mounted outside the station's Japanese Kibo lab module to measure the temperature of plants from space.

The spare latching end effector, or hand, for the robotic arm will be stored outside the space station, ready to replace one of the arm's two end effectors with the help of spacewalking astronauts, if needed.

Astronauts replaced both hands of the robotic arm in a series of spacewalks late last year and earlier this year. Both latching end effectors showed signs of aging and wear-and-tear after nearly 17 years on the space station, and the replacements left the station without a spare hand for the arm, also known as Canadarm 2.

"It's a critical system," said Ken Podwalski, the Canadian Space Agency's space station program manager. "We always want to be able to protect for a failure."

The robotic arm is vital for the space station to receive cargo deliveries by SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo carrier, and Japan's HTV supply ship. It is also used to move astronauts around the space station on spacewalks, and for transferring experiments and other equipment around the exterior of the nearly million-pound science outpost.

Canadarm 2 is Canada's primary contribution to the space station. It uses the latching end effectors to inchworm between multiple host adapters outside space station module and on the station's truss backbone, and the arm's hands are capable of routing data, video and electrical power.

"Overall, I would dare say that we've gotten exceptional performance out of our space robotics, just because (we're) 17 years into the game for a system that was designed for a 10-year operational life — and 15 years on orbit — with the very few issues that we've had," Podwalski said.

"I think our biggest problems have really been about cameras. We've changed a number of cameras. We've got new cameras in the works, and those are actually very nice because we can actually change them out robotically," he said. "So that's a case wh ere we're using our own robots to fix our own robots. It's kind of the ideal scenario."

The Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station, or ECOSTRESS, will measure heat energy coming off Earth's surface. The temperature measurements will tell scientists about the health of the plants, how much water they are using, and the resiliency of crops to extreme conditions like heat waves and droughts.

"When a plant is so stressed that it turns brown, it's often too late for it to recover," said Simon Hook, ECOSTRESS principal investigator at JPL. "But measuring the temperature of the plant lets you see that a plant is stressed before it reaches that point."

Developed under a cost cap of $30 million, the ECOSTRESS instrument is a pathfinder for future missions, and it will collect data from its mounting fixture outside the space station for about one year.

"ECOSTRESS will allow us to monitor rapid changes in crop stress at the field level, enabling earlier and more accurate estimates of how yields will be impacted," said Martha Anderson, an ECOSTRESS science team member with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland. "Even short-term moisture stress, if it occurs during a critical stage of crop growth, can significantly impact productivity."

The thermal sensitivity of ECOSTRESS will also make it useful for detecting and studying hotspots, such as wildfires and volcanoes.

The Dragon spacecraft will depart the space station Aug. 2 and return to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with nearly two tons of equipment, cargo and research specimens for analysis by engineers and scientists on the ground.

The Dragon capsule will come back to Earth with one of Canadarm 2's old latching end effectors, which will be inspected and repaired by Canadian engineers for an eventual re-launch to the space station. ...

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34363.jpg)Oleg Artemyev‏Подлинная учетная запись @OlegMKS (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS) 12 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS/status/1014090672897486848)

+1 корабль в составе #МКС (https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D0%9C%D0%9A%D0%A1?src=hash). Вчера к станции пристыковался американский "грузовик" #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash).

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Yesterday #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) successfully docked with the #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash).

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34363.jpg)Oleg Artemyev‏Подлинная учетная запись @OlegMKS (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS/status/1014562351817904128)

Еще одно видео полета "Дракона". Конечно же, я про американский грузовой корабль #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcDJLV_0J8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcDJLV_0J8)
(video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcDJLV_0J8) 0:59)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34363.jpg)Oleg Artemyev‏Подлинная учетная запись @OlegMKS (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS/status/1014562816974614528)

А вот так происходило открытие люков между #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) и станцией. Кстати, во вновь прибывшие корабли первым всегда заходит российский член экипажа и берет пробу воздуха.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTOzGkEkko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTOzGkEkko)
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ЦитироватьОткрытие люка грузовика Dragon.
Июль 3, 2018

Согласно процедуре открытия люков вновь прибывающих кораблей на МКС, первым заходит российский член экипажа и берет пробу воздуха.

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ЦитироватьApollo13 пишет:

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
С массой все очень просто, надо прибавить топливо в баках маневрирования Дракона, судя по всему его там 1278 кг.

Этот вопрос уже много раз обсуждали в самых разных темах.

 http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic14743/message1497464/#message1497464
 http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic9647/message1719952/#message1719952
 http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic14210/message1677768/#message1677768

Масса 4200 кг вероятно появилась из этого "документа" 2008 года и с тех пор кочует по разным сайтам.

 https://web.archive.org/web/20120320032815/http://www.spacex.com/SpaceX_Brochure_V7_All.pdf

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August 2, Thursday

1 p.m. – Coverage of the Release of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-15 Cargo Craft from the Space Station: Release scheduled at 1:21 p.m. EDT (Media Channel)

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
Почему Space X нигде в пресс релизах не указывает массу своего грузового корабля, это что военная тайна?

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
С ваших слов (я не силен в английском) во время пресс конференции
 Ханс Кенигсман из SpaceX говорит, что полная масса Дракона CRS-12 10600 кг. Масса груза 2910 кг.Таким образом (утверждаете Вы), что масса Дракона без груза 7690 кг.

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
соответственно без топлива - 6400 кг.

ЦитироватьК.А. пишет:
Еще вопрос к осведомленным:
Кто заполняет таблицу http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2018.html#log , можно ли доверять данному источнику?

ЦитироватьMark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jul 30, 2018 at 12:37 pm

.. Robotics controllers will release Dragon from the grips of the Canadarm2 Friday at 12:37 p.m. EDT as Auñón-Chancellor monitors from the Cupola. Less than six hours later, the commercial space freighter will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.

ЦитироватьDragon Being Packed With Science as Research Wraps Up

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jul 31, 2018 at 3:26 pm

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Astronauts Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor are seen while Auñón-Chancellor works inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox on the Micro-11 investigation. The study is looking to provide fundamental data indicating whether successful human reproduction beyond Earth is possible.

Numerous microgravity investigations are wrapping up this week onboard the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station). The Expedition 56 (https://cms.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition56/index.html) crew is carefully packing the research results and science gear inside the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex) cargo craft for return to Earth on Friday.

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A host of life science studies being returned aboard Dragon looked at cancer therapies, gut microbes, and a variety of other biological phenomena. Samples collected from those studies, including the experiment hardware housing the research, are being transferred from the station and stowed inside the Dragon.

The AngieX Cancer Therapy (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502) investigation is completing its run today with NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor) finalizing research operations inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The experiment tested a treatment that targets tumors and the resulting samples are being stowed inside Dragon science freezers.

Rodents studied for the Rodent Research-7 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7425) experiment to understand how microbes interact with the gut in space are being returned Friday. Biological samples observed in July for the Micro-11 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=1922) human reproduction study are also being cold stowed aboard Dragon.

SpaceX technicians will retrieve Dragon loaded with the Earth-bound cargo when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean Friday afternoon. Once the cargo craft reaches port, personnel from NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/) and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (https://www.iss-casis.org/) (CASIS) will collect the research and hardware and distribute it to scientists and engineers for analysis.

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ЦитироватьNAVAREA XII 306/2018 (18 )

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
MEXICO.
1. SATELLITE RE-ENTRY 032155Z TO 032225Z AUG
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2. ALTERNATE SATELLITE RE-ENTRY 05215Z TO 052220Z
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3. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 305/18.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 052320Z AUG 18.

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 7/31/2018

Dragon Cargo Operations:
Today the crew continued working on the fourth SpaceX-15 Cargo Message as they continued to pack and load items slated for return on SpX-15. The crew also started the installation of the fences and cribbing arms necessary to secure the degraded Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector (LEE) hardware inside Dragon for return. Specialists estimate approximately 4.5 hours of cargo operations remain to finish loading the Dragon vehicle prior to the planned departure date of 3 August.

Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) UHF Communication Unit (CUCU) Crew Command Panel (CCP) Checkout:
In preparation for SpX-15 Dragon vehicle departure, currently planned for August 3rd, the crew will check out the CUCU and Dragon Crew Command Panel (CCP). The CUCU system provides a command and telemetry communications link between the ISS and Dragon vehicle during free flight operations while in close proximity of the ISS.

ЦитироватьDragon Packing, Eye Science and Spacewalk Preps Today

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Aug 1, 2018 at 12:48 pm

Dragon is due to be released Friday at 12:37 p.m. EDT from the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station) carrying several tons of experiment results and orbital lab hardware. The crew has been packing the crucial research samples this week inside specialized, portable freezers onboard the commercial space freighter.

SpaceX technicians will pick up Dragon with its precious cargo after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean and return to shore in southern California. Scientists and engineers will then begin the process of analyzing the critical space science and refurbishing station hardware.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 6 мин.

Dragon and the [URL=https://twitter.com/Space_Station]@Space_Station (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1024758948698644480) passed over SpaceX headquarters and across the face of the Moon last weekend. After a month-long stay, Dragon will detach from the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth on August 3.
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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 8/01/2018

Dragon Cargo Operations:
Today the crew finished the last tasks on SpaceX-15 Cargo Message #4, including installation of the LEE Fence Hardware, as they continued to pack and load items slated for return on Dragon. Today's activities were required before the tomorrow's activity to install the degraded Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector (LEE) in Dragon. Current weather forecasts are a GO for Dragon departure on 3 August.

ЦитироватьStation Teams Are Go For Dragon's Return To Earth Friday

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Aug 2, 2018 at 10:57 am

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The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, on its 15th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-15), is pictured the day after it was captured and installed on the Harmony module. The orbital complex was flying over northern central China near the Mongolian border at the time this photograph was taken.

The International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/station) Partners and mission managers polled "go" for tomorrow's release of the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex) cargo craft for its deorbit and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to wrap up the CRS-15 mission.

With favorable weather conditions forecast in the splashdown zone, Dragon's hatch will be closed early Friday around 3 a.m. Central time. Robotic ground controllers will then use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Dragon from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module around 5:30 a.m. Central time and will maneuver Dragon into the release position.

With Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor) of NASA monitoring Dragon's systems, the ground controllers will release Dragon from Canadarm2 at 11:37 a.m. Central time. After its release, Dragon will conduct a series of "departure" burns to move to a safe distance away from the station.

Several hours later, at 4:23 p.m. Central time, SpaceX flight controllers at Hawthorne, California will command Dragon's engine to fire for 12 minutes and 53 seconds in the deorbit burn that will enable Dragon to slip out of orbit for its descent back to Earth.

Dragon's parachute-assisted splashdown is scheduled at 5:17 p.m. Central time, 3:17 p.m. Pacific time, about 410 miles southwest of Long Beach, California. It will take about two days for Dragon to be brought back to port for its cache of cargo and scientific experiments to be unloaded.

ЦитироватьDragon покинет МКС в пятницу
18:50 02.08.2018 (обновлено: 18:53 02.08.2018)

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ВАШИНГТОН, 2 авг – РИА Новости. Грузовой корабль Dragon компании SpaceX в пятницу покинет Международную космическую станцию (МКС), сообщили в НАСА.

Ориентировочно в 13.30 мск в пятницу корабль будет отстыкован от американского модуля "Грамония" (Harmony), но останется прикрепленным к механическому манипулятору Canadarm2 еще несколько часов.

На сегодняшний день Dragon является единственным космическим кораблем, который способен доставлять грузы с МКС на Землю. Его приводнение в Тихом океане в районе побережья Калифорнии ожидают в субботу в 01.17 мск. Для Dragon это 15 грузовая миссия к МКС по контракту с НАСА. Корабль прибыл на орбиту 2 июля с 2,676 тонны груза: предметами первой необходимости, материалами для научных экспериментов.

SpaceX отрабатывает технологию многоразового использования космических аппаратов, на регулярной основе запуская в повторный полет первую ступень ракеты-носителя Falcon 9, а также повторно используя капсулу грузового корабля Dragon. Возвращающийся на Землю аппарат уже бывал на МКС в 2016 году.

ЦитироватьAug. 1, 2018

U.S. Cargo Ship to Depart International Space Station with Critical Scientific Research

After delivering more than 5,900 pounds of science and supplies, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 3 at 12:37 p.m. EDT and splash down in the Pacific Ocean about 6:17 p.m.

Ground controllers will use the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Dragon from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module and maneuver the vehicle into its release position. Expedition 54 Flight Engineer Serena Auñon-Chancellor of NASA will monitor its departure as the spacecraft is released through ground-controlled commands.

Dragon's thrusters will fire to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, command its deorbit burn. The SpaceX recovery team will retrieve Dragon and more than 3,800 pounds of cargo. This will include science samples from human and animal research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities.

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The Space Algae (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7446) investigation sequenced the entire genome of an algae population grown in space to identify genes related to growth. Algae may perceive microgravity as physical rather than biological stress, which can trigger production of oils that may help mitigate the harmful effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation during spaceflight, consume waste carbon dioxide, and provide basic human nutrition.

A cellular biology investigation (Micro-12 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7470)) aims to understand how microgravity affects the growth, gene expression and the ability of a model bacterium to transfer electrons through its cell membrane along bacterial nanowires it produces. Such bacteria could be used in fuel cells to make electricity from waste organic material.

Endothelial Cells in Microgravity as a Model System for Evaluation of Cancer Therapy Toxicity (Angiex Cancer Therapy (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7502)) examines whether endothelial cells cultured in microgravity represent a valid model to test effects of vascular-targeted agents on normal blood vessels. Endothelial cells are the tissue that form a single layer of cells lining blood vessels and the heart, and all other organs. Angiex was developed as a potential treatment that targets tumor cells, but a better model is needed for future testing. The study may facilitate a cost-effective method that avoids animal testing and can develop safer and more effective drugs to combat circulatory diseases.

Dragon will also be returning a Latching End Effector that was removed from the station's robotic arm to be refurbished on Earth and returned to the orbiting complex as a spare.

NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization that manages research aboard the U.S. national laboratory portion of the space station, will receive time-sensitive samples and begin working with researchers to process and distribute them within 48 hours of splashdown.

Dragon, the only space station resupply spacecraft currently able to return to Earth intact, launched June 29 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and arrived at the station July 2, for the company's 15th NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission to the station.

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Editor: Mark Garcia

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34275.jpg)Kristen Facciol‏ @kfacciol (https://twitter.com/kfacciol) 16 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/kfacciol/status/1025055343510994945)

What a view! Thanks to @Astro_Feustel (https://twitter.com/Astro_Feustel) and @astro_ricky (https://twitter.com/astro_ricky) for taking good care of our hardware! They are currently preparing one of the #Canadarm2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canadarm2?src=hash) end effectors we replaced earlier this year to be sent down on @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) vehicle tomorrow. Godspeed little guy! @csa_asc (https://twitter.com/csa_asc)

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 8/02/2018

Double Coldbag Packing:
As part of the final Dragon packing operations, the crew packed time sensitive cold storage science items. The crew must pack these items late in the Dragon packing operations to minimize the amount of time the science samples are out of refrigeration prior to being delivered to the investigation teams on the ground.

Dragon Cargo Operations:
Today the crew completed the last of the SpaceX-15 cargo transfer operations as they packed and loaded the final items slated for return on Dragon. As part of today's cargo activities the crew ingressed the Bigelow Expandable Aerospace Module (BEAM) module to retrieve the degraded Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) Latching End Effector (LEE) S/N 202 and packed it for return. While the crew had the hatch open to the BEAM module, they stowed the Treadmill Subject Loading System (SLS) into the BEAM.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg)William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1025426851064373248)

CRS-15: A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship launched June 29 was released from the International Space Station at 12:38pm EDT; splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, CA, is expected around 6:17pm

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 38 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025421416408047617)

Dragon has been released from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)! Three departure burns are now underway.

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The three departure burns to move Dragon away from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) are complete.

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Dragon will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in ~5 hours. Splashdown at 3:17 p.m. PDT.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186040.jpg)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 47 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1025426058462613504)

Dragon has departed the Keep Out Sphere and has now left the Approach Ellipsoid. The Deorbit Burn is scheduled for 5:23 p.m. Eastern. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/08/return-dragon-crs-15-end-pacific-splashdown/ ... (https://t.co/aooZNrGg5a)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1025419421160943616)

NRC Quest is in position off the coast of Baja California to recover the CRS-15 Dragon following splash-down in the Pacific Ocean in just a few hours.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-15: Dragon departure from the ISS

SciNews (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjU6ZwoTQtKWfz1urL7XcbA)

Опубликовано: 3 авг. 2018 г.

ЦитироватьDragon Ends Stay at Station, On Its Way Home

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Aug 3, 2018 at 3:41 pm

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft begins its separation fr om the space station after being released from the Canadarm2.

Robotic flight controllers released the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station's (http://www.nasa.gov/station) robotic arm at 12:38 p.m. EDT, and Expedition 56 Serena Auñon-Chancellor (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/serena-m-aunon-chancellor) of NASA is monitoring its departure.

Dragon's thrusters will be fired to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, command its deorbit burn about 5:23 p.m. The capsule will splashdown about 6:17 p.m. in the Pacific Ocean, wh ere the SpaceX recovery team will retrieve the capsule and its more than 3,800 pounds of cargo, including a variety of technological and biological studies (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/us-cargo-ship-to-depart-international-space-station-with-critical-scientific-research).

NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the non-profit organization that manages research aboard the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the space station, will receive time-sensitive samples and begin working with researchers to process and distribute them within 48 hours of splashdown.

Dragon is the only space station resupply spacecraft currently capable of returning cargo to Earth, and this was the second trip to the orbiting laboratory for this spacecraft. SpaceX launched (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/new-nasa-research-hardware-heading-to-space-station-on-15th-spacex-resupply-mission) its 15th NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission to the station June 29 from Space Launch Complex 40 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket that also previously launched NASA's TESS mission to study exoplanets.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025497104246956032)

Dragon de-orbit burn is now complete and its trunk has been jettisoned. Pacific Ocean splashdown in ~30 minutes.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg)Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 34 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1025493306975891459)

Dragon's trunk section will be discarded after the deorbit burn and will burn up during reentry. It carries the old HICO/RAIDS payload launched in 2009 and the empty attach fixture for the LEE ORU

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Meanwhile inside the Dragon cabin is the old LEE S/N 202 Canadarm hand, being returned to Earth to be refurbished. There are probably also old @Nanoracks (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks) NRCSD cubesat deployers but they don't tell us when those come down.

ЦитироватьКосмический корабль Dragon возвращается с грузом на Землю

20:04 03.08.2018 (обновлено: 20:17 03.08.2018)

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ВАШИНГТОН, 3 авг – РИА Новости. Грузовой космический корабль Dragon покинул Международную космическую станцию (МКС) и возвращается с грузом на Землю, сообщила президент SpaceX Гвин Шотуэлл (Gwynne Shotwell).

"Сегодня в 11.27 мы отстыковали грузовой корабль Dragon от Международной космической станции, и он вернется домой сегодня после обеда в 15 часов", — сказала президент компании, выступая на торжественной церемонии представления будущих экипажей строящихся американских космических кораблей, которая прошла в космическом центре имени Джонсона в Техасе. Трансляцию церемонии вело НАСА.

Ожидается, что Dragon приводнится в Тихом океане у побережья Калифорнии. Грузовой корабль доставит на Землю отработанные материалы и результаты экспериментов с МКС.

Грузовик оставался на орбите один месяц после того, как в начале июля доставил на станцию несколько тонн провианта, предметов первой необходимости и материалы для научных опытов.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025504815625818112)

Dragon's drogue chutes deployed nominally.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025504955573010432)

Dragon's three main parachutes have been deployed.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025509667965792256)

Splashdown of Dragon confirmed. Recovery team en route.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185874.jpg)Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 46 с. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1025514093686321152)

NRC Quest is still in route to the Dragon. She's going 10 knots now which is around her top speed.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69029.jpg)SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 7 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1025909485313781760)

Dragon returned home yesterday after its second month-long stay at the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). It's now headed to port for a cargo handover to @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA). http://instagram.com/p/BmE9Of_l-M-/  (https://t.co/YJIUqcgCZZ)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/34363.jpg)Oleg Artemyev‏Подлинная учетная запись @OlegMKS (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/OlegMKS/status/1026040948231417856)

В пятницу от нас улетел... «Дракон» (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png) Кажется, только недавно я вам показывал репортаж о прибытии на станцию очередного грузового корабля @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash), как на днях он улетел от нас. Возможно, скоро снова вернется?

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ЦитироватьДракон улетел

Oleg A (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WTLNvjfzpo-cdk6LgbVTg)

Опубликовано: 5 авг. 2018 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184854.jpg)SpaceX Marine Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1026167601838415872)

[NRC Quest] - ARRIVAL - Port Of LA. Just under 2 days after splashdown, Dragon has arrived home safely.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/186319.jpg)Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1026199202408280064)

SpaceX's Dragon capsule is back at Port of LA, full of science, after a month spent at the International Space Station. #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX's Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second orbital mission

By Eric Ralph (https://www.teslarati.com/author/eric-ralph/)
Posted on August 5, 2018

SpaceX's workhorse Cargo Dragon spacecraft has returned from its 16th successful mission to orbit, in this case as the fourth flight-proven Dragon capsule.

CRS-15 carried several thousand pounds of cargo to the International Space Station on June 29 and transported a roughly equivalent amount of invaluable cargo and scientific experiments from orbit back to Earth – incredibly, SpaceX's Cargo Dragon is currently the only operational spacecraft in the world able to return an appreciable amount of (non-human) cargo back to Earth.

The toasty-looking vehicle was captured after a soft landing in the Pacific Ocean and transported back to Port of San Pedro aboard SpaceX vessel NRC Quest between August 3rd and 5th.

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SpaceX's Dragon capsule is back at Port of LA, full of science, after a month spent at the International Space Station. #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash)

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Cargo Dragon is the only commercial orbital spacecraft in history that has been reused and stands in the company of a tiny handful of reusable orbital vehicles built or procured by countries, including the Space Shuttle, a one-off Mercury capsule reflight, and a few others. While most of each Cargo Dragon can be reused, the rear segment (known as a trunk) will always be expended, and the vehicle's parachutes and heatshield also have to be replaced after each ocean recovery.

Still, the vast majority of the cost and effort that goes into producing and operationalizing Cargo Dragon is contained within the capsule itself, including extremely sensitive electronics, docking equipment, aluminum, titanium, and carbon composite structures, and its 12 Draco thrusters for maneuvering on orbit, as well as propellant tanks and many dozens of other long-lead components.

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SpaceX's CRS-15 Cargo Dragon (capsule C110) seen docked to the International Space Station on July 14th. (NASA)

According to CEO Elon Musk and COO Gwynne Shotwell, Cargo Dragon was certified from the start with a spacecraft lifespan of three orbital missions (https://www.teslarati.com/spacexs-successful-reuse-dragon-spacecraft-really-means/), and SpaceX now has four Cargo Dragon capsules in various states of storage or refurbishment, some readying for their third and final launches over the next eighteen months. Aside from those twice-flown Dragons, three once-flown capsules remain in the flight-proven Dragon roost – more than enough to complete the five cargo missions remaining in SpaceX's CRS-1 (Commercial Supply Services) contract. CRS-1's last (20th) contracted mission is currently scheduled for early 2020, after which a modified version of Cargo Dragon (Dragon 2) (https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-crew-dragon-spacecraft-debut-iss-resupply-mission/) will take over all future SpaceX resupply missions to the ISS.

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SpaceX's CRS-15 Cargo Dragon returns to Port of San Pedro, 08/05/18. (Pauline Acalin)

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SpaceX's CRS-15 Cargo Dragon returns to Port of San Pedro, 08/05/18. (Pauline Acalin)

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SpaceX's CRS-15 Cargo Dragon returns to Port of San Pedro, 08/05/18. (Pauline Acalin)

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Cargo Dragon C110 is craned from NRC Quest to SpaceX's Port of San Pedro berth, 08/05/18. (Pauline Acalin)
 
Back at the docks, Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin managed to capture some gorgeous noon-lit photos of Cargo Dragon capsule C110's (https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-crew-dragon-spacecraft-debut-iss-resupply-mission/) (Dragon 1, serial #10) return from the Pacific to Port of San Pedro, even catching a rare glimpse of the capsule's extra toasty rear and parachute compartment as SpaceX vessel NRC Quest sailed by. Patience further paid off, and she was able to watch as the capsule was craned from Quest to dock and later caught a few close-ups of the spacecraft (https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-rocket-droneship-photo-gallery/) before it was rushed under cover to extricate dozens of time-sensitive scientific experiments and offload several thousand pounds of miscellaneous cargo.

SpaceX's next Cargo Dragon launch is targeting the end of November 2018 and will mark the spacecraft's first launch atop Falcon 9 Block 5, likely with both a flight-proven booster and capsule (https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-falcon-9-block-5-rocket-droneship-photo-gallery/).

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Amazing that there are currently two spacecraft sitting at the same port right now, each back from space within days of each other. Dragon capsule from CRS-15, and Falcon 9 B1048 from Iridium-7. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 8/03/2018

SpaceX-15 Dragon Unberth and Release:
Early this morning, the crew removed power connections, utility jumpers and completed closeout of the Dragon vehicle prior to depressurization of the Node 2 (N2) Nadir vestibule. Robotics ground controllers used the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) to unberth Dragon at 9:37 AM CDT and the crew released the vehicle at 11:37 AM CDT. Once the vehicle was clear, specialists maneuvered the SSRMS to a park position and provide video support of the Node 2 Nadir Active Common Berthing Mechanism (ACBM) petals closure. Dragon is scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 5:17 PM CDT this afternoon.

ЦитироватьReleasing the Dragon

European Space Agency, ESA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIBaDdAbGlFDeS33shmlD0A)

Опубликовано: 31 авг. 2018 г.

This timelapse video shows still pictures taken from the International Space Station of the departing #Dragon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Dragon) supply spacecraft. Played in quick succession the video displays faster than real life but in 4K resolution.

The Dragon spacecraft was released from the Station's robotic arm at 18:38 GMT on 3 August 2018. Thrusters fired to increase its distance from the Space Station and the spacecraft started its deorbit and return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean less than seven hours after release.

The International Space Station flies at 28 800 km/h above our planet doing a complete orbit in around 90 minutes – during release operations the sun set and rose above the horizon many times.

As Dragon faded into the distance it flew over a stormy part of Earth – lightning flashes can be seen many kilometres below.

Dragon is the only spacecraft that can return to Earth with scientific cargo aside from the Soyuz spacecraft that ferries astronauts to space and back – this flight carried over 1700 kg of cargo.