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ЦитироватьOct. 22, 2019

Experience the Launch of the SpaceX CRS-19 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 (CCAFS) in Florida. This launch, currently targeted for Wednesday, Dec. 4, 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 19th resupply mission. In addition to supplies and equipment, the Dragon spacecraft will deliver several science investigations to the station.

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Last Updated: Oct. 23, 2019
Editor: Andres Almeida

ЦитироватьOct. 23, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-117

NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Space Station Cargo Launch

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA/Tony Gray & Kenny Allen

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

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 12:48 p.m. EST.

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

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Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations (https://nasa.gov/iss-science) in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, Earth and space science. Advances in these areas will help to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars). Space station research through the ISS National Lab (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index.html) also provides opportunities for other U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions, to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments, and products that improve life on Earth.

Highlights of space station research that will be facilitated by research aboard this SpaceX Dragon mission include testing the effectiveness of a device to separate and capture water droplets suspended in an air stream, delivering a next-generation spaceborne system to image Earth in higher spectral resolution than currently possible onboard the TERRA satellite, and testing conditions to develop an inexpensive and scalable process to manufacture optical materials in space (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7901).

Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver critical science research to the space station, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new investigations at the only laboratory in space. This is the 19th SpaceX mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract.

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, 239 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 missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/spacex (https://www.nasa.gov/spacex)

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Last Updated: Oct. 23, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon

ЦитироватьUpcoming ELaNa CubeSat Launches

ELaNa 25B
Date:  December 4, 2019
Mission:  Space X-19 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL
3 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed

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• AzTechSat-1 – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
  
• SORTIE - Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, Boulder, Colorado
  
• CryoCube – NASA Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida​
  

ELaNa 28
Date:  December 4, 2019
Mission:  SpaceX-19 – Falcon 9, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL
2 CubeSat Missions scheduled to be deployed

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• CIRiS – Utah State University, Logan, Utah
  
• EdgeCube – Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
  

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Next stop: #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash)! Last week, #QARMAN (https://twitter.com/hashtag/QARMAN?src=hash) #CubeSat (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CubeSat?src=hash) was integrated into its deployer at @Nanoracks (https://twitter.com/NanoRacks) facilities in Houston.  The #deployers (https://twitter.com/hashtag/deployers?src=hash) of QARMAN and co-passagengers will now be integrated into the Dragon #spacecraft (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacecraft?src=hash), for a Falcon9 launch towards the #ISS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISS?src=hash) on December 4th.

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ЦитироватьScience Launching On SpaceX CRS 19

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20 нояб. 2019 г.

ЦитироватьNov. 20, 2019

Research Launching on SpaceX Dragon to Enable Better Earth Images, Easier Leak Checks

The 19th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) contract mission for NASA carries a variety of cutting-edge scientific experiments to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html). The Dragon cargo spacecraft blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Dec. 4, 2019. Its payloads include investigations studying malting barley in microgravity, the spread of fire and bone and muscle loss, which will be added to the dozens of research projects already under way aboard the microgravity lab. The space station, entering its 20th year (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station) of continuous human presence, provides opportunities for research by government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions. Such research supports Artemis (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/), NASA's missions to the Moon and Mars, and leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth.

Read more about some of the scientific investigations riding on Dragon to the orbiting laboratory on CRS-19.

A Better Picture of Earth's Surface

The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7476)) is a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system. Hyperspectral imaging has high resolution across all colors of the light spectrum, providing more information about the characteristics and physical properties of a target. Every material on the Earth's surface – soil, rocks, vegetation, snow, ice and human-made objects – reflects a unique spectrum of light, making it possible to identify specific materials in an image.

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This image of the Chapman Glacier, located on Ellesmere Island in Canada, was taken by ASTER. Formed by the merger of several smaller glaciers, rocky debris on top of the glacier clearly marks the edge of each glacier. The JAXA Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI) is a follow-on to ASTER, serving as a next-generation, space-borne hyperspectral Earth imaging system.
Credits: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

HISUI provides in-flight performance verification of the system and its acquisition of data, as well as its usefulness for various tasks such as resource exploration and applications in agriculture, forestry and other environmental areas. This investigation is a follow-on to the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/advanced-spaceborne-thermal-emission-and-reflection-radiometer-aster/)) on NASA's TERRA satellite (https://terra.nasa.gov/).

Malting Barley in Microgravity

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Barley germinating on the International Space Station as part of Budweiser's experiment, Barley Germination, which launched on SpaceX CRS-13.
Credits: Space Tango

Barley contains antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Malting converts starches from the raw grain into various sugars suitable for use in brewing, distilling and food production. Understanding how barley responds to microgravity could identify ways to adapt it for nutritional use on long-duration spaceflights. Malting ABI Voyager Barley Seeds in Microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7911) tests an automated malting procedure and compares malt produced in space and on the ground for genetic and structural changes.

Communicating Satellite to Satellite

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The AzTechSat-1, a CubeSat soon on its way to the space station to demonstrate communication with the Globalstar Constellation satellite network, during its final hardware integration.
Credits: Andres Martinez, NASA Ames

The AztechSat-1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8055) investigation demonstrates communication between a CubeSat and the GlobalStar Constellation satellite network in low-Earth orbit. Such communication could reduce the need for ground stations, lowering the cost and increasing the number of data downloads possible for satellite applications. Inter-satellite communication is critical to future human space exploration. Its reduced cost and increased data capability also could improve many satellite-based services used by people on Earth. The CubeSat will be deployed from the International Space Station's Japanese Experiment Module airlock. This is the first CubeSat built by students in Mexico that will launch from the space station.

The Spread of Fire

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Preflight imagery of Confined Combustion in the MSG Ground Integration Unit. Confined Combustion examines the behavior of flame as it spreads in differently-shaped confined spaces in microgravity.
Credits: Chris Rogers

Understanding how fire spreads and behaves in space is crucial for the safety of future astronauts and for understanding and controlling fire here on Earth. The Confined Combustion (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7886) investigation examines the behavior of flame as it spreads in differently-shaped confined spaces in microgravity. More specifically, it will look at the interactions between spreading flames and surrounding walls. The spread of flames in confined spaces (such as buildings and vehicles) may pose a more serious fire hazard than flame spread in open spaces because of acceleration caused by heat radiating back from the surrounding walls. Studying flames in microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/combustion-research-microgravity-clean-burning-fuel-space-station/) gives researchers a better look at the underlying physics and basic principles of combustion by removing gravity from the equation.

Keeping Bones and Muscles Strong

The goal of Rodent Research-19 (RR-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075)) is to investigate a proposed method of preventing bone and muscle loss. The human body evolved within the constant pull of Earth's gravity. Astronauts have to exercise for multiple hours every day to prevent bone and muscle atrophy during their stays in space. Bone and muscle atrophy also occurs during normal aging, due to a sedentary lifestyle and during illnesses. RR-19 investigates myostatin (MSTN) and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Checking for Leaks

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The Robotics Tool Stowage (RiTS) undergoes testing in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at the Johnson Space Center. The RiTS will allow for the Robotic External Leak Locator to be stored outside the space station, eliminating crew time needed to transport it into space.
Credits: NASA

Nobody wants a spacecraft to spring a leak – but if it happens, the best thing you can do is locate and fix it, fast. That is why NASA launched the Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL (https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rell.html)) in 2015 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/new-space-tool-to-help-locate-ammoni-leaks.html), and a second RELL in April 2019 (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-nose-importance-of-humans-robots-exploring-together/). Operators can use these tools with the Dextre robot to quickly detect leaks (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-s-robotic-sniffer-confirms-space-station-leak-repair) outside of station and help engineers formulate a plan to resolve an issue. On CRS-19, NASA is now launching the Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a docking station that allows the RELL units to be stored on the outside of space station, making it quicker and simpler to deploy the instruments. Outside storage eliminates the need to rely on crew member and airlock availability to move a unit to the outside. These capabilities can be applied to any place that humans live in space, including Gateway (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars/lunar-gateway) and eventually habitats on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Measuring Gravity From Space

CRS-19 carries upgrades for the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Facility.html?#id=7396)), a multi-use facility that produces clouds of atoms chilled to temperatures much colder than deep space. Atoms have almost no motion at such low temperatures, making it possible to study fundamental behaviors and quantum characteristics that are difficult or impossible to probe at higher temperatures. Microgravity may allow for cooling to even colder temperatures than on the ground, and also allows researchers to observe atom clouds for longer periods of time. The new package launching on CRS-19 will include hardware that will allow scientists to make subtle measurements of gravity. This could enable scientists to probe fundamental theories of gravity and lead to the development of improved sensors that can be used for spacecraft navigation and to study Earth's climate.

These are just a few of the many investigations currently being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Melissa Gaskill

International Space Station Program Science Office
Johnson Space Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html)

Last Updated: Nov. 20, 2019
Editor: Michael Johnson

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ЦитироватьStar✦Fleet Tours‏ @StarFleetTours (https://twitter.com/StarFleetTours)
Our sources indicate SpaceX CRS-19 static fire is currently targeted for late Monday Nov. 25 (in EST). Once the booster is rolled out, we'll be able to see if has recovery hardware, and hopefully get a statement from SpaceX about the landing. Stay tuned!

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png)Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 2 ч.2 часа назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1198939010766430208)

Cape-wide notice has the Falcon 9 Static Fire window (SLC-40) as NET (No Earlier Than) Monday night through to the early hours of Tuesday, local time.

This is in support of the CRS-19 launch to the ISS on December 4.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1198992932482768896)

Tonight's Cape Support for the CRS-19 Static Fire window has been stood down with no new date. So no Static Fire tonight, basically.

ЦитироватьAfter quiet autumn, SpaceX preps for busy December launch schedule
November 25, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX

After a lull in launch activity this fall, SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral are preparing for up to four Falcon 9 missions in December to close out 2019 with a surge of launches.

SpaceX has launched just one Falcon 9 rocket since Aug. 6, but the company's launch cadence is set to return to its normally brisk pace beginning Dec. 4 with the planned liftoff of a Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Launch teams at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad are readying a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule for the journey to the space station. Launch on Dec. 4 is scheduled for 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT), roughly the moment when the Earth's rotation brings Florida's Space Coast under the space station's ground track.

The Falcon 9's first stage is expected to attempt a landing on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the Dec. 4 launch.

The Dragon supply ship will deliver several tons of equipment to the station, including more than a ton of specimens and hardware for scientific experiments, such as an investigation into flame behavior in microgravity, and 40 mice scientists are launching for a study of muscular degradation during spaceflight.

Assuming an on-time launch Dec. 4, the logistics mission will arrive at the station Dec. 7 and return to Earth with cargo in early January for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The cargo mission will be the SpaceX's 19th Dragon resupply flight since the company began operational deliveries to the station in October 2012.

Resupply missions under SpaceX's current $3 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA will end with the 20th cargo flight in March.  ...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1199343513743155200)

SpaceX has raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad in preparation for a hold-down test-firing later today. The rocket is set for launch Dec. 4 on a resupply flight to the International Space Station. LIVE UPDATES: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/26/falcon-9-crs-19-launch-preps/ ... (https://t.co/r74BsOCSlP)

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Цитировать11/26/2019 18:03 Stephen Clark

SpaceX plans a test-firing of its next Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad. The Falcon 9 is set to launch Dec. 4 with a Dragon supply ship heading for the International Space Station.

Ground teams raised the Falcon 9 vertical in its starting block at pad 40 Tuesday morning. The rocket is not fitted with the Dragon supply ship it will launch toward the space station.

The Falcon 9's nine Merlin first stage engines will ignite for several seconds later today in a hold-down test-firing. Restraints at the launch pad will keep the Falcon 9 firmly on the ground.

Launch on Dec. 4 is scheduled for 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT), roughly the moment when the Earth's rotation brings Florida's Space Coast under the space station's ground track.

The Falcon 9's first stage is expected to attempt a landing on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the Dec. 4 launch.

The Dragon supply ship will deliver several tons of equipment to the station, including more than a ton of specimens and hardware for scientific experiments, such as an investigation into flame behavior in microgravity, and 40 mice scientists are launching for a study of muscular degradation during spaceflight.

Assuming an on-time launch Dec. 4, the logistics mission will arrive at the station Dec. 7 and return to Earth with cargo in early January for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The cargo mission will be the SpaceX's 19th Dragon resupply flight since the company began operational deliveries to the station in October 2012.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29925.jpg) Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1199358861754417152)

The CRS-19 mission will use a new first stage, B1059-1. B1056-3, originally penciled in for CRS-19, is now expected to be used for JCSAT, but core assignments are always subject to change. #SpaceX  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

Цитировать11/26/2019 23:41 Spaceflight Now

The first wisps of vapor at Launch Complex 40 are an indication that SpaceX is readying the Falcon 9 for a static test firing of its Merlin first stage engines later today.

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Цитировать11/27/2019 01:12 Stephen Clark

Vapors are now streaming away from the Falcon 9 rocket at the Complex 40 launch pad, suggesting fueling is well underway and the static fire test is on track for 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT).

Цитировать11/27/2019 01:15 Stephen Clark

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Цитировать11/27/2019 01:27 Stephen Clark

The strongback umbilical tower at Complex 40 is retracting into position for engine start, suggesting the hold-down firing of the Falcon 9 rocket's nine first stage Merlin engines remains on track for 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT).

This firing will last several seconds as the rocket ramps up to 1.7 million pounds of thrust, while hold-down restraints keep the Falcon 9 on the ground.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1199455446303723521)

Finally seeing venting of the booster as we loose daylight. #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash)

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Цитировать11/27/2019 01:32 Stephen Clark

A plume of rocket exhaust over the launch pad suggests the Falcon 9 rocket's Merlin engines ignited at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). We'll stand by for confirmation from SpaceX of a successful test.

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Цитировать11/27/2019 01:34 Stephen Clark

Here's another view of the hold-down firing.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1199456380240969732)

The booster for the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) mission has fired. By initial appearances it was nominal.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1199456437723811840)

F9/CRS-19: Falcon 9 hot fire at LC-40 went off at 5:30pm EST; appeared normal; will now await status from SpaceX as to 12/4 launch of the CRS-19 ISS resupply mission

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1199463895892553728)

Falcon 9 static fire test complete — targeting December 4 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon's nineteenth resupply mission to the @Space_Station  (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1199463905258590208)

The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew in support of our fourth and eleventh commercial resupply missions

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ЦитироватьSpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket for next space station cargo launch
November 26, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday at pad 40. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 booster fresh from SpaceX's factory briefly fired its nine Merlin main engines Tuesday on a Cape Canaveral launch pad, passing a key test before liftoff Dec. 4 with a Dragon supply ship heading for the International Space Station.

SpaceX's launch team presided over a mock countdown Tuesday afternoon, during which the Falcon 9 rocket was filled with liquid propellants as if it was real launch day.

The countdown rehearsal culminated in the ignition of the Falcon 9's main engines at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT) Tuesday. Hold-down restraints kept the Falcon 9 firmly on the ground at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad.

After several seconds, the Merlin engines shut down as a plume of steam and smoke appeared above pad 40. SpaceX tweeted later Tuesday evening to confirm the hold-down test-firing, which is a customary milestone in the company's launch campaigns.

SpaceX will lower the Falcon 9 rocket horizontal and roll it back inside a hangar at the southern perimeter of pad 40 later this week. Workers inside the hangar will mate a Dragon cargo capsule to the rocket and prepare to return the fully-assembled launcher to the pad ahead of next week's mission.

The launch attempt Dec. 4 is scheduled for 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT), roughly the moment that Earth's rotation brings the launch pad underneath the space station's orbital track. It will mark SpaceX's 12th launch of the year.

The Falcon 9's first stage — making its first launch next week — is expected to attempt a landing on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean for refurbishment ahead of a future flight.

The Dragon supply ship will deliver several tons of equipment to the station, including more than a ton of specimens and hardware for scientific experiments, such as an investigation into flame behavior in microgravity, and 40 mice scientists are launching for a study of muscular degradation during spaceflight.

Assuming an on-time launch Dec. 4, the logistics mission will arrive at the station Dec. 7 and return to Earth with cargo in early January for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The cargo mission will be the SpaceX's 19th Dragon resupply flight since the company began operational deliveries to the station in October 2012.

The Dragon spacecraft set to launch Dec. 4 previously flew two times to the space station on resupply missions in September 2014 and June 2017, according to SpaceX.

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The Dragon spacecraft set to launch Dec. 4 is seen here on a previous visit to the space station. Credit: NASA

The launch and rendezvous of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft next week is not the only major activity planned aboard the space station in the coming days.

The Russian Progress MS-12 cargo freighter is scheduled to undock from the station's Pirs module Friday to head for a destructive re-entry over the South Pacific Ocean.

On Monday, Dec. 2, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA crewmate Drew Morgan will head out of the station's airlock on the third in a series of spacewalks to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a $2 billion particle physics experiment searching for signs of antimatter and dark matter.

Russian teams at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are readying a Soyuz booster to launch the Progress MS-13 supply ship Dec. 6 at 4:34 a.m. EST (0934 GMT). That cargo mission is scheduled to arrive at the station Dec. 8, one day after the anticipated rendezvous of SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30273.jpg) Raul‏ @Raul74Cz (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz) 25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1199711348986449921)

Launch Hazard Areas for #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS?src=hash)-19 mission according NOTMAR/NOTAMs. Partial boostback-burn of B1059 to droneship landing possition 345km offshore. Stage2 Reentry Debris Area in Southern Indian Ocean. http://bit.do/LHA10  (https://t.co/1SaD65jIwk)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184886.jpg) Nathan Barker‏ @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) 30 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd/status/1199736796621529093)

During #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) launch, #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) will use the Virtual Identification System Private Aid to Navigate to mark restricted areas for the first time.   If a vessel with AIS enters the hazard area they will receive a message stating "Regulated Area... Active Stay Clear"

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ЦитироватьNov. 27, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-132

NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA/Tony Gray & Kenny Allen

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 12:51 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) under contract with the agency. Live coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) Tuesday, Dec. 3, with prelaunch events.

The Dragon spacecraft, which will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, will be filled with supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support dozens of the more than 250 science investigations and technology demonstrations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spx19-research) that will occur during Expeditions 61 and 62.

About 10 minutes after launch, Dragon will reach its preliminary orbit. It will then deploy its solar arrays and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station. When it arrives at the station Dec. 7, Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will grapple Dragon with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) acting as a backup. NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will assist the duo by monitoring telemetry during Dragon's approach. The station crew will monitor Dragon vehicle functions during rendezvous. After Dragon's capture, mission control in Houston will send commands for the station's arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station's Harmony Earth-facing port.

Full mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Tuesday, Dec. 3

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• 1:30 p.m. – NASA Social, What's on Board science briefing from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This briefing will highlight the following research:
  
• Bryan Dansberry, assistant program scientist for NASA's International Space Station Program Science Office, will share an overview of the research being conducted aboard the space station and how it benefits exploration and humanity.
  
• Michael Roberts, interim chief scientist for the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, will discuss the lab's work in advancing science in space and developing partnerships that drive industrialization through microgravity research.
  
• Ya-Ting Liao and Paul Ferkul, investigators for the Confined Combustion (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7886) experiment, will discuss the investigation which studies how fire spreads and behaves in confined spaces.
  
• Andres Martinez, principal investigator and a student participant for AzTechSat-1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8055), the first Mexican-developed nanosatellite to be launched from the space station, will discuss how the investigation will demonstrate communication between a CubeSat and the GlobalStar Constellation satellite network in low-Earth orbit.
  
• Akira Iwasaki, principal investigator for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hyperspectral Imager Suite (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7476) (HISUI), will discuss the next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system.
  
• Se-Jin Lee, professor at the Jackson Laboratory and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and principal investigator of Rodent Research-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075), and Emily Germain-Lee, professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and chief of endocrinology and diabetes, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, will discuss research on molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation to prevent skeletal muscle and bone loss during spaceflight, and enhance recovery following return to Earth.
  

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• 4 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference from Kennedy with representatives from NASA's International Space Station Program, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing. Participants include:
  
• Kenny Todd, manager, International Space Station Operations Integration at NASA
  
• Bryan Dansberry, assistant program scientist, International Space Station Program Science Office at NASA
  
• Jessica Jensen, director, Dragon Mission Management at SpaceX
  
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing
  

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Wednesday, Dec. 4

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• 12:30 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins for the 12:51 p.m. launch.
  

Saturday, Dec. 7

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• 4:30 a.m. – Dragon rendezvous, grapple and attaching to the station. Capture is scheduled for approximately 6 a.m.
  
• 8:00 a.m. – Dragon installation to the nadir port of the Harmony module of the station
  

Dragon will remain at the space station until Jan. 4, when the spacecraft will return to Earth with research and return cargo.

The deadline for media to apply for accreditation for this launch has passed, but general information about media accreditation is available by emailing ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov (mailto:ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov).

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

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-broadcast-next-space-station-resupply-launch-prelaunch-activities-3 (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-broadcast-next-space-station-resupply-launch-prelaunch-activities-3)

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Last Updated: Nov. 27, 2019
Editor: Sean Potter

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184934.jpg) (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett) Geoff Barrett :f09f9a80:‏ @GeoffdBarrett (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett) 29 нояб. (https://twitter.com/GeoffdBarrett/status/1200227140710600704)

We are only a few days away from the launch of @spacex (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s Falcon 9 carrying CRS-19 to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #SpaceStation (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceStation?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185170.jpg) Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1200851168685121542)

SPACEX FLEET: OCISLY is getting a clean up today after sitting idle for a couple of weeks now. Eagerly anticipating the recovery of booster B1059.1 from next weeks #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) mission to the ISS. I am still not sure why it was not designated as a LZ1 landing but...  #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 16 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1201218982952554496)

Fair winds and following seas OCISLY and Hawk. The #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) mission has officially begun. #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash)

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5 мин.5 минут назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1201222200503787521)

Some bonus shots from Port Canaveral as I awaited OCISLY departing. #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortCanaveral?src=hash) #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Fleet in Port Canaveral as OCISLY departs for CRS-19

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1 дек. 2019 г.

The large SpaceX fleet, as seen in Port Canaveral, as Drone Ship OCISLY departs to catch the CRS-19 booster and Go Discovery prepares to ship Starship hardware to Boca Chica.

Filmed by Julia Bergeron (@julia_bergeron) for NSF.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 30 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1201328531306942466)

GO Quest has left the dock to begin their journey to the landing zone. Fair winds and following seas till we see you again.
#SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185119.png) Dr Marco Langbroek‏ @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) 1 дек. (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1201157011578208257)

I am a bit surprised: in the map below, I have plotted the expected CRS-19 track up to 23:44 UT (Dec 4), the end of the window. The Falcon 9 upper stage should follow a similar path.  Maybe the upper stage is manoeuvered into a somewhat higher inclination after CRS-19 insertion.

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Targeting Wednesday, Dec. 4, for CRS-19 Launch

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 2, 2019 at 4:37 pm

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after its liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston

NASA's commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 12:51 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html). The uncrewed Dragon spacecraft will lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing predict a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, with the primary concern being wind at the time of liftoff.

The Dragon is filled with supplies and materials that will directly support dozens of science and research investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. It also will carry the Japanese government's Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system.

Follow live coverage of the CRS-19 mission and prelaunch events here on the blog, NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public) and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive):

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• 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 – NASA Social, What's on Board science briefing highlighting research taking place on CRS-19
  
• 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 – Prelaunch news conference from Kennedy with representatives from the International Space Station Program Science Office, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing
  
• 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Launch countdown coverage begins
  

Цитировать12/03/2019 03:54 Stephen Clark

Weather conditions at the surface will likely be favorable for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday fr om Cape Canaveral, but upper level winds may pose a roadblock for the start of the company's next space station resupply mission.

The official launch weather forecast issued Monday by the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 90 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket fr om Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad at 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT) Wednesday.

But that probability only factors in weather conditions at the surface. Weather prediction models suggest winds aloft will be strong Wednesday, with maximum upper level winds forecast to be from the northwest at 110 knots near 40,000 feet.

Weather balloons sent aloft throughout the countdown Wednesday will give ground teams measurements of wind conditions at various altitudes. The actual upper level wind lim it depends on factors such as wind shears, or changes in speed and direction at different altitudes, and the capabilities of a specific rocket to safely fly through the wind shears.

Mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures and a brisk breeze from the west-northwest are forecast at the surface for Wednesday's launch opportunity. The 10 percent probability for a weather violation in the Air Force's forecast is attributed to a slight chance that surface winds might exceed the Falcon 9's wind lim it.

The Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Research Overview: Mighty Mice in Space

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2 дек. 2019 г.

On SpaceX CRS-19, the Jackson Laboratory is sending to station 40 female mice, including a few that lack the gene for producing myostatin, a growth factor that normally acts to limit muscle growth in both mice and humans. These mutant mice lacking myostatin, dubbed "mighty mice," develop additional muscle mass compared with normal mice. This investigation will examine the potential benefits of targeting the myostatin signaling pathway to help prevent diseases on Earth that result in muscle and bone loss. Microgravity induces rapid muscle and bone loss, providing accelerated models of disease for research aimed at improving therapeutics for patients on Earth.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Research Overview: Confined Combustion

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/220584.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/user/ISSCASIS) ISS National Lab (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezcn0GHbLgOkZ85oV5xqZA)

2 дек. 2019 г.

The National Science Foundation is funding an experiment fr om Case Western Reserve University that seeks to study flame spread in confined spaces, where fire can be accelerated. By doing studies in microgravity, wh ere buoyancy is eliminated, researchers can better understand the physics of flame spread, and results may help improve fire safety codes on Earth to help prevent injuries and save lives.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185342.jpg) Steven Young‏ @stevenyoungsfn (https://twitter.com/stevenyoungsfn) 21 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/stevenyoungsfn/status/1201881585307602955)

Dragon is in the nest

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185033.jpg) Next Horizons SpaceFlight‏ @NextHorizons_ (https://twitter.com/NextHorizons_) 53 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NextHorizons_/status/1201902117138685953)

Falcon 9 is outside on SLC-40, ahead of tomorrow's #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) launch.

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Цитироватьна ТыТрубе

youtube.com/watch?v=NvuX55JgzKU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvuX55JgzKU)

Начало трансляции - 17:30 UTC / 20:30 ДМВ

Цитироватьна сайте SpaceX

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

или

на ТыТрубе

youtube.com/watch?v=-aoAGdYXp_4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aoAGdYXp_4)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 11 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201963240785399809)

Oh wow!  Folks, CIMON v2 is launching up to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) tomorrow on #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)!  And now I have my own CIMON stress ball. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Flacon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flacon9?src=hash) #ESA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ESA?src=hash) @IBM (https://twitter.com/IBM) @DLR_en (https://twitter.com/DLR_en)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31160.jpg) ISS Research @ISS_Research (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1201931436552572934)
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AzTechSat, launching to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) on Dec 4, plans to demonstrate communication within a satellite network in low-Earth orbit. Such communication could lower costs and increase the number of data downloads for satellite applications. https://go.nasa.gov/34HKDCu  (https://t.co/eVK1rF034F)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 48 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201971430537207809)

Dragon will stay until about the 6th of January, but a firm release date with forthcoming. #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)


15 сек.16 секунд назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201971568072699909)

Dragon berths on Saturday, 7 Dec.  #ProgressMS13 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProgressMS13?src=hash) arrives 2 days later.  #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201972486319022081)

38 science investigations enabled by Dragon's launch. Bringing back 54 experiments. #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201974203668402183)

No issues being tracked with rocket or payload.  If Thursday attempt is needed, it would be at 12:29 EST (17:29 UTC) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)


12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201974257892372481)

Late load currently underway.  Will wrap later tonight.  #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png)Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201974385307004928)

185 nmi off Jacksonville, FL, is where the drone ship will be to catch the booster for this mission. #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)


13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201975238881423360)

Weather forecasters noting the very high upper level winds of 120kts.  "That is a problem for space vehicles."


12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201975406473207809)

Basically, weather tomorrow will come down to Upper Level Winds.  Thursday looks MUCH better.


9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201976466185113600)

No RTLS landing because Stage 2 will do a thermal demonstration of 6hrs.  Needs extra performance for that.  1st stage has to burn for longer time -- which negates the ability to do RTLS.


7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201976932210008064)

As of right now, SpaceX trajectory analysts say those Upper Level Winds are OK for Falcon9 tomorrow.  But they need Day of Launch weather balloon data to verify predictions.


4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201977817724006400)

No conflict with Dragon and Progress arriving at ISS within 2 days of each other.


4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201977967754256384)

There is no launch op on 6 December due to Dragon/ISS phasing/rendezvous timelines.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 18 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201974638684917760)

Version 2 Cargo Dragon - starts on CRS-21 next year - certified for 5 flights.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1201979312431337473)

SpaceX did analysis of Starliner thruster plume impingement on Dragon's solar arrays and sensors.  All is good on that front.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg) Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1201976530970316802)

SpaceX's Jessica Jensen: Tomorrow's Falcon 9 launch with Dragon will perform a drone ship landing, rather than a landing back at Cape Canaveral, to reserve performance on the F9 upper stage for a six-hour, long coast thermal demonstration. F9's upper stage will then deorbit.

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NASA says they've done everything to allow #DM2 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DM2?src=hash) (SpaceX's crew test flight) to stay for a long duration mission on ISS.  NASA is just waiting for time to pass as the vehicles work through final certifications for flight.

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And drumroll please... the to the second launch times are:

4 Dec: 12:51:58 EST (17:51:58 UTC)
5 Dec: 12:29:23 EST (17:29:23 UTC)

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Of Course I Still Love You has arrived at the landing zone for the CRS-19 mission! The droneship is ~345km downrange.

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ЦитироватьWeather 90% Favorable for Wednesday's Launch

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 3, 2019 at 4:39 pm

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Dragon spacecraft, stands ready for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida for the company's CRS-19 mission to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html). Following today's prelaunch news conference, liftoff remains on track for 12:51 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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SpaceX's 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 4, 2019, at 12:51 p.m. EST.

"As of now, we're tracking no issues on Falcon 9, none on Dragon, and we're on track with regards to timeline," said Jessica Jensen, director of Dragon Mission Management at SpaceX.

Weather officials are predicting a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, with primary concerns revolving around liftoff winds and upper-level winds.

"It's going to be a beautiful day tomorrow, just a little chilly in the morning, but we're hoping that we can get through those upper-level winds," said Mike McAleenan, a launch weather officer with the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing. "We may see some patchy fog or stratus around, but that will definitely burn off in time for launch, so we should have some pretty good viewing out there."

Live launch coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m. EST tomorrow, Dec. 4, on NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public) and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive), as well as here on the blog. CRS-19 will deliver supplies, equipment and material that will directly support dozens of science and research investigations that will take place during Expeditions 61 and 62.

Also being carried by the Dragon spacecraft is the Japanese government's Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system.

Цитировать12/04/2019 01:21 Stephen Clark

SpaceX and NASA officials today decided to go ahead with a Falcon 9 launch attempt Wednesday at 12:51:58 p.m. EST (1751:58 GMT) to kick off an automated resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Teams will be watching upper level wind conditions during Wednesday's countdown to ensure they do not exceed the Falcon 9's limitations. But weather conditions at the surface should be nearly ideal for a launch.

SpaceX's Dragon supply carrier will launch aboard the Falcon 9 rocket on a three-day trek to the station. If the launch occurs Wednesday, Dragon will deliver nearly three tons of experiments, provisions and other cargo to the space station early Saturday.

At this time, the Falcon 9 is horizontal at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad, where ground crews are loading about 700 pounds of time-critical payloads and research specimens into the Dragon supply ship's pressurized compartment. That work should conclude around midnight EST (0500 GMT), after which the Falcon 9 will be raised vertical in preparation for tomorrow's countdown.

ЦитироватьК МКС стартует американская ракета Falcon 9 с "грузовиком" Cargo Dragon
04.12.2019 0:00:06

Вашингтон. 4 декабря. ИНТЕРФАКС - Ракета-носитель Falcon 9 с грузовым космическим кораблем Cargo Dragon американской компании SpaceX в среду стартует к Международной космической станции (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

19-й по счету запуск "грузовика" Cargo Dragon к МКС в рамках коммерческого контракта между NASA и компанией SpaceX планируется осуществить с 40-го пускового комплекса на авиабазе на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида в 12:51 по восточному времени США (20:51 мск).

Это будет уже третий полет данного многоразового "грузовика" к МСК. По сообщению компании SpaceX, корабль ранее уже дважды побывал в космосе - в сентябре 2014 года и в июне 2017 года.

Он должен доставить на МКС около 2,5 тонны продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения десятков научных экспериментов экипажем станции. Среди прочего на МКС будет доставлен гиперспектральный сенсор (Hyperspectral Imager Suite - HISUI) японского космического агентства JAXA для наблюдения за воздействием добычи нефти, газа и минералов на прибрежные районы. "Грузовик" привезет на станцию 40 мышей для проведения экспериментов по уменьшению влияния невесомости на их костно-мышечный аппарат. После завершения исследований грызуны будут отправлены на Землю со спускаемым капсулой "грузовика".

Кроме того, Cargo Dragon доставит на МКС материалы по эксперименту, в рамках которого будет изучаться влияние невесомости на процесс соложения ячменя, начиная от прорастания зародыша, для понимания того, как будут реагировать растения. По словам главного научного сотрудника Национальной лаборатории МКС NASA Майкла Робертса, это необходимо для разработки новых способов выращивания растений для потребления в пищу в ходе дальних космических полетов.

Через две минуты после старта от американской ракеты-носителя Falcon 9 должна отделиться первая многоразовая ступень, которая затем совершит управляемую посадку на плавучей платформе Of Course I Still Love You на Атлантике.

В настоящее время Cargo Dragon является единственным космическим кораблем для снабжения МКС, который способен возвращать грузы на Землю.

Стыковка "грузовика" с МКС запланирована на 7 декабря. Она будет осуществляться путем захвата "грузовика" 17-метровой автоматической рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС и последующим присоединением его к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony. "Ловить" корабль будет итальянский астронавт Лука Пармитано. А процесс его непосредственной стыковки со станцией будет осуществляться по командам из Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.

Cargo Dragon будет находиться в составе МКС около месяца. Затем он будет сведен с орбиты, и его спускаемая капсула приводнится в Тихом океане вблизи Калифорнии. Корабль доставит на Землю результаты экспериментов, проведенных экипажем МКС на орбите, общим весом более 1,5 тонн.

С 2012 по 2019 годы компания SpaceX осуществила 20 запусков грузовых кораблей Dragon к МКС. Один из них окончился неудачей из-за аварии ракеты-носителя Falcon 9. Принадлежащая Илону Маску компания SpaceX имеет контракт с NASA на 20 запусков корабля на сумму $2 млрд.

В настоящее время экипаж станции состоит из россиян Александра Скворцова и Олега Скрипочки, американцев Эндрю Моргана, Кристины Кук и Джессики Меир, а также итальянца Луки Пармитано.

Вслед за Cargo Dragon к МКС 6 декабря отправится грузовой корабль "Прогресс МС-13". Он пристыкуется в автоматическом режиме к модулю "Пирс" 9 декабря.

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Robots need a place to stay in space, too. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125540.png)  NASA is attaching a "robot hotel" to the outside of the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). The protective storage unit for critical robotic tools is set to launch on Dec. 4 aboard the 19th SpaceX commercial resupply mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2YfjQLC  (https://t.co/RPBKBFlC3x)

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ЦитироватьISS National Lab Mission Overview, SpaceX CRS-19

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3 дек. 2019 г.

The International Space Station (ISS) is poised to receive a multitude of critical research and supplies as part of SpaceX's 19th commercial resupply services mission (SpaceX CRS-19) to the orbiting laboratory. This video provides an overview on some of the investigations destined for the ISS National Lab on this mission.

ЦитироватьSpaceX cargo mission combines mighty mice, fires and beer research
December 3, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works with an experiment on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

A nest of genetically-engineered mice, a research study to observe the behavior of fires in space, and an experiment that could lead to brewing beer in microgravity are among more than 5,700 pounds of cargo inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule awaiting launch fr om Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station Wednesday.

Scientists will use the mice to study an experimental drug that could combat muscle and bone loss in astronauts and other vulnerable populations.

Eight of the 40 mice launching to the space station have been genetically-engineered to lack myostatin, a protein that acts to limit muscle growth in animals. The muscle-bound, myostatin-free mice — or "mighty mice" — will be joined by four other groups of rodents, including groups that will be given an experimental drug in space to block myostatin activity and promote muscle growth.

All 40 mice will return to Earth alive on the Dragon capsule in early January. Scientists will administer the same myostatin protein blocker to some of the mice after they are back on the ground to assess how the drug affects their rate of recovery.

"The focus of this project is going to be to determine whether getting rid of myostatin in mice that we send to the International Space Station can prevent, or at least mitigate, the loss of muscle due to microgravity," said Se-Jin Lee, professor at the Jackson Laboratory and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and principal investigator for the rodent research experiment.

The drug trial to be administered to the mice on the space station also inhibits activin, a protein that regulates bone mass.

"By blocking activin with this drug, bone density increases significantly," said Emily Germain-Lee, a co-investigator on the experiment and professor at University of Connecticut School of Medicine. "And as you probably know, astronauts who spend a lot of time in space lose not only muscle mass, but also bone mass.

"Anything that can be done to prevent muscle and bone loss would be very important to maintaining the health of astronauts during space travel," Germain-Lee said. "But ... loss of bone mass is also a huge health problem for people here on Earth. There are actually lots of diseases that lead to bone loss in both children and adults. And, of course, osteoporosis is a big health issue for people who are elderly or bedridden.

"By testing this experimental drug in life subjected to microgravity, we hope to be able to test the therapeutic strategies for combating both the bone loss and muscle loss that occur in lots of different conditions," Germain-Lee said.

The resupply launch Wednesday will signal the start of SpaceX's 19th cargo mission to the space station, ferrying more than a ton of experiment hardware inside the pressurized compartment of the company's Dragon spacecraft. The supply ship will also launch with provisions for the space station's six-person crew, spare parts, tools, an ultra-sensitive Japanese Earth-imaging camera, and a flock of small tech demo CubeSats.

SpaceX ground teams were loading time-critical payloads late Tuesday into the Dragon capsule mounted to the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad. Technicians planned to close the Dragon spacecraft's hatch and raise the 213-foot-tall (65-meter) launcher vertical at pad 40 before dawn Wednesday.

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The Dragon spacecraft set to launch Wednesday is seen here on a previous visit to the space station. Credit: NASA

The Falcon 9 will be filled with super-chilled kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants beginning 35 minutes before liftoff. The countdown clock will tick down to a precise launch time of 12:51:58 p.m. EST (1751:58 GMT), roughly the moment the Earth's rotation brings the Falcon 9 launch pad under the space station's ground track.

Nine Merlin engines will drive the Falcon 9 northeast from Florida's Space Coast. The 12-foot-diameter (3.7-meter) first stage will accelerate the rocket for two-and-a-half minutes before shutdown and separation.

The Falcon 9's second stage will fire a single Merlin engine to power the rocket into orbit. Meanwhile, the first stage will perform a series of burns using a subset of its engines to slow down for landing on SpaceX's drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean around 210 miles (340 kilometers) east of Jacksonville, Florida.

The Falcon 9 booster — a brand new vehicle in SpaceX's rocket fleet — will aim to land on the ocean-going drone ship less than eight minutes after liftoff. Less than a minute later, the upper stage will inject the Dragon supply ship into orbit, setting the stage for deployment of the station-bound cargo capsule at T+plus 9 minutes, 35 seconds.

The Dragon will unfurl its solar panels a few minutes later, prime its propulsion system, and begin a choreographed sequence of thruster firings to approach the space station. The cargo freighter will arrive at the station early Saturday, assuming an on-time launch Wednesday.

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA flight engineer Drew Morgan will man the space station's Canadian-built robot arm to capture the Dragon supply ship Saturday. The robotic arm will position the Dragon spacecraft on the station's Harmony module, wh ere astronauts will open hatches and begin unpacking the cargo inside the supply ship's internal compartment.

The Dragon cargo capsule set for launch Wednesday will make its third voyage to the space station, following two previous round-trip flights in 2014 and 2017.

Here is a break-down of the Dragon spacecraft's 5,769-pound (2,617-kilogram) supply load. The figures below do not include the mass of cargo packaging, which is included in NASA's overall payload mass:

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• Science Investigations:    2,154 pounds (977 kilograms)
  
• Vehicle Hardware:                675 pounds (306 kilograms)
  
• Crew Supplies:                     564 pounds (256 kilograms)
  
• Spacewalk Equipment:        141 pounds (65 kilograms)
  
• Computer Resources:           33 pounds (15 kilograms)
  
• Unpressurized Payloads: 2,037 pounds (924 kilograms)
  

The Dragon spacecraft will carry an experiment for Anheuser-Busch to test the malting ability of barley seeds in microgravity. The company eventually wants to brew beer in space.

Gary Hanning, director of global barley research at Anheuser-Busch, said the company's malting experiment is the third in a series of investigations looking at how the environment of space affects brewing processes."

"This series has been constructed to look at the impact of space environment on the germination process of barley," Hanning said. "So the germination processes is taking seed and creating the new plant from that, and so that's a very key step in the life cycle of any plant, and particularly important to malting barley. So much of our research on earth is focused on seed germination and the environmental impacts that would affect seed germination, as well as physiological effects."

Hanning said Anheuser-Busch's experiments in space have given the company's research team a new perspective.

"From our previous studies on the space station, we've noted that the gene expression — that's the genes that are turned on or turned off and to what degree — are different on the space station then they are on Earth," he said. "We think it's a response to the stress, because it's an abnormal environment, so there's a stress related there. So ogene expression is a part of that cascade of events as part of germination."

The experiment launching on SpaceX's next cargo mission will look at hardware solutions to support barley malting on the space station.

"Malting is basically a biological process," Hanning said. "It is to convert barley into a product called malt, which is used in a lot of food and beverage applications. Malting is actually a three-step process," he added, beginning with the steeping, or hydration, of barley grains, followed by germination and drying.

The Anheuser-Busch experiment will launch with just 2.5 ounces (70 grams) of barley grains, separated into two units.

Another research payload aboard the Dragon spacecraft will allow scientists to observe flame behavior in confined spaces in microgravity.

The Dragon capsule's external cargo bay is loaded with a Japanese Earth-imaging instrument with high spectral sensitivity. The Hyperspectral Imager Suite, or HISUI, instrument will image Earth's surface in 185 spectral bands, allowing scientists to distinguish between the composition and type of a range of vegetation, soil, rocks, snow, ice, and human-made objects like buildings, roads and other structures.

Using the robotic arm, the HISUI instrument will be mounted to a fixture outside the station's Japanese Kibo lab module. It's a follow-up to the Japanese-developed ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite, which launched in 1999.

ЦитироватьLong-duration coast experiment on tap after Falcon 9 launch Wednesday
December 3, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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Artist's illustration of a Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX will perform a multi-hour experiment on the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket after the launcher deploys a Dragon supply ship on the way to the International Space Station Wednesday, gathering thermal data and other information to verify the vehicle's ability to perform long-duration missions and inject payloads into demanding, high-energy orbits.

The experiment will use up some of the Falcon 9's excess lift capacity, leaving an insufficient fuel reserve in the rocket's first stage to perform maneuvers to return to a propulsive landing at SpaceX's recovery site at Cape Canaveral. Instead, the first stage will aim for a landing on a SpaceX drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean.

"After Dragon is dropped off into orbit, the Falcon 9 second stage is going to continue on for a thermal demonstration," said Jessica Jensen, director of Dragon mission management at SpaceX. "So it's going to be a long six-hour coast that then results in a disposal burn.

"We need extra performance for that demonstration, so basically what we have to do is burn the first stage for a longer period of time, so that the second stage can have its performance reserved for that demo," Jensen said Tuesday. "Since we're burning the first stage for a longer period of time, it doesn't have as much fuel to come all the way back to the launch site. So we'll do a partial boost-back, which is where the drone ship is located."

On Wednesday's flight — SpaceX's 19th cargo launch to the space station — nine kerosene-fueled Merlin 1D engines on the Falcon 9's first stage will cut off at T+plus 2 minutes, 31 seconds, before separating to allow the rocket's single-engine second stage to accelerate the Dragon capsule into orbit.

That burn time is about 13 seconds longer than the first stage firing on SpaceX's most recent Dragon cargo launch in July, when the booster had enough leftover propellant to return to a landing at Cape Canaveral.

Jensen said SpaceX is performing the thermal demonstration on Wednesday's launch for "some of our other customers for longer missions that we're going to have to fly in the future."

She said SpaceX will measure the thermal environment in the second stage propellant tanks, along with other parameters, then reignite the stage's single Merlin engine for a disposal burn.

SpaceX's acknowledgement of the bonus objectives planned on this week's Falcon 9 launch helps explain an unusual airspace warning notice, or NOTAM, indicating the rocket's second stage would deorbit and fall back into Earth's atmosphere over the far southern Indian Ocean. Most of the rocket body is expected to burn up during re-entry.

The timing and location of the NOTAM hinted that SpaceX planned something unusual for the Falcon 9's second stage after releasing the Dragon cargo capsule in orbit, according to Marco Langbroek, an experienced tracker of satellite movements who lives in the Netherlands.

In a blog post (https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/12/an-interesting-crs-19-falcon-upper.html), Langbroek wrote that the airspace warning suggests the Falcon 9 rocket will steer into a higher-inclination orbit after deploying the Dragon spacecraft into the space station's orbital plane inclined 51.6 degrees to the equator. The NOTAM indicates the upper stage will deorbit around five-and-a-half hours after launch.

SpaceX has performed long-duration missions on two Falcon Heavy launches to date.

During the company's first Falcon Heavy test flight in February 2018, the rocket's second stage reignited its upper stage engine after coasting in orbit more than five hours, a maneuver that sent a repurposed Tesla Roadster on a trajectory to escape the grip of Earth's gravity.

A Falcon Heavy mission in June for the U.S. Air Force included four upper stage engine burns over three-and-a-half hours to deploy two dozen satellites into three different orbits around Earth.

Long-duration missions lasting more than five-to-six hours are required to place satellites on trajectories high above Earth, such as circular geosynchronous orbits, where spacecraft linger over the same geographic region at an altitude of more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.

While SpaceX did not identify what customers might need a long-duration launch profile, some of the U.S. government's top secret spy satellites require direct rides to geosynchronous orbits. The Delta 4-Heavy rocket built and flown by United Launch Alliance often delivers those clandestine payloads to space, but ULA is retiring the Delta 4-Heavy. ULA's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket and SpaceX's launch vehicles are less expensive than the Delta 4-Heavy, which has launched 11 times since 2004.

The U.S. Air Force also occasionally flies satellite missions that require multi-hour launch profiles.

In contrast, SpaceX's Dragon missions to the International Space Station reach their targeted deployment orbits in less than 10 minutes. A commercial communications satellite is typically released from the Falcon 9 launcher around a half-hour after liftoff.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Pre-Launch Briefing

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3 дек. 2019 г.

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Falcon 9 and Dragon are vertical ahead of today's resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station). Launch is targeted for 12:51 p.m. EST, 17:51 UTC → http://spacex.com/webcast  (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

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Цитировать4 ДЕК, 15:57
NASA установит блок для хранения автоматических приборов на внешней стороне МКС
Блок будет доставлен на станцию 7 декабря грузовым кораблем Dragon

ВАШИНГТОН, 4 декабря. /ТАСС/. Американское космическое ведомство NASA установит на внешней поверхности Международной космической станции (МКС) специальный блок RiTS (Robotic Tool Stowage), предназначенный для хранения автоматических приборов. Об этом NASA сообщило во вторник на своем сайте.

В блоке, прозванном "отелем для роботов", будет храниться оборудование, которое не используется астронавтами на постоянной основе. Это позволит освободить помещения внутри станции, указали в NASA.

"Теплозащитная система блока обеспечит хранение аппаратов в оптимальных температурных условиях. Кроме того, RiTS способен защитить их от радиации и микрометеоритов", - указал руководитель проекта разработки "отеля для роботов" Марк Ньюмэн.

RiTS будет доставлен на станцию 7 декабря грузовым кораблем Dragon калифорнийской компании SpaceX. Старт корабля с космодрома на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) запланирован на 4 декабря. На его борту находятся три тонны различных грузов для экипажа МКС, включая материалы для проведения научных экспериментов.

В RiTS первыми поместят два прибора RELL (Robotic External Leak Locator - Внешний роботизированный локатор утечек). С помощью этого аппарата можно определить источник утечки аммиака в системе охлаждения различных устройств на МКС, в том числе в системе жизнеобеспечения астронавтов.

По словам представителей NASA, астронавтам, если возникнет необходимость использовать RELL, не нужно будет выходить в открытый космос, чтобы вернуть оборудование на МКС, поскольку с этой задачей позволит справиться "рука"-манипулятор Dextre.

В настоящее время на станции работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир , а также представитель Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1202197628328517633)

Good morning fr om a chilly and overcast Cape Canaveral wh ere a Falcon 9 rocket, with a Dragon cargo capsule atop, was lifted vertical before dawn at pad 40 in readiness for launch later today: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/04/spacex-crs-19-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/6vh0n5cFWW)

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Цитировать12/04/2019 16:05 Stephen Clark

The U.S. Air Force weather team at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is sending up a series of weather balloons during today's countdown to monitor upper level winds.

The winds aloft will be a hot topic during the countdown. Forecasters predict winds of up to 120 knots at 40,000 feet, and the balloons launched this morning over Florida's Space Coast will track wind velocities and directions at different altitudes.

SpaceX will determine of the conditions at high altitude are acceptable for launch.

There is an instantaneous launch opportunity today at 12:51:58 p.m. EST (1751:58 GMT). If launch doesn't occur today, SpaceX has a backup opportunity tomorrow at 12:29 p.m. EST (1729 GMT) to launch the company's Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1202205607496953857)

Falcon 9 is vertical ahead of today's 12:51pm Eastern launch attempt!

Keep up to date on today's mission here: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=49550.0 ... (https://t.co/XISb5O808S)

We hope to bring you a live stream from the pad around 8:30am Eastern on our YouTube channel!

Godspeed Falcon 9 and Dragon!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 27 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1202225369950146563)

Countdown clocks are ticking towards a 12:51:58 p.m. EST (1751:58 GMT) launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies for the International Space Station. Live coverage: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/04/spacex-crs-19-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/6vh0n5cFWW)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67521.jpg) Stephen Clark‏ @StephenClark1 (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1) 27 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1202225970247348229)

Hello from pad 40. A brand new Falcon 9 rocket and a refurbished Dragon cargo freighter are vertical this morning. Liftoff is timed for 12:51:58pm EST to kick off a resupply run to the International Space Station.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1202217861487480832)

Good morning Falcon 9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4fXksK_7os ... (https://t.co/vrMl1yIaPf)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 14 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1202229886980673538)

Dragon is getting ready for its third flight to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)!

Follow @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)'s coverage here: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=49550.0 ... (https://t.co/XISb5O808S)

Be sure to check out our YouTube channel "NASASpaceflight" for our livestream from CRS-19!

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ЦитироватьLaunch Day Arrives for SpaceX's 19th Resupply Services Mission to Station

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 4, 2019 at 9:01 am

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida for the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

SpaceX's 19th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission is set to launch at 12:51 p.m. EST today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company's uncrewed Dragon spacecraft – launching aboard a Falcon 9 rocket – will deliver research, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.

Beginning at 12:30 p.m., join us here on the blog for live coverage, and follow along on NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public) or the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive) for the live launch broadcast.

Here's a look at today's countdown and ascent milestones. All times are approximate:

COUNTDOWN
Hour/Min/Sec – Events
-00:38:00 – SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
-00:35:00 – RP-1 (rocket-grade kerosene) loading begins
-00:35:00 – 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins
-00:16:00 – 2nd stage LOX loading begins
-00:07:58 – Dragon transitions to internal power
-00:01:00 – Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks
-00:01:00 – Propellant tanks pressurize for flight
-00:00:45 – SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
-00:00:03 – Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
-00:00:00 – Falcon 9 liftoff

LAUNCH, LANDING AND DRAGON DEPLOYMENT
Hour/Min/Sec – Event
00:01:18 – Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:31 – 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:34 – 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:42 – 2nd stage engine starts
00:02:47 – 1st stage boostback burn begins
00:06:11 – 1st stage entry burn begins
00:07:48 – 1st stage landing
00:08:35 – 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO)
00:09:35 – Dragon separates from 2nd stage
00:12:02 – Dragon's solar arrays deploy
02:19:00 – Dragon's Guidance, Navigation and Control bay door opens

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202244124734308355)

Get your download fingers ready! Here's my 289.5 megapixel panorama of a (rare) brand new #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) B1059.1 and Dragon resupply capsule headed to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) today at 12:51pm ET! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 36 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202245122672517120)

Here's a peek at the level of detail: (and a clear view of the teeny tiny little number 59 above the Falcon 9 logo(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125436.png)

full-res download: https://www.tmahlmann.com/photos/Rockets/SpaceX/CRS-19/i-tZqLFSh/ ... (https://t.co/XHdV2k5lvL)

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ЦитироватьWhat Launches to Space On SpaceX's 19th Cargo Mission?

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4 дек. 2019 г.

On its 19th resupply mission, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will deliver cutting-edge scientific experiments to crew members aboard the International Space Station.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1202253962273083393)

Upper Level Wind predictions are now a little bit lower than yesterday.  Still, everyone will need to wait for the official weather balloon data.  So hang tight, but certainly doesn't look worse than the prediction at this point. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1202264500470263809)

AFTS checkouts are in work. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1202264892000083969)

And those are now complete and good.

Цитировать12/04/2019 19:53 Stephen Clark

T-minus 60 minutes and counting. A few minutes ago, SpaceX confirmed the Falcon 9's autonomous flight termination system is ready to proceed with today's countdown.

Цитировать12/04/2019 20:04 Stephen Clark

SpaceX has called off today's Falcon 9 launch attempt due to out-of-limits upper level winds. There are also poor conditions in the offshore drone ship landing zone east of Jacksonville, Florida.

Much better conditions are forecast tomorrow, when SpaceX plans to try again to launch the Falcon 9 rocket on a space station resupply flight.

Цитировать12/04/2019 20:05 Stephen Clark

The official weather forecast for tomorrow's launch attempt calls for an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions. Forecasters predict broken clouds at 25,000 feet, northerly winds of 10 to 15 mph, and a temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit at launch time. The prime weather concern will be with thick clouds.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 31 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202274520402317314)

Standing down today due to upper altitude winds and high winds at sea creating dynamic conditions around the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – next launch opportunity is tomorrow at 12:29 p.m. EST, 17:29 UTC

Цитировать12/04/2019 20:06 Stephen Clark

Tomorrow's launch opportunity is timed for 12:29:23 p.m. EST (1729:23 GMT).

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
SpaceX has called off today's Falcon 9 launch

ЦитироватьCRS-19 Launch Scrubbed Due to Winds

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 4, 2019 at 12:20 pm

This morning's launch attempt has been scrubbed due to winds. The next launch opportunity will be at 12:29 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 5. Launch coverage for the SpaceX CRS-19 mission to the International Space Station will begin at 12 p.m. EST on NASA Television and the agency's website. A launch of the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft on Thursday will result in its arrival at the space station on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Цитировать4 ДЕК, 21:01
Запуск корабля Dragon с грузом для МКС отложен из-за непогоды
Запуск отложили на сутки

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 4 декабря. /ТАСС/. Американская компания SpaceX ввиду неблагоприятных погодных условий отложила на сутки запланированный на среду запуск ракеты-носителя Falcon 9 с кораблем Dragon, который доставит груз для экипажа Международной космической станции (МКС). Об этом сообщила в своем Twitter (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202274520402317314) SpaceX.

Сильный ветер создает неблагоприятные условия для спуска первой ступени ракеты на плавучую платформу Of Course I Still Love You ("Конечно, я все еще люблю тебя") в Атлантическом океане. "[Пуск] сегодня отменяется из-за ветра в верхних слоях и на море, порождающего динамичные условия вокруг платформы Of Course I Still Love You. Следующая возможность для запуска открывается завтра в 12:29 по времени восточного побережья США (20:29 мск - прим. ТАСС)", - уточнила компания.

Эту информацию подтвердило позднее Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства США (NASA) в своем официальном блоге. ... NASA вынуждено отложить и стыковку грузового корабля к МКС с 7 декабря на 8 декабря. ...

Цитироватьdownpour написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
Сильный ветер создает неблагоприятные условия для спуска первой ступени ракеты на плавучую платформу Of Course I Still Love You ("Конечно, я все еще люблю тебя") в Атлантическом океане. "[Пуск] сегодня отменяется из-за ветра в верхних слоях и на море, порождающего динамичные условия вокруг платформы

Цитироватьdownpour написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

ЦитироватьKBOB написал:
Falcon-9 ракета длинная и тощая - боковой ветер опасен.

ЦитироватьNot написал:
Это все НОТ придумал, про страшный боковой ветер, а на самом деле там "все путём"!

Цитироватьdownpour написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

Цитироватьdownpour написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

ЦитироватьLRV_75 написал:
Для этого перед пуском дважды запускают зонд

Цитироватьvlad7308 написал:
 

Цитироватьdownpour (//forum/user/16129/) написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

насколько я помню, пуски шаттлов тоже постоянно переносились по погодным условиям.
космодром на берегу океана - это не только хорошо, но и плохо тоже

ЦитироватьNot написал:
 

Цитироватьvlad7308 (//forum/user/16467/) написал:
 

Цитироватьdownpour (//forum/user/16129/)  написал:
Господа, а когда в РФ последний раз отменяли пуск из-за погоды (и какчасто вообще), можно напомнить?

насколько я помню, пуски шаттлов тоже постоянно переносились по погодным условиям.
космодром на берегу океана - это не только хорошо, но и плохо тоже

По штормовым условиям где-то в океане - никогда не переносились.

ЦитироватьNot написал:
По штормовым условиям где-то в океане - никогда не переносились.

Цитироватьvlad7308 написал:
 

ЦитироватьNot (//forum/user/13990/) написал:
 

ЦитироватьПо штормовым условиям где-то в океане - никогда не переносились.

поразительно!
С чего бы так?

Цитироватьtriage написал:
Что вы так о посадке печетесь - отмена из-за условий запуска, а не посадки. Все в теме есть благодаря tnt22

Цитироватьcross-track написал: А вот многоразовая версия - это новое качество, которого у конкурентов пока нет, поэтому конкурентам только и остается что приводить Нот-стайл аргументы, больше крыть нечем.

ЦитироватьNot написал:
 

Цитироватьcross-track (//forum/user/21497/) написал: А вот многоразовая версия - это новое качество, которого у конкурентов пока нет, поэтому конкурентам только и остается что приводить Нот-стайл аргументы, больше крыть нечем.

Филолух, да причем тут новое качество? Ты тут хором заливал что при посадке ветер Флакону не помеха, дескать раз чихнуть.

Цитироватьcross-track написал:
cross-track (//forum/user/21497/)  написал:  Не надо переводить стрелки. Здесь обсуждаются переносы пусков в связи с погодными условиями не на космодромах, а в океанах. А в океане сажает ступени только СпейсХ, а остальные используют только одноразовые ступени. А Вы сравниваете теплое с квадратным, о том и речь, и бо СпейсХ тоже не переносит пуски одноразовых ракет по этой причине.

ЦитироватьNot написал:
Филолух же трындел про дескать страшный (тм) ветер, вращая языком как вентилятором

ЦитироватьNot написал:
 

Цитироватьcross-track (//forum/user/21497/) написал:
 cross-track (//forum/user/21497/)   написал:  Не надо переводить стрелки. Здесь обсуждаются переносы пусков в связи с погодными условиями не на космодромах, а в океанах. А в океане сажает ступени только СпейсХ, а остальные используют только одноразовые ступени. А Вы сравниваете теплое с квадратным, о том и речь, и бо СпейсХ тоже не переносит пуски одноразовых ракет по этой причине.

Балбес, ты ничего не понял. Речь шла и по-прежнему идет о коммерческом смысле возвращения ступеней, и погода в океане одна из проблем, о которой собственно и шла речь. Филолух же трындел про дескать страшный (тм) ветер, вращая языком как вентилятором

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184886.jpg) Nathan Barker‏ @NASA_Nerd (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA_Nerd/status/1202559392631181313)

Good morning from Kennedy Space Center as #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) stands ready for today's launch.   The @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) livestream will begin 1 hour (11:29am) before launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfPoUROLw3M ... (https://t.co/sRNTIwjeI1)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202565110449000449)

#CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) remote camera reset team (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1202580945439797248)

According to the clocks, we are counting down to an instantaneous launch time of 12:29:28 EST 17:29:28 UTC. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202595442262806531)

Falcon 9 launch of Dragon targeted for 12:29 p.m. EST, 17:29 UTC. Winds are looking better ahead of today's attempt → http://spacex.com/webcast  (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Gears Up for Second CRS-19 Launch Attempt

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 5, 2019 at 9:38 am

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida on Dec. 5, 2019, for the company's 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for 12:29 p.m. EST. Photo credit: NASA

SpaceX is preparing for the second launch attempt of its 19th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) today at 12:29 p.m. EST. The company's Falcon 9 rocket and uncrewed Dragon spacecraft will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Join us here on the blog, as well as on NASA TV and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive), for live launch countdown coverage, beginning at 12 p.m. EST.

SpaceX made the decision to call off the first launch attempt yesterday due to upper-altitude winds and high winds at sea, creating dangerous conditions around the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You," which the rocket's first stage will attempt landing on following its separation from the rest of the launch vehicle.

The Dragon spacecraft that will deliver critical supplies, equipment and material to the space station on this mission first flew to the orbiting laboratory in 2014 on CRS-4, and then again on CRS-11, making it the first spacecraft that SpaceX reused for resupply missions. Now preparing to fly for a third time, the material it will carry on CRS-19 will directly support dozens of research investigations taking place in space.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 21 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1202619069708558336)

Now inside of 90 minutes until liftoff of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral. All weather conditions are currently observed "go" for launch. LIVE COVERAGE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/04/spacex-crs-19-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/6vh0n5cFWW)

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Цитировать12/05/2019 19:00 Stephen Clark

T-minus 90 minutes. The Falcon 9 countdown continues ticking toward a launch time of 12:29 p.m. EST (1729 GMT).

SpaceX's launch conductor will verify all members of the launch team are ready to proceed with final 35-minute automated countdown sequence at 11:46 a.m. EST (1646 GMT), followed by the start of filling the rocket with super-chilled, densified RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants at 11:49 a.m. EST (1649 GMT).

Liquid oxygen loading into the second stage will begin at T-minus 16 minutes, at 12:13 p.m. EST (1713 GMT), followed by final chilldown of the rocket's nine Merlin first stage engines, a final pre-flight engine steering check, switching of the rocket to internal power, and pressurization of the Falcon 9's propellant tanks leading up to liftoff.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185035.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1202617893990682625)

As of 40 minutes ago, GO Quest and recovery crews remain on-station with OCISLY as they run through final preparations. They will retreat to a safe distance very soon!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185035.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1202620426872070151)

...and there it is! Recovery crews are now retreating to a safe distance to observe today's landing attempt. OCISLY is ready!

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Цитировать12/05/2019 19:07 Stephen Clark

Checkouts of the Falcon 9's autonomous flight termination system are reported acceptable for launch today.

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Upper level winds around 81 knots as of 8 AM EST [URL=https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight]@NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1202612728411623424) @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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Цитировать12/05/2019 19:29 Stephen Clark

T-minus 60 minutes. Here are some statistics on today's launch:

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• 76th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2010
  
• 84th launch of Falcon rocket family since 2006
  
• 1st launch of Falcon 9 booster B1059
  
• 61st Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral
  
• 46th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40
  
• 19th SpaceX CRS mission to the space station
  
• 21st flight of a Dragon spacecraft
  
• 8th time SpaceX has flown a reused Dragon capsule
  
• 10th Falcon 9 launch of 2019
  
• 12th launch by SpaceX in 2019
  
• 14th orbital launch based out of Cape Canaveral in 2019
  

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67530.jpg) Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1202626036925632512)

T-minus 60 minutes. Today's mission marks the 84th orbital launch attempt by SpaceX since 2006. It's SpaceX's 12th launch of the year. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral is set for 12:29:24pm EST (1729:24 GMT). LIVE COVERAGE: https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/04/spacex-crs-19-mission-status-center/ ... (https://t.co/6vh0n5cFWW)

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F9/CRS-19: Liftoff from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is targeted for 12:29:24pm EST, allowing the rocket to launch directly into the plane of the station's orbit

Цитировать12/05/2019 19:48 Stephen Clark

The SpaceX launch director is conducting a technical readiness poll at this time.

Цитировать12/05/2019 19:50 Stephen Clark

T-minus 39 minutes. Today's launch is timed for precisely 12:29:24 p.m. EST (1729:24 GMT), roughly the moment Earth's rotation brings pad 40 at Cape Canaveral under the International Space Station's ground track.

The precise timing is necessary to allow the Dragon capsule to rendezvous with the station Sunday. The space station's robotic arm is scheduled to grapple the approaching cargo craft around 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT) Sunday.

Цитировать12/05/2019 19:56 Stephen Clark

T-minus 35 minutes and counting. "Launch auto sequence has started."

The beginning of the launch autosequence kicks off the first steps to begin pumping propellants into the 213-foot-tall Falcon 9 at pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen are now being pumped into the Falcon 9 rocket. The liquid oxygen is chilled to near minus 340 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 206 degrees Celsius).

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:09 Stephen Clark

T-minus 20 minutes, 30 seconds. SpaceX's launch team reports the Falcon 9's second stage is fully loaded with RP-1 kerosene fuel.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg)SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202633529185599489)

T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon. Weather is over 90% favorable for today's launch attempt → http://spacex.com/webcast   (https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z)

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:21 Stephen Clark

Hydraulics in the first and second stage Merlin engines are being activated for the Falcon 9's steering system.

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:22 Stephen Clark

T-minus 7 minutes. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9's Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition.

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:23 Stephen Clark

The first stage's RP-1 kerosene tank has been filled and closed out for flight.

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:26 Stephen Clark

T-minus 3 minutes and counting. The rocket's destruct system is on internal power and being armed, and liquid oxygen topping is being terminated soon.

Цитировать12/05/2019 20:42 Stephen Clark

SpaceX reports Dragon's propulsion system has been primed and all of its Draco maneuvering thrusters are ready for firing.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg)SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1202644568614637568)

Dragon's solar arrays have deployed, and it's on its way to the International Space Station. Capture by the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) crew set for early Sunday

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185307.jpg) Mike Deep‏ @mike_deep (https://twitter.com/mike_deep) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/mike_deep/status/1202643699710058496)

LIFTOFF!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185210.jpg) Jon Van Horne  :f09f90b4: :f09f93b7: :f09f8cb4:‏ @therealjonvh (https://twitter.com/therealjonvh) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1202644752748953600)

Launch Success! #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash)   What amazing launch this was!   (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125549.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125426.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125327.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202643983207407616)

Beautifully clear weather today for #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)! Here's a long exposure I made on my iPhone with the @NightCapApp (https://twitter.com/NightCapApp) from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building! GO Dragon!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202646112810799104)

30 launches in, I've never seen clearer skies! Liftoff of @spacex (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)' s #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) resupply mission to the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1202646134944083968)

Liftoff of CRS-19 taking science and supplies to the International Space Station!

Love this streak I captured from the VAB roof.

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Цитировать(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1193199502640984065/vGRxrEar_bigger.jpg) John Kraus  :f09f9a80:‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1202647003362209794)

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) at 12:29pm EST — Dragon is en route to the International @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) for the third time! (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png)(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125357.png)

Beautiful launch.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29925.jpg) Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight) 59 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1202647766629048327)

That was the 51st consecutive successful #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) mission, the 48th consecutive successful Falcon 9 mission, and the third consecutive successful Falcon recovery.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1202647608302473217)

Blue skies aplenty for #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash). This was our view from US1 in Titusville.

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Liftoff!

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5 дек. 2019 г.

ЦитироватьAstro Cat написал:
И трансляция как всегда лучше всех! )))

Цитироватькукушка написал:
Цитата Astro Cat  написал:И трансляция как всегда лучше всех! )))почти)

ЦитироватьРакета Falcon 9 с грузовым кораблем Dragon стартовала к МКС с космодрома во Флориде
НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 5 декабря. /ТАСС/. Американская компания SpaceX в четверг осуществила запуск ракеты-носителя Falcon 9 с кораблем Dragon, который должен доставить груз для экипажа Международной космической станции (МКС). Трансляция ведется на сайте NASA.
Старт ракеты-носителя с пускового комплекса на мысе Канаверал (штат Флорида) состоялся в 12:29 по времени восточного побережья США (20:29 мск).
Примерно через 10 минут после старта корабль вышел на орбиту, раскрыл солнечные батареи и начал серию маневров, рассчитанных таким образом, чтобы осуществить стыковку с МКС 8 декабря. Астронавт Европейского космического агентства Лука Пармитано осуществит захват корабля с помощью дистанционного манипулятора, а затем по команде из Центра управления полетом корабль будет пристыкован к шлюзу на модуле Harmony.
SpaceX успешно посадила на платформу в Атлантическом океане первую ступень ракеты-носителя Falcon 9, отделившуюся от нее после запуска.
Первая ступень, оснащенная четырьмя раскладывающимися посадочными опорами, опустилась на плавучую платформу Of Course I Still Love You длиной 90 м и шириной 50 м. Спуск осуществлялся с помощью торможения двигателей и парашютов. SpaceX разработала такую технологию для сокращения стоимости запусков.

О корабле
Как отметил портал Space.com, Dragon доставит на орбитальный комплекс 2,5 тонны грузов, в том числе 998 кг грузов для серии из 38 научных экспериментов, а также "отель для роботов" - платформу для установки на внешней поверхности МКС, где будут храниться роботизированные системы в период, когда они не используются астронавтами. Корабль будет пристыкован к МКС до первых чисел января, а затем вернется на Землю.
Нынешний полет корабля Dragon к МКС - уже 19-й в рамках осуществляемой NASA программы коммерческой доставки грузов на МКС. Для полета использована капсула, уже дважды - в 2014 и 2017 году - летавшая к МКС.
В настоящее время на МКС работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, а также астронавт Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.

Цитироватьzandr написал:
ТАСС в каждом сообщении о посадке первой ступени упорно поминает парашюты. Сложилось впечатление, что путают с ними рулевые решётки.

Цитироватькукушка написал:
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на 25-00 шутка такая?   на системных часах Т+00:05:03



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ЦитироватьBlackMokona написал:
 
да там мышь)) :D

ЦитироватьAstro Cat написал:
Никто так подробно и четко все не показывает.

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Поздравляю с успешным запуском Драгона! Когда точно по времени захват и пристыковка к МКС 9 декабря?

ЦитироватьNASA Events
Fri., Dec. 6, 4:15 a.m. EST: Russian Progress Cargo Craft Launch to Space Station (Launch 4:34 a.m.)
Sun., Dec. 8, 4:30 a.m.: NASA TV Coverage of SpaceX Dragon Grapple + Berthing at Space Station
Sun., Dec. 8, 8 a.m.: NASA TV Coverage of SpaceX Dragon Installation at Space Station
Mon., Dec. 9, 4:45 a.m. EST: Russian Progress Cargo Craft Docking to Space Station (Docking 5:38 a.m.)
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ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Поздравляю с успешным запуском Драгона! Когда точно по времени захват и пристыковка к МКС 9 декабря?

ЦитироватьCRS-19 Spacecraft Separation is Successful

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5 дек. 2019 г.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19: Solar Arrays are Deployed

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5 дек. 2019 г.

Цитироватьtriage написал:
А EVA-62 с 8 декабря значит перенесли.

Сейчас 9-ое резервный день стыковки Дракона?

ЦитироватьSpaceX 19th Resupply Launch to the International Space Station

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Трансляция началась 2 часа назад

ЦитироватьCRS-19 Mission

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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Falcon 9 Launch Livestream Dec 5 2019

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Трансляция началась 3 часа назад

ЦитироватьSpaceX Successfully Launches 19th Resupply Services Mission to Space Station

Danielle Sempsrott (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/author/dsempsro/)
Posted Dec 5, 2019 at 1:26 pm

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 12:29 p.m. EST on Dec. 5, 2019, for the company's 19th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

Critical supplies, equipment and material are on their way to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) following the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company's uncrewed Dragon spacecraft lifted off atop the Falcon 9 at 12:29 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 on Dec. 5, 2019, for the 19th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-19) mission.

"It's always great when we can get a new vehicle on its way to the space station, so we're very excited," said Kenny Todd, space station operations integration manager. "We're looking forward to getting the Dragon on board here in the next couple of days."

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SpaceX's 19th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2019, at 12:29 p.m. EST.

On this spacecraft's third trip to the space station, Dragon will deliver supplies and material that will directly support dozens of science and research investigations taking place during Expeditions 61 and 62. The spacecraft also is carrying the Japanese government's Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system.

A little over two minutes after launch, the rocket's first stage successfully separated from the vehicle, returning to land on the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Atlantic Ocean. Then, Dragon separated from the Falcon 9 completely. The spacecraft is now in orbit with its solar arrays deployed, which will help power it on its solo journey to the orbiting laboratory.


"We had a beautiful launch off Space Launch Complex 40 today," said SpaceX's Andy Tran. "All around it's been a successful mission so far."

Dragon is scheduled to arrive at the space station Dec. 8, with live coverage on spacecraft rendezvous and capture beginning at 4:30 a.m. EST on NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public) and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive). Upon its arrival, European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano, Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) commander, will grapple the spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) acting as his backup. The agency's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will monitor telemetry during Dragon's approach.

Following spacecraft capture – scheduled for approximately 6 a.m. – mission control in Houston will send commands to the station's robotic arm to rotate and install Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the space station's Harmony module. Coverage of the robotic installation will begin at 8 a.m. EST. Dragon will remain at the orbiting laboratory for about a month before returning to Earth with more than 3,800 pounds of research and return cargo. Upon its arrival, the spacecraft will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67594.png) Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1202653178845704193)

Precision!

Official #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) launch time was 12:29:24.521 EST. #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) #SpaceX  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash)

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NASA Events
Fri., Dec. 6, 4:15 a.m. EST: Russian Progress Cargo Craft Launch to Space Station (Launch 4:34 a.m.)
Sun., Dec. 8, 4:30 a.m.: NASA TV Coverage of SpaceX Dragon Grapple + Berthing at Space Station
Sun., Dec. 8, 8 a.m.: NASA TV Coverage of SpaceX Dragon Installation at Space Station
Mon., Dec. 9, 4:45 a.m. EST: Russian Progress Cargo Craft Docking to Space Station (Docking 5:38 a.m.)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185210.jpg) Jon Van Horne  :f09f90b4: :f09f93b7: :f09f8cb4:‏ @therealjonvh (https://twitter.com/therealjonvh) 46 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/therealjonvh/status/1202695110468743173)

Mission Patch #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)... acquired.

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ЦитироватьDECEMBER 05, 2019
DRAGON RESUPPLY MISSION (CRS-19) LAUNCH

On Thursday, December 5, SpaceX launched its nineteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-19) at 12:29 p.m. EST, or 17:29 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 after liftoff and attached to the space station on Sunday, December 8.

The Dragon spacecraft that is supporting the CRS-19 mission previously supported the CRS-4 mission in September 2014 and the CRS-11 mission in June 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX recovered Falcon 9's first stage on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1202686685655552005)

Captured the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) first stage boostback and 2nd stage plumes interacting in the daytime!(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1202707687626153985)

Nine Merlin 1D engines roaring toward the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) carrying this Dragon capsule for its third flight! This flame detail is NUTS (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125564.png)

Read @NASAspaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)'s CRS-19 Article:
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/falcon-9-launch-crs-19-dragon-iss/ ... (https://t.co/Ea4wvvsGC1)

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ЦитироватьDec. 5, 2019
RELEASE 19-092

SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo

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SpaceX launches its 19th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station at 12:29 p.m. EST Dec. 5, 2019, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Credits: NASA TV

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m. EST Thursday. Dragon will deliver more than 5,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations, including studies of malting barley in microgravity, the spread of fire, and bone and muscle loss.

The spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and is scheduled to arrive at the orbital outpost on Sunday, Dec. 8. Coverage of the spacecraft's approach and arrival at the space station will begin at 4:30 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive).

Dragon will join three other spacecraft currently at the station. Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will grapple Dragon with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) acting as a backup. NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will assist the duo by monitoring telemetry during Dragon's approach. Coverage of robotic installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8 a.m.

This delivery, SpaceX's 19th cargo flight to the space station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract, will support dozens of new and existing investigations. NASA's research and development work aboard the space station contributes to the agency's deep space exploration plans, including future Moon and Mars missions.

Here are details about some of the scientific investigations Dragon is delivering:

A Better Picture of Earth's Surface
The Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISU (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7476)I) is a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system. Every material on Earth's surface – rocks, soil, vegetation, snow/ice and human-made objects – has a unique reflectance spectrum. HISUI provides space-based observations for tasks such as resource exploration and applications in agriculture, forestry and other environmental areas.

Malting Barley in Microgravity
Malting ABI Voyager Barley Seeds in Microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7911) tests an automated malting procedure and compares malt produced in space and on the ground for genetic and structural changes. Understanding how barley responds to microgravity could identify ways to adapt it for nutritional use on long-duration spaceflights.

Spread of Fire
The Confined Combustion (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7886) investigation examines the behavior of flames as they spreads in differently shaped confined spaces in microgravity. Studying flames in microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/combustion-research-microgravity-clean-burning-fuel-space-station/) gives researchers a better look at the underlying physics and basic principles of combustion by removing gravity from the equation.

Keeping Bones and Muscles Strong
Rodent Research-19 (RR-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075)) investigates myostatin (MSTN) and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Checking for Leaks
NASA is launching Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a docking station that allows Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL (https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rell.html)) units to be stored on the outside of space station, making it quicker and simpler to deploy the instruments. The leak locator is a robotic, remote-controlled tool that helps mission operators detect the location of an external leak and rapidly confirm a successful repair. These capabilities can be applied to any place that humans live in space, including NASA's lunar Gateway and eventually habitats on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

For almost 20 years (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station), humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, more than 230 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,500 research investigations from researchers in 106 countries.

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Last Updated: Dec. 5, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 9 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1202720280457699329)

My wide angle remote cameras from CRS-19's perfect 12:29pm launch toward the International Space Station! Such a gorgeous view!  

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185035.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 25 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1202731350618492930)

Tracking suggests that B1059.1 has been secured and that Of Course I Still Love You is underway towards Port Canaveral!

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ЦитироватьЧебурашка написал:
Ну что там со второй ступенью? Утопили, летает ещё или уже лопнула?

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
 

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной (//forum/user/15754/) написал:
Поздравляю с успешным запуском Драгона! Когда точно по времени захват и пристыковка к МКС 9 декабря?

Если Вы имеете ввиду Дракон, то 8 декабря захват примерно 14:00 ДМВ (11:00 UTC), трансляция в 12:30 ДМВ (09:30 UTC), пришвартовка позже - пока в расписании трансляций НАСА время не объявлено.

А 9 декабря - Прогресс будет стыковаться в 13:38 ДМВ ± 3 мин. Трансляция несколько раньше.

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
 

Цитироватьtriage (//forum/user/41036/) написал:
А EVA-62 с 8 декабря значит перенесли.

Сейчас 9-ое резервный день стыковки Дракона?

EVA-62 перенесли на после всех стыковок-расстыковок, включая Starliner, об сём К. Тодд говорил на брифинге 3 числа ( #23116 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic2964/message1920557/#message1920557) , запись брифинга -  #100 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16908/message1920652/#message1920652) )

А 9-е - наш день, Прогресс пойдёт...

Цитироватьсередина декабря (ПО)  14:50-21:20 - выход в открытый космос из модуля Quest по  американской программе (EVA-62) для ремонта системы охлаждения  спектрометра AMS-02 (Морган, Пармитано)

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
А что это за EVA-62

ЦитироватьPirat5 написал:
ранее планировался на начало декабря, потом - 8 декабря.

Цитироватьhttp://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1915181/#message1915181
8 декабря  16:43 - стыковка "Прогресса МС-13" к модулю "Пирс"
9 декабря (ПО)  15:05-21:35 - выход в открытый космос из модуля Quest по американской программе (EVA-62) для ремонта системы охлаждения спектрометра AMS-02 (Морган, Пармитано)

Цитироватьtriage написал:
 

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной (//forum/user/15754/) написал:
А что это за EVA-62

а это нужно читать тему сегодня запущенного Прогресса  

 

ЦитироватьPirat5 (//forum/user/16106/) написал:
ранее планировался на начало декабря, потом - 8 декабря.

в теме операций на какие даты она не стояла, жалко что не сохраняются промежуточные
было и такое
 

Цитироватьhttp://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1915181/#message1915181 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic12565/message1915181/#message1915181)
8 декабря  16:43 - стыковка "Прогресса МС-13" к модулю "Пирс"
9 декабря (ПО)  15:05-21:35 - выход в открытый космос из модуля Quest по американской программе (EVA-62) для ремонта системы охлаждения спектрометра AMS-02 (Морган, Пармитано)

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
 

ЦитироватьЧебурашка (//forum/user/14248/) написал:
Ну что там со второй ступенью? Утопили, летает ещё или уже лопнула?

3-го числа на брифинге - полёт на 6 часов, затем в сине море-окиян...

ЦитироватьВиктор Воропаев написал:
И всё-таки остаётся вопрос, поднятый голландцем - почему проекция зоны отчуждения не ложится на траекторию с наклонением 51.6. На брифинге не задавали?

ЦитироватьSpaceX's director of Dragon mission management, Jessica Jensen, said the rocket's upper stage is slated to fly a "thermal demonstration" for another, unnamed customer. To put this second stage into the proper orbit for this demonstration, the first stage will need to burn longer and will not have the fuel needed to return to the coast. Jensen declined to provide additional information, and this indicates the customer may be the US Air Force, seeking some kind of assurance about the rocket's performance for a future classified mission.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29726.jpg) Joseph Remis‏ @jremis (https://twitter.com/jremis) 5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1202980998797021184)

Obj. 44822 DRAGON CRS-19 DEB SPC 1 decay prediction: December 12, 2019 UTC 17h52mn ± 38h

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5 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1202985245127131137)

Obj. 44823 DRAGON CRS-19 DEB SPC 2 decay prediction: December 12, 2019 UTC 01h32mn ± 32h

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ЦитироватьВиктор Воропаев написал:
И всё-таки остаётся вопрос, поднятый голландцем - почему проекция зоны отчуждения не ложится на траекторию с наклонением 51.6. На брифинге не задавали?

ЦитироватьIn reply to reporter questions she provided slightly more details somewhat later in the press conference, adding that the test is done at the request of a customer for future missions that require a long coast. During the long coast phase, they will a.o. measure the thermal environment in the fuel tanks. The apparent ~5 degree orbital inclination change was not mentioned

ЦитироватьSPACEFLIGHT'S SEOPS-2 MISSION TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE SPACECRAFT FR OM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Jodi Sorensen
DECEMBER 3, 2019

High-altitude ISS deployment provides a routine, low-risk launch option for smallsats

SEATTLE – December 3, 2019 — Spaceflight (http://www.spaceflight.com/), the leading provider of mission management and rideshare integration services, announced that together with Hypergiant (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hypergiant.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=9wxE0DgWbPxd1HCzjwN8Eaww1--ViDajIU4RXCxgSXE&r=fKeGQdyujW0rg5uJhPkuGXYDkPKHg79ycJO1CLUDJ6Y&m=Nadp0qIynLgIeJV9pUPjCi71PxhCdtPuJF_9-1_PbRs&s=6ijj1X7oLalPD7T1arjSxrZTc879V2aDO28bvVdLdz0&e=) SEOPS, it will be launching three CubeSats from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft in early January.

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The payloads will travel to the ISS through a NASA Commercial Resupply (CRS) mission aboard a SpaceX Dragon scheduled to launch atop Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 4. The payloads are expected to reach the ISS several days later. Once they arrive, the ISS crew will transfer the cargo from Dragon to the ISS, wh ere it will be stored for several weeks until the Cygnus cargo vehicle is prepared to depart the ISS.

At that time, astronauts will mount the dispensers with the satellites already attached on the Cygnus hatch bulkhead. Once the ISS side-hatch is closed, the space between the ISS and Cygnus spacecraft is depressurized. The ISS robotic arm will then unberth the Cygnus from the ISS. Cygnus will maneuver itself to a higher orbit (450-500 km altitude, 51.6-degree inclination) and then deploy the satellites in January.

Spacecraft on Spaceflight's SEOPS-2 mission include:

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• Two NASA CubeSats, both selected for flight by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative to fly on the ELaNa 28 mission:
  
• Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space instrument (CIRiS), built by Ball Aerospace, is designed to investigate and optimize the calibration of infrared images acquired from a 6U CubeSat and can benefit a variety of Earth science applications, including land and water use management. CIRiS was selected by NASA's In Space Validation of Earth Science Technology (InVEST) program.
  
• EdgeCube, a student-built 1U CubeSat, developed via a partnership with Sonoma State University, Santa Clara University, and Morehead State University, is designed to see ecosystem change over time, as well as train and educate future STEM students.
  

[/li][li]A DARPA 6U CubeSat
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A Ball Aerospace engineer makes final checks on the CIRiS cubesat. Image courtesy of Ball Aerospace

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Students from Sonoma State University show off the EdgeCube, which they have designed, tested, and will operate.

Spaceflight has named the mission SEOPS-2, but it is also referred to as ISS SpX-19/NG-12, representing the two CRS missions converging at the ISS (a SpaceX Dragon and a Northrop Grumman Cygnus). Spaceflight and Hypergiant successfully executed a similar mission, dubbed SEOPS-1, in August 2019 which took three spacecraft to orbit.

"This unique approach to launch from the ISS has proven to be a valuable option for customers looking for a high-altitude deployment," said Curt Blake, CEO of Spaceflight. "After the success of our SEOPS-1 mission, we were eager to execute another with Hypergiant. These launches are particularly appealing to our customers because of the reliability of the launch vehicles, cost-effectiveness, and consistency in the launch schedule."

"It's a privilege to help the U.S. government, students and scientists improve our ability to live, work and thrive on Earth through these deployments with Spaceflight, SpaceX, the ISS, and Northrop Grumman," said Chad Brinkley, chief space officer at Hypergiant.

This will be Spaceflight's seventh mission this year. In 2019, Spaceflight will launch nearly 50 spacecraft from four different launch vehicles. Other noteworthy missions from this year include Spaceflight's GTO-1, which deployed the first commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and its first three missions with Rocket Lab. The SEOPS-2 mission will launch about one year after the Spaceflight's historic dedicated rideshare mission, SSO-A, which successfully launched 64 unique smallsats, making it the single largest deployment of satellites from a U.S.-based launch vehicle.

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ЦитироватьCrew Preps for Two Space Deliveries Racing to Station

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 6, 2019 at 1:31 pm

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(At left) The Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX with the Dragon space freighter on top lifts off (https://flic.kr/p/2hVJsRe) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (At right) Russia's Progress 74 resupply ship blasts off (https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss61/progress_ms-13/photo_12-06.html) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Two space deliveries are racing to the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) and the Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew is getting ready to receive them. Several tons of science experiments, crew supplies and station hardware are in orbit right now to replenish the orbiting laboratory.
...
The SpaceX Dragon commercial space freighter will arrive first on Sunday (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/05/us-space-freighter-heads-to-station-russian-cargo-craft-follows/) and astronauts Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) will be waiting in the cupola to capture it. The duo will carefully guide the Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and grapple Dragon at 5:30 a.m. Mission controllers will take over then remotely control the Canadarm2 and install the U.S. cargo craft to the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony).

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) are configuring the space station for the new research gear Dragon is delivering on Sunday. Morgan and Parmitano will also be unloading the multitude of science experiments and critical research samples. ...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203098335067947010)

Dragon CRS-19 continues on the way to ISS, latest TLE (epoch 1900 UTC) shows it still in the 200 x 381 km x 51.6 deg insertion orbit. The second stage presumably has been deorbited but has no TLEs despite completing multiple orbits and possibly changing its inclination

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
НОРАД определился с объектами запуска, ступень решил не регистрировать...

   
Дракон и две крышки от СБ

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Стоп! А где сама ступень? Вы же вроде бы говорили, что должно быть четыре объекта.

Цитироватьtnt22 написал:
The second stage presumably has been deorbited but has no TLEs...
Вторая ступень, по-видимому, была сведена с орбиты, но не имеет TLE...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 13 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203198004959817729)

I've been trying to model the CRS-19 second stage. If I make a burn at first southbound equator crossing, 1810 UTC, 800m/s out of plane and 200m/s prograde, I get a 346 x 1887 km x 57.6 deg orbit that goes through the target area about 0.5-1 hr late, around 0h UTC

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12 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203198260472635392)

But I haven't managed to get a solution that fits the announced NOTAM time of 2240-2322 UTC. @Marco_Langbroek (https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek) @cgbassa (https://twitter.com/cgbassa) any thoughts?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185035.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1203246948758773761)

Good morning everybody! OCISLY is within the vicinity of Port Canaveral but there is a big queue of cruise ships. That red dot is a chemical tanker due in at 7:30AM EST. I'm trying to work out if OCISLY will get to enter before they do.

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1 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1203271276049190913)

OCISLY is set to arrive in the next 90 - 120 minutes (7:30 - 8:00 EST).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30097.jpg) Stephen Marr‏ @spacecoast_stve (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve) 33 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1203280499290062848)

Falcon 9 booster B1059 can be seen from Jetty Park coming over the horizon. This booster launched SpaceX's Cargo Dragon just a few days ago on the #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash) mission for @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA).

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 31 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1203281230067904516)

I spy with my little eye, something on the horizon that may have returned to @PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral) in record time(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png) #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30097.jpg) Stephen Marr‏ @spacecoast_stve (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve) 21 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve/status/1203283768913608711)

The tanker we're waiting for is entering port now.

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1203286885810003969)

Can just barely make out the landing legs and tops of the support ships on the horizon #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 24 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1203292684909199362)

Crazy how the Earth is round and mirages happen. #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash) #B1059 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/B1059?src=hash)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 7 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1203296487402283011)

Looks like we've got crew transfer going on now #Falcon9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcon9?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185170.jpg) Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1203315063798607872)

Arrival of the #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) booster 1059.1 pulled by tug Hawk & sitting nicely in the middle of OCISLY. It comes into Port this morning after a successful Thur launch & recovery 214 miles offshore. Nice to see a relatively clean booster for a change #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash) #F9 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/F9?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184984.jpg) Jared-Base | Starliner OFT‏ @baserunner0723 (https://twitter.com/baserunner0723) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/baserunner0723/status/1203316547030331392)

B1059 and #OCISLY (https://twitter.com/hashtag/OCISLY?src=hash) have entered the port @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) #SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceXFleet?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185217.jpg) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1203317861604823046)

OCISLY is almost home. The droneship is currently being turned 180 degrees for berthing.  Photo: http://PTZtv.com  (https://t.co/ooXo9Nc2SU)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 20 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1203328905068847104)

Incredible experience seeing B1059.1 return to @PortCanaveral (https://twitter.com/PortCanaveral) from the air!(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/31566.jpg) Brady Kenniston‏ @TheFavoritist (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist) 11 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TheFavoritist/status/1203331169695227904)

Such a gorgeous view this morning as B1059.1 made its way into Port Canaveral, especially from the air!   Stay tuned to @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight)'s YouTube channel for my footage from this morning.

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1193199502640984065/vGRxrEar_bigger.jpg) John Kraus  :f09f9a80:‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1203331724299640832)

Oh boy, this morning was absolutely beautiful.  Here's aerial views of Falcon 9 B1059.1 returning to Port Canaveral aboard SpaceX's "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship following the launch of CRS-19 on Thursday. – Port Canaveral (https://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A0e367c7ab1d47003)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185070.jpg) Trevor Mahlmann‏ @TrevorMahlmann (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/TrevorMahlmann/status/1203333235633217536)

Watching B1059.1 return today was only my second doing so, since they usually don't until several days after launch. Watching the tugs/support ships all work together is my favorite part. They've got it down to a science!(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png)

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Цитировать04:00, 8 декабря 2019
Американский "грузовик" Cargo Dragon совершит стыковку с МКС

Москва. 8 декабря. INTERFAX.RU - Выведенный на орбиту грузовой корабль Cargo Dragon американской компании SpaceX в воскресенье должен будет состыковаться с Международной космической станцией (МКС), сообщает Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA).

Cargo Dragon доставит на МКС около 2,5 тонн продовольствия, а также оборудования и материалов для проведения 38 научных экспериментов экипажем станции.

Стыковка "грузовика" с МКС будет осуществляться путем захвата сблизившегося с ней "грузовика" 17-метровой автоматической рукой-манипулятором Canadarm-2 МКС в 05:30 по времени восточного побережья США (13:30 мск) и последующим присоединением его к американскому сегменту станции - модулю Harmony.

"Ловить" корабль будет итальянский астронавт Лука Пармитано. А процесс его подводки рукой-манипулятором к станции и непосредственной стыковки будет осуществляться по командам из Центра управления полетами NASA в Хьюстоне.

Как сообщалось, ракета-носитель Falcon 9 в четверг вывела на орбиту Земли 19-й по счету грузовой космический корабль Cargo Dragon в рамках коммерческого контракта между NASA и компанией SpaceX по снабжению МКС. Запуск был осуществлен с 40-го стартового комплекса на авиабазе на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида.

Это уже третий полет данного многоразового корабля к МRC. Ранее он дважды побывал в космосе - в сентябре 2014 года и в июне 2017 года.

Среди прочего на МКС будет доставлен гиперспектральный сенсор (Hyperspectral Imager Suite - HISUI) японского космического агентства JAXA для наблюдения за воздействием добычи нефти, газа и минералов на прибрежные районы. "Грузовик" привезет на станцию 40 мышей для проведения экспериментов по уменьшению влияния невесомости на их костно-мышечный аппарат. После завершения исследований грызуны будут возвращены на Землю со спускаемой капсулой корабля. Кроме того, "грузовик" доставит на МКС платформу, которая будет установлена на ее внешней поверхности для "парковки" роботизированных систем.

Cargo Dragon также привезет на МКС материалы для эксперимента Budweiser по изучению влияния невесомости на процесс соложения ячменя. По словам главного научного сотрудника Национальной лаборатории МКС NASA Майкла Робертса, изучение влияния микрогравитации на процесс соложения ячменя, начиная от прорастания зародыша, важен для понимания того, как будут реагировать растения. Это необходимо "для разработки новых способов выращивания растений для употребления в пищу в ходе дальних космических полетов", сказал ученый. В случае успеха эксперимента на МКС удастся воспроизвести пиво в условиях космоса.

В настоящее время Cargo Dragon является единственным космическим кораблем для снабжения МКС, который способен возвращать грузы на Землю.

Cargo Dragon будет находиться в составе МКС около месяца. Затем он будет сведен с орбиты, и его спускаемая капсула приводнится в Тихом океане вблизи Калифорнии. Она доставит на Землю результаты 54 экспериментов, проведенных экипажем МКС на орбите, общим весом более 1,5 тонн.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67516.jpg) Jonathan McDowell‏ @planet4589 (https://twitter.com/planet4589) 2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203495900406005761)

Reading the SpaceX comments on the second stage coast, it seems clear the only post sep burn was the deorbit burn. So, I like the following solution better: a  burn at 2225 UTC, 1.8 km/s out of plane and 0.3 km/s retro to a -31 x 280 km x 58.6 deg path

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2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203496097064333313)

For comparison, here is the groundtrack if no burn is made

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2 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1203496935753166853)

My new solution gives entry in the target zone at 2302 UTC, consistent with the 2242-2322 UTC period given in the NOTAMs

ЦитироватьNASA TV Broadcasts Dragon's Arrival at Station on Sunday

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 7, 2019 at 11:26 pm

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured on May 18, 2014, attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) tomorrow morning Dec 8, with an expected capture of the cargo spacecraft around 5:30 a.m. EST. NASA Television coverage will begin at 4 a.m. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will grapple Dragon with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography) acting as a backup. NASA's Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) will assist the duo by monitoring telemetry during Dragon's approach. Coverage of robotic installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Dragon lifted off on Thursday, Dec. 5, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The cargo spacecraft with more than 5,700 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spacex_crs-19_mission_overview.pdf) that will support dozens of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. Dragon will join three other spacecraft currently at the space station

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station‏ @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1203601422962446336)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) resupply ship is ahead of its timeline and @Astro_Luca (https://twitter.com/astro_luca) and @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan) could capture Dragon as soon as 4:51am ET with the @CSA_ASC (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station‏ @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1203604000483889152)

The @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is 30 meters away fr om the station and holding. Next it will move to its 10 meter capture point wh ere @Astro_Luca (https://twitter.com/astro_luca) and @AstroDrewMorgan (https://twitter.com/AstroDrewMorgan) will grapple Dragon with the @CSA_ASC (https://twitter.com/csa_asc) Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1203609320132206593)

Dragon has been given a "go" to move toward capture position

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 57 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1203613937637511169)

F9/CRS-19: ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, operating the space station's robot arm, has been given a "go" for capture

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1203616991384395776)

F9/CRS-19: CAPTURE! At 5:05am EST; the Dragon capsule has been snared by the space station's robot arm

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1203617581325643776)

Capture confirmed! After 19 flights to the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station), Dragon has now delivered over 95,000 pounds of critical supplies to the orbiting laboratory

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Цитировать12/08/2019 13:11 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 CRS-19 Dragon capture

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8 дек. 2019 г.

ЦитироватьAstronauts Capture Dragon Filled With Brand New Science

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 8, 2019 at 5:19 am

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The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station over the Atlantic Ocean.

International Space Station (http://www.nasa.gov/station) was traveling more than 262 miles over the south Pacific Ocean, Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) grappled Dragon at 5:05 a.m. EST using the space station's robotic arm Canadarm2 with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan (http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan/biography)  acting as a backup (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html).

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 7:30 a.m. Coverage may be adjusted as needed. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live (http://www.nasa.gov/live).

Here's some of the research arriving at station:

A Better Picture of Earth's Surface
The Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISU (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7476)I) is a next-generation, hyperspectral Earth imaging system. Every material on Earth's surface – rocks, soil, vegetation, snow/ice and human-made objects – has a unique reflectance spectrum. HISUI provides space-based observations for tasks such as resource exploration and applications in agriculture, forestry and other environmental areas.

Malting Barley in Microgravity
Malting ABI Voyager Barley Seeds in Microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7911) tests an automated malting procedure and compares malt produced in space and on the ground for genetic and structural changes. Understanding how barley responds to microgravity could identify ways to adapt it for nutritional use on long-duration spaceflights.

Spread of Fire
The Confined Combustion (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7886) investigation examines the behavior of flames as they spreads in differently shaped confined spaces in microgravity. Studying flames in microgravity (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/combustion-research-microgravity-clean-burning-fuel-space-station/) gives researchers a better look at the underlying physics and basic principles of combustion by removing gravity from the equation.

ЦитироватьFalcon 9 cargo mission for NASA demonstrated long-duration coast required by U.S. Air Force

by Sandra Erwin (https://spacenews.com/author/sandra-erwin/) — December 7, 2019

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon spacecraft on a resupply flight to the International Space Station Dec. 5, 2019. Credit: SpaceX The Falcon 9 upper stage engine performed a 20.1 second burn after the six-hour coast
LOS ANGELES — The upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to the International Space Station Dec. 5 (https://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-dragon-cargo-spacecraft-to-iss-2/) successfully performed a six-hour coast and a deorbit burn, a test that had been requested by the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate the vehicle can deliver national security payloads directly to geosynchronous Earth orbit.


"I got a thumbs up this morning," SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell told reporters Dec. 6 during a media roundtable at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne.


"They're still looking at the data," Shotwell said. She confirmed the upper stage engine performed a "full duration burn of 20.1 seconds after the coast."


Shotwell said this was the third time the Falcon upper stage attempted a long coast but this was the first six-hour coast that also executed the engine burn.


This is a capability that is required for national security launches to GEO orbit. SpaceX has launched a military GPS satellite but those only require three-hour coasts.


The Air Force so far has relied on United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rockets to fly payloads directly to GEO orbit. SpaceX needed to show it could do that before it has to fly classified national security missions to GEO in late 2020 under contracts the Air Force already awarded.


The upper stage also had to perform a thermal test. "It's not the physics. It's the thermodynamics, making sure that when you get there you can restart the engine, that your fuel doesn't freeze," an industry source familiar with the test told SpaceNews. "There are all kinds of complexities associated with coasting for six hours and then restarting the engine again."

ЦитироватьЭкипаж МКС приступил к стыковке c кораблем Dragon
14:08 08.12.2019

МОСКВА, 8 дек - РИА Новости. Грузовой космический корабль Dragon прибыл на Международную космическую станцию (МКС) в воскресенье, экипаж успешно осуществил захват корабля и приступил к его стыковке со станцией, сообщает НАСА.

Ранее ракета-носитель Falcon 9 стартовала 5 декабря с космодрома на мысе Канаверал во Флориде с кораблем Dragon с грузом для Международной космической станции (МКС).

"Грузовой корабль Dragon компании SpaceX был успешно захвачен рукой-манипулятором МКС в 05.05 по времени ET (13.05 мск) сегодня (в воскресенье - ред.). На очереди стыковка космического корабля к модулю Harmony", - сообщает НАСА в Twitter.

Dragon доставил на орбиту около 3 тонн груза, в том числе материалы для научных экспериментов и предметы первой необходимости. По завершении своей миссии, он вернется на Землю с результатами научной работы экипажа МКС. Dragon является единственным грузовым кораблем, который может доставлять материалы как на МКС, так и обратно. Для этого корабля Dragon и первой ступени ракеты Falcon 9 это третий старт.

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Как я понял, Драгона сейчас висит на манипуляторе МКС. А во сколько сама пристыковка его?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29912.jpg) Intl. Space Station @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1203654357020921856)

Live now on @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) TV, the @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) is being installed to the station's Harmony module for a month of cargo transfers. #AskNASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskNASA?src=hash) | https://www.nasa.gov/live  (https://t.co/yuOTrZ4Jut)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29831.jpg) William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1203659278508269568)

F9/CRS-19: The Dragon capsule has been secured to the Harmony module's Earth facing port; 16 motorized bolts finished driving home in the berthing mechanism at 7:47am to wrap up a rendezvous that began with launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral

ЦитироватьDragon Attached to Station for Month-Long Stay

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 8, 2019 at 7:55 am

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Dec. 8, 2019: International Space Station Configuration. Four spaceships are parked to the space station including the SpaceX Dragon space freighter, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship and Russia's Soyuz MS-13 and MS-15 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 7:47 a.m. EST.

The 19th contracted commercial resupply mission from SpaceX delivers more than 5,700 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory.

Here's some of the science arriving at station:

Keeping Bones and Muscles Strong
Rodent Research-19 (RR-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075)) investigates myostatin (MSTN) and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Checking for Leaks
NASA is launching Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a docking station that allows Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL (https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rell.html)) units to be stored on the outside of space station, making it quicker and simpler to deploy the instruments. The leak locator is a robotic, remote-controlled tool that helps mission operators detect the location of an external leak and rapidly confirm a successful repair. These capabilities can be applied to any place that humans live in space, including NASA's lunar Gateway and eventually habitats on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

After Dragon spends approximately one month attached to the space station, the spacecraft will return to Earth with cargo and research.
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ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19 Dragon berthing

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8 дек. 2019 г.

Цитировать8 ДЕК, 16:12
Грузовой корабль Dragon пристыковался к МКС
Корабль должен будет вернуться на Землю в январе

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 8 декабря. /ТАСС/. Американский грузовой корабль Dragon в воскресенье состыковался с Международной космической станцией (МКС). Трансляция операции идет на сайте NASA.

С помощью дистанционного манипулятора корабль был подведен к шлюзу на модуле Harmony и состыкован с ним. Захват корабля с помощью дистанционного манипулятора осуществил астронавт Европейского космического агентства (ЕКА) Лука Пармитано, ему помогал астронавт NASA Эндрю Морган, а астронавт NASA Джессика Меир вела контроль за телеметрической информацией.

Запуск корабля ракетой-носителем Falcon 9 был осуществлен в минувший четверг с космодрома на мысе Канаверал. Он доставил на МКС 2,5 тонны грузов, в том числе 998 кг грузов для серии из 38 научных экспериментов - многоканальный спектрометр, прибор для изучения процесса горения в условиях микрогравитации, медицинскую аппаратура для оценки состояния мускулов астронавтов в условиях орбитального полета, оборудование для эксперимента по пивоварению, а также "отель для роботов" - платформу RiTS (Robot Tool Stowage) для установки на внешней поверхности МКС, где будут храниться роботизированные системы в период, когда они не используются астронавтами. Корабль будет пристыкован к МКС до первых чисел января, а затем вернется на Землю.

Нынешний полет корабля Dragon к МКС - уже 19-й в рамках осуществляемой NASA программы коммерческой доставки грузов на МКС. Для полета использована капсула, уже дважды - в 2014 и 2017 году - летавшая к МКС.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185747.jpg) Christina H Koch‏ @Astro_Christina (https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/Astro_Christina/status/1203824781595938817)

Silent night capture of @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) today. Welcome onboard, new science and supplies!

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ЦитироватьSpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Return (B1059.1 - CRS-19) To Port Canaveral

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7 дек. 2019 г.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Booster (B1059.1) returned on Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) to Port Canaveral after launching the CRS-19 Dragon mission to the ISS.

Footage by Brady Kenniston (@TheFavoritist) for NSF.

Цитировать(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1193199502640984065/vGRxrEar_bigger.jpg) John Kraus  :f09f9a80:‏ @johnkrausphotos (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos) 7 дек. (https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1203371411877875712)

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View my full gallery of photos from my helicopter flight over Port Canaveral this morning: http://www.johnkrausphotos.com/Launch-Galleries/Falcon-9-CRS-19 ... (https://t.co/ZcW02PQ9L9)

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ЦитироватьFalcon 9 booster 1059.1 returns to Port Canaveral: Aerial video

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7 дек. 2019 г.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185170.jpg) Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo) 7 дек. (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1203440513942200322)

A couple of shots of B1059.1 being lifted off OCISLY and placed on port for laying over to be transported back to #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) hanger @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA).  #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash) #Science (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Science?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185170.jpg) Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo) 12 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1203715582702637056)

Not much work going on around #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) Booster 1059.1 this morning, but I noticed 2 legs have been retracted while the other 2 are still down. Curious what the delay is? #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash) #Science (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Science?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьFalcon 9 performs extended mission in test for future U.S. military launches
December 8, 2019 (https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/) | Stephen Clark (https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/)

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An aft-facing camera on the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage captured this view of the Dragon spacecraft with its solar panels extended shortly after arriving in orbit Thursday. The upper stage continued its mission and performed a long-duration coast experiment after releasing the Dragon cargo ship. Credit: SpaceX

An extended mission for the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage after launch Thursday with a space station cargo ship helped demonstrate SpaceX's ability to perform long-duration flight sequences to inject U.S. military payloads directly into high-altitude geosynchronous orbit.

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, characterized the test as a "big success" Friday in a meeting with reporters at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

"This was our third long coast (demonstration)," Shotwell said. "They're still looking at the data, but I got a thumbs up this morning that it looked like it went really well."

On Thursday's launch fr om Cape Canaveral, the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage delivered the mission's Dragon cargo capsule payload to low Earth orbit less than 10 minutes after liftoff. Instead of performing a short deorbit burn soon after releasing the Dragon supply ship in orbit — as the Falcon 9 upper stage typically does — the rocket continued coasting around Earth for several orbits before reigniting its Merlin for a longer disposal firing that lasted 20.1 seconds, according to Shotwell.

"It was a full duration burn," she said Friday.

An airspace warning notice, or NOTAM, associated with Thursday's Falcon 9 launch indicated the rocket's second stage would deorbit over the far southern Indian Ocean more than five hours after liftoff, following a plane change maneuver into a higher-inclination orbit. Most of the rocket body was expected to burn up during re-entry.

SpaceX has performed long-duration coast demonstrations before, most recently after a Falcon Heavy flight in June. On that mission, designated STP-2, the Falcon Heavy's second stage conducted four upper stage engine burns over three-and-a-half hours to deploy two dozen satellites into three different orbits around Earth.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Complex 40 launch pad Thursday. Credit: SpaceX

Engineers wanted to show on Thursday's mission that the Falcon 9 upper stage could remain properly thermally balanced during lengthy flights required to place large U.S. Air Force or National Reconnaissance Office payloads into high-energy orbits. The Falcon 9's second stage consumes super-chilled kerosene and cryogenic liquid oxygen propellants.

A SpaceX official said Friday that engineers added baffles to the second stage tanks to help prevent liquid propellant from pooling on the tank walls. The official said SpaceX's earlier long-duration coast demonstrations, such as the STP-2 mission on the Falcon Heavy, proved the upper stage could perform maneuvers over several hours, but that engineers did not quite see the results they desired.

The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy share the same upper stage design.

Long-duration missions often lasting five-to-six hours are required to place satellites on trajectories high above Earth, such as circular geosynchronous orbits, wh ere spacecraft linger over the same geographic region at an altitude of more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.

Some of the U.S. government's top secret spy satellites require direct rides to geosynchronous orbits. The Delta 4-Heavy rocket built and flown by United Launch Alliance often delivers those clandestine payloads to space, but ULA is retiring the Delta 4-Heavy. ULA's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket and SpaceX's launch vehicles are less expensive than the Delta 4-Heavy, which has launched 11 times since 2004.

The U.S. Air Force also occasionally flies satellite missions that require multi-hour launch profiles.

In contrast, SpaceX's Dragon missions to the International Space Station reach their targeted deployment orbits in less than 10 minutes. A commercial communications satellite is typically released from the Falcon 9 launcher around a half-hour after liftoff.

ЦитироватьCrew Unpacks New Science from U.S. and Russian Cargo Ships

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 9, 2019 at 1:26 pm

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The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the space station (left) and after it was installed to the Harmony module (right) on Dec. 8, 2019.

Two new cargo spaceships are open for business at the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) as a variety of new space research begins this week. The Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew has begun unpacking several tons new supplies from the U.S. and Russian space freighters.
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The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship arrived at the station (https://go.nasa.gov/2Po0qjn) on Sunday for a capture and installation with the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) to the U.S. Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony). Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) joined NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) and quickly unpacked brand new science gear and rodents for observation aboard the space station.

NASA Flight Engineer Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) worked throughout Monday juggling numerous science and cargo activities. She was offloading new Dragon supplies and housing lab rodents delivered aboard the U.S. cargo craft. ...

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1204111619451699201)

The transporter has arrived for the Falcon 9 booster. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185033.jpg) Next Horizons SpaceFlight‏ @NextHorizons_ (https://twitter.com/NextHorizons_) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NextHorizons_/status/1204112274425884672)

The transporter is inbound to grab B1059.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185211.jpg) Julia‏ @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) 13 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/1204421501576978434)

B1059.1 has all four legs retracted. The transporter arrived yesterday so all that is left is to crane her onto the transporter and return to Cape to be readied for the next mission. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #CRS19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/CRS19?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/185170.jpg) Greg Scott  :f09f9a80: :f09f9aa2: :f09f988e:‏ @GregScott_photo (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo) 11 дек. (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1204764494163054595)

And just like that, after 3 days of waiting #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) F9 booster 1059.1 went down quickly & without incident. Finally on the crawler (the same one #NASA (https://twitter.com/hashtag/NASA?src=hash) used for the Space Shuttle) it is being secured for transport back for refurbishment. #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash) #ElonMusk (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hash)

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11 дек. (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1204781815485095936)

Three solar panels on the top of the B1059.1 lifting cap. I would think they would be for the flashing lights on the cap but I am not sure....care to weigh in @julia_bergeron (https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron) or @spacecoast_stve (https://twitter.com/spacecoast_stve) ?

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11 дек. (https://twitter.com/GregScott_photo/status/1204905280179449856)

Ever want to look down the empty fuselage of a spent F9 before? Well here is what it looks like minus lift cap sitting on the crawler. #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #ElonMusk (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hash) #Space (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Space?src=hash)

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ЦитироватьBEAM and Dragon Work, DNA Studies Before Station Lifts Orbit

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 26, 2019 at 2:58 pm

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Koch ... moved on to loading cargo inside the SpaceX Dragon (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/08/dragon-attached-to-station-for-month-long-stay/) cargo craft due to return to Earth on January 5. Flight Engineer Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) started the packing work today as the crew readies research results for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean aboard Dragon.
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Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) of ESA (European Space Agency) is also gathering hardware for return to Earth inside Dragon. He is packing the obsolete power and electronics gear retrieved during a series of spacewalks earlier this year. Engineers on the ground will analyze how years of exposure to the harsh space environment impacted the devices that powered multiple station systems.
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ЦитироватьCrew Packing Dragon Cargo Craft and Researching Flames in Space

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Dec 30, 2019 at 2:00 pm

A U.S. cargo craft is getting ready to depart the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) early next week loaded with research results and degraded hardware for analysis on Earth. ...

The SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) resupply ship is being configured for its departure on Jan. 5 after a month attached to the Harmony module. Dragon will be released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://cms.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) on Sunday at 9:41 p.m. EST and splashdown in the Pacific off the coast California a few hours later.

NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) is leading the packing activities today with assistance from fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) and Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch). The trio will be preserving and loading finalized experiment results inside Dragon. Obsolete hardware exposed to the harshness of space will also be returned to Earth for engineering inspections.
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ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events
Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

JANUARY

January 5, Sunday
9:15 p.m. – Coverage of the release of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 9:41 p.m. EST (All Channels)

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2019

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SpX-19 Cargo Operations:
In preparation for the SpX-19 unberth and return to the ground, the ISS crew took the opportunity to work on Cargo transfer operations. The ISS crew, working off a Cargo Transfer list, packed and transferred a variety cargo items on the Dragon vehicle. SpX-19 is scheduled to depart ISS on Monday, January 6.

ЦитироватьDec. 31, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-144

NASA TV to Air US Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station

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A SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2019, as both spacecraft orbit 261 miles above Kazakhstan.
Credits: NASA

Filled with almost 3,600 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) Sunday, Jan. 5. NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) will broadcast its departure live beginning at 9:15 p.m. EST.

Robotic flight controllers at mission control in Houston will issue remote commands at 9:41 p.m. to release Dragon using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

Dragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station, then execute a deorbit burn as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown around 3:04 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.

A key component returning aboard Dragon is a faulty battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU), which failed to activate following the Oct. 11 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station's truss. Expedition 61 flight engineers Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA removed and replaced the BCDU was during a spacewalk Oct. 18. The unit will be returned to teams on Earth for evaluation and repair.

Dragon launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at the space station two days later.

Some of the scientific investigations Dragon will return to Earth include:

Tiny Radiation Resistors

Rotifer-B1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7943) examines the effects of spaceflight on tiny aquatic animals, called rotifers, which are found in freshwater ecosystems and soil and are highly resistant to radiation on Earth. The investigation specifically looks at the metabolism and genome of the rotifer Adineta vaga to determine whether they have similar adaptation mechanisms in microgravity.

Mice in Space

Rodent Research-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075) examines myostatin and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Finding the Perfect Solution

On Earth, our bodies deal with low-level radiation through a naturally occurring protein that helps our body safely process it. The Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography (Perfect Crystals (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/crystal-clear-protection-from-space-radiation)) study, aims to help scientists find a way to deal with the problem of radiation during long-duration spaceflight missions using the same protein that is already at work in our bodies.

Convection and Crystallization in Microgravity

The Polymer Convection (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7901) study examines the effects of gravity on formation and crystallization of Broadband Angular Selective Material (BASM), an optical material with the ability to control the reflection and absorption of light. BASM has applications in polymer packaging, optical films, solar power and electronic displays.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

For almost 20 years (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-counts-down-to-twenty-years-of-continuous-human-presence-on-international-space-station), humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth that will enable long-duration human and robotic exploration into deep space. As a global endeavor, more than 230 people from 18 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 2,500 research investigations from researchers in 106 countries.

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Last Updated: Dec. 31, 2019
Editor: Karen Northon

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Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device (SLAMMD):
Today, the crew took mass measurements of cargo bags that are being returned on the SpX-19 Dragon vehicle. The measurements were taken using the SLAMMD which was originally designed to provide an accurate means of determining the on-orbit mass of humans between the 5th percentile Japanese female and the 95th percentile American male. Engineering teams are investigating the feasibility of using the SLAMMD unit to measure the mass of cargo bags to ensure accurate center of gravity calculations for visiting spacecraft prior to their departure. The on-orbit measurements will be compared to ground measurements after landing.

ЦитироватьNAVAREA XII 1/20

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
CALIFORNIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
    060800Z TO 060830Z JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
    34-16-51N 121-07-47W, 34-01-44N 121-25-48W,
    33-46-04N 121-44-23W, 33-30-03N 122-04-11W,
    33-13-40N 122-24-00W, 32-51-32N 122-51-35W,
    33-23-05N 123-28-48W, 33-54-39N 124-05-24W,
    34-16-12N 123-36-35W, 34-31-33N 123-15-00W,
    34-46-04N 122-53-24W, 34-59-49N 122-31-48W,
    35-12-36N 122-10-48W.
2. ALTERNATE 071520Z TO 071550Z JAN
    IN AREA BOUND BY
    30-05-13N 120-49-47W, 30-24-32N 121-13-48W,
    30-45-25N 121-39-00W, 31-07-22N 122-04-47W,
    31-30-00N 122-31-11W, 31-54-32N 122-59-23W,
    32-23-49N 122-20-59W, 32-53-05N 121-42-00W,
    32-28-01N 121-13-48W, 32-04-04N 120-47-59W,
    31-40-01N 120-24-00W, 31-16-15N 120-02-24W,
    30-53-16N 119-42-35W.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071650Z JAN 20.//

Authority: SPACEX 110608Z DEC 19.

Date: 010953Z JAN 20
Cancel: 07165000 Jan 20

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да там мышь))

Дык что это было то?

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29913.jpg) NASA‏ @NASA (https://twitter.com/NASA) 6 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1212870330609553409)

Due to a forecast of bad weather in the splashdown zone, the return of @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX)'s Dragon resupply spacecraft from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) is delayed until Tuesday, Jan. 7.

ЦитироватьNASA Television Upcoming Events
Watch NASA TV (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public)

ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S. TIME​

JANUARY

January 7, Tuesday 
4:45 a.m. – Coverage of the release of the SpaceX/Dragon cargo craft from the International Space Station; release scheduled at 5:03 a.m. EST (All Channels)

ЦитироватьEditor's note: Due to a forecast of bad weather in the splashdown zone, the return of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is delayed until Tuesday, Jan. 7. Release of Dragon from Canadarm2 is scheduled for 5:03 a.m. EST. NASA TV coverage will begin at 4:45 a.m. Splashdown is scheduled for 10:47 a.m. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.

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да там мышь))

Дык что это было то?

Не вполне уверен, о чём речь. Предположу, о чём-то белом, перемещающемся по верхней части сопла. Такие же хлопья были видны во время предыдущих запусков. У меня две версии. Приоритетная - что-то сконденсировавшиеся из выхлопа турбонасоса. Вторая - куски теплоизоляции.

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да там мышь))

Дык что это было то?

Не вполне уверен, о чём речь. Предположу, о чём-то белом, перемещающемся по верхней части сопла. Такие же хлопья были видны во время предыдущих запусков. У меня две версии. Приоритетная - что-то сконденсировавшиеся из выхлопа турбонасоса. Вторая - куски теплоизоляции.

http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16908/message1921317/#message1921317 (http://novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/forum/messages/forum10/topic16908/message1921317/#message1921317)
Под спойлером

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opinion (//forum/user/27898/), интересно, почему именно в этот момент снег решил «пробежать», никаких управляющих воздействий на ступень не видать.
И не расплавился ли бы снег?

ЦитироватьDragon Delays Departure While Crew Studies Space Biology and Botany

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 3, 2020 at 12:20 pm

The Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew aboard the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) is preparing to bid farewell to a U.S. space freighter.  ...

Station mission managers and SpaceX officials rescheduled the departure of the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) resupply ship from the complex from Sunday night to early Tuesday due to a forecast of high seas in the Pacific Ocean splashdown zone. Dragon is now scheduled to be released on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 5:03 a.m. EST when the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://cms.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) will set the craft free following its unbolting from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony). Dragon will parachute to a splashdown southwest of Long Beach, California, Tuesday at around 10:41 a.m. loaded with station hardware and research results for analysis.

Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) started Friday morning with Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) of ESA (European Space Agency) loading science freezers inside Dragon before next week's departure. The freezers are packed with a variety of scientific samples (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-air-us-cargo-ship-departure-from-space-station-0) that researchers will study to understand microgravity's impact on a broad spectrum of biology and materials.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/30273.jpg) Raul‏ @Raul74Cz (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz) 3 янв. (https://twitter.com/Raul74Cz/status/1212890722468319234)

Update of NOTMAR Hazard Area for #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) CRS-19 Dragon C106.3 reentry now postponed to Tuesday Jan 07 in window between 15:20-15:50 UTC. Estimated splashdown and recovery now approx. 383km southwest of the Port of LA. http://bit.do/LHA10  (https://t.co/1SaD65jIwk)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/184944.jpg) ISS National Lab‏ @ISS_CASIS (https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS) 3 янв. (https://twitter.com/ISS_CASIS/status/1213180482655080448)

Astronematode is returning! After launching to the International Space Station back in December, this investigation is scheduled to be onboard the #Dragon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragon?src=hash) spacecraft that returns to Earth next week.  Learn more about Astronematode here: https://issnl.us/5y  (https://t.co/xdO6bWcGFy)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 14 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1213964861312507905)

Meanwhile in the Pacific Ocean... NRC Quest is now approaching the CRS-19 LZ for Cargo Dragon.  Splashdown of the capsule is set for 10:47 am EST, Jan 7th.

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ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/03/2020

...
ICE Cubes Facility:
The crew removed Cube #6 (KIRARA) in preparation for return on SpX-19. In the Ice Cubes Experiment Cube #6 – Kirara mission, a 1-Unit (1U)-sized incubator, equipped with a temperature controller, is used to allow protein crystallization to happen in microgravity under a well-maintained temperature inside the cube. This first mission is aimed as an in-orbit validation test for a protein crystallization service as part of future commercial space activities. This first demonstration mission includes proteins for seven different companies and research institute

SpX-19 Cargo Operations:
In preparation for the SpX-19 unberth and return to the ground, the ISS crew took the opportunity to work on Cargo transfer operations. The ISS crew, working off a Cargo Transfer list, packed and transferred a variety cargo items on the Dragon vehicle. SpX-19 is scheduled to depart ISS on Sunday, January 5th.

Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit (CUCU) Crew Command Panel (CCP) Checkout:
In preparation for SpX-19 Dragon vehicle departure, the crew successfully checked out the CUCU and 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.
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ЦитироватьCrew Packs Dragon With Science Before Tuesday Departure

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 6, 2020 at 1:52 pm

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/131911.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hXKMUe)
The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station on Dec. 8, 2019, as both spacecraft were orbiting 257 miles above Egypt and about to cross over the Mediterranean Sea.

The SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) is due to leave the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) on Tuesday and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean loaded with critical science and station hardware for analysis. The Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) crew worked over the weekend and into Monday finalizing cargo transfers.

NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica), Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) and  Andrew Morgan (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/andrew-r-morgan) are carefully packing research samples including live mice (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075) inside Dragon for retrieval and analysis on Earth. Morgan and Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) of ESA (European Space Agency) will close the hatches and conduct leak checks before robotics controllers uninstall Dragon from the Harmony module on Monday night.

Most of the crew will be asleep as Parmitano monitors Dragon's release from the grip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (https://cms.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html) on Tuesday at 5:03 a.m. EST. The U.S. space freighter will orbit Earth a few more hours before parachuting to a splash down in the Pacific around 10:41 a.m. NASA TV will be live broadcasting Dragon's departure starting at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday. Splashdown will not be seen on NASA TV.
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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 4 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214291052057825281)

Dragon will depart the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) tomorrow with approximately 3,800 pounds of science and supplies at about 2:00 a.m. PST

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ЦитироватьScience-Filled Dragon Set to Leave Station Tuesday Morning

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 6, 2020 at 6:12 pm

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured moments before its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on June 3, 2019.

Filled with almost 3,600 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) Tuesday, Jan. 7. NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) will broadcast its departure live beginning at 4:45 a.m. EST.

Dragon will be released from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony) after flight controllers at mission control in Houston deliver remote commands to the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Station Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) of ESA (European Space Agency) will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory. The spacecraft is scheduled for release at approximately 5:03 a.m. EST.

After firing its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the station, Dragon will execute a deorbit burn to leave orbit, as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 202 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, at approximately 10:41 a.m. (7:41 p.m. PST). There will be no live coverage of deorbit burn or splashdown.

Цитировать01/07/2020 11:39 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is set to conclude a 30-day stay at the International Space Station Tuesday with an automated departure from the orbiting research outpost, a scorching re-entry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles.

The ship will be released by the station's robotic arm at 5:03 a.m. EST (1003 GMT), followed by splashdown at 10:41 a.m. EST (1541 GMT).

SpaceX's 19th resupply mission to the space station arrived at the orbiting complex Dec. 8, two days after launch from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

The Dragon spacecraft -- a veteran of two previous visits to the space station -- delivered 5,769 pounds (2,617 kilograms) of supplies, experiments and hardware for the space station and its six-person crew.

The cargo carried to the station included 40 genetically-enhanced mice, part of a scientific experiment to gauge the effectiveness of an experimental drug to combat muscle and bone atrophy.

The 40 mice are expected to return to Earth inside the Dragon spacecraft Tuesday.

Other payloads delivered to the station last month included a beer brewing experiment and a CubeSat developed by Mexican university students.

There was also an experiment to help scientists investigate flame behavior in confined spaces in microgravity, plus a Japanese Earth-imaging camera and a new lithium-ion battery for the space station's solar power truss.

NASA says the Dragon spacecraft is coming back to Earth with approximately 3,600 pounds (1,630 kilograms) of scientific research specimens and equipment. Besides the mice and a host of biological samples, the capsule will return a failed battery charge/discharge unit retrieved by astronauts on an earlier spacewalk for analysis by engineers on the ground.

ЦитироватьАлександр Репной написал:
Если я правильно понял, то Драгон уже отстыковался сегодня от МКС? Во сколько? Приводнение, как я понял тоже сегодня вечером? Во сколько?

ЦитироватьLive Now on NASA TV Dragon Prepares for Station Departure

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 7, 2020 at 4:45 am

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/131903.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g9kCAU)
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured moments before its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on June 3, 2019.

NASA Television (https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) coverage is underway for departure of the SpaceX Dragon (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-dragon-launches-arrivals-and-departures) spacecraft from the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html). The spacecraft is scheduled for release at approximately 5:03 a.m. EST today.

Dragon will be released from the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony) after flight controllers at mission control in Houston deliver remote commands to the station's Canadarm2  robotic arm (https://cms.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mobile-servicing-system.html). Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Station Commander Luca Parmitano (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Luca_Parmitano) of ESA (European Space Agency) will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

After firing its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the station, Dragon will execute a deorbit burn to leave orbit, as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, 202 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, at approximately 10:41 a.m. (7:41 p.m. PST). There will be no live coverage of deorbit burn or splashdown.

A key component being returned aboard Dragon is a faulty battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU), which failed to activate following the Oct. 11 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station's truss. The BCDU was removed and replaced during a spacewalk Oct. 18 by Expedition 61 flight engineers Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA. The unit will be returned to teams on Earth for an evaluation and repair.

Dragon launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and arrived at the station two days later with almost 3,400 pounds of science, supplies and cargo (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/12/05/us-space-freighter-heads-to-station-russian-cargo-craft-follows/) on SpaceX's 19th commercial resupply mission to the station for NASA.

Цитировать01/07/2020 13:06 Stephen Clark

Dragon is now flying on its own, having been released from the grasp of the space station robotic arm at 5:05 a.m. EST (1005 GMT) as the craft flew at an altitude of around 271 miles to the southwest of Australia.

Цитировать01/07/2020 13:14 Stephen Clark

The Dragon spacecraft has finished its second departure burn. A yaw maneuver is coming up next, then a final departure maneuver is planned.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1214490541221711872)

Luca says Dragon's departure burn 2 resulted in Cygnus' solar arrays being shaken by Dragon's thrusters.

That'll be investigated.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 5 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1214491407685210112)

ISS takes plume impingement pretty seriously. The camera view is showing some flakes of debris in the camera view (the other static dots are due to a faulty camera).

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1214491199958134789/pu/vid/1136x640/RAF5iQmvst_6RtrS.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1214491199958134789/pu/vid/1136x640/RAF5iQmvst_6RtrS.mp4)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 1 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214493582964535296)

The three departure burns to move Dragon away from the @Space_Station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) are complete; Dragon will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in ~5 hours and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean around 7:40 a.m. PST

ЦитироватьDragon Released from Station Carrying Science for Earth-Analysis

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 7, 2020 at 5:26 am

(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/131903.jpg)
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured moments before its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on June 3, 2019.

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft released from the International Space Station (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) at 5:05 a.m. EST after flight controllers in Houston delivered remote commands to the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Expedition 61 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition61/index.html) Station Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will back up the ground controllers and monitor Dragon's systems as it departs the orbital laboratory.

Next up, Dragon will fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the station, then execute a deorbit burn as it heads for a parachute-assisted splashdown around 10:41 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.

Some of the scientific investigations Dragon will return to Earth include:

Tiny Radiation Resistors

Rotifer-B1 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7943) examines the effects of spaceflight on tiny aquatic animals, called rotifers, which are found in freshwater ecosystems and soil and are highly resistant to radiation on Earth. The investigation specifically looks at the metabolism and genome of the rotifer Adineta vaga to determine whether they have similar adaptation mechanisms in microgravity.

Mice in Space

Rodent Research-19 (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8075) examines myostatin and activin, molecular signaling pathways that influence muscle degradation, as possible targets for preventing muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and enhancing recovery following return to Earth. This study also could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.

Finding the Perfect Solution

On Earth, our bodies deal with low-level radiation through a naturally occurring protein that helps our body safely process it. The Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography (Perfect Crystals (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/crystal-clear-protection-from-space-radiation)) study, aims to help scientists find a way to deal with the problem of radiation during long-duration spaceflight missions using the same protein that is already at work in our bodies.

Convection and Crystallization in Microgravity

The Polymer Convection (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=7901) study examines the effects of gravity on formation and crystallization of Broadband Angular Selective Material (BASM), an optical material with the ability to control the reflection and absorption of light. BASM has applications in polymer packaging, optical films, solar power and electronic displays.

These are just a few of the hundreds of investigations (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html) providing opportunities for U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions to conduct microgravity research that leads to new technologies, medical treatments and products that improve life on Earth. Conducting science aboard the orbiting laboratory will help us learn how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moon-to-mars).

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29897.png) Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) 10 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1214494141876449285)

And outside the AE.  Several hours free flying, then the deorbit burn. 9:51 AM Eastern is the target. Splashdown 50 minutes later.

ЦитироватьSpaceX CRS-19: Dragon unberthing and departure

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7 янв. 2020 г.

Цитировать7 ЯНВ, 13:25
Грузовой корабль Dragon отстыковался от МКС
Первоначально посадка корабля планировалась на 5 января

НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 7 января. /ТАСС/. Американский грузовой корабль Dragon во вторник отстыковался от Международной космической станции (МКС). Трансляция операции идет на сайте NASA.

Дистанционный манипулятор Canadarm-2 отведен от корабля в 05:05 по времени восточного побережья США (13:05 мск). Посадка корабля с 1,6 тонны груза запланирована на 10:47 по времени восточного побережья США (18:47 мск).

Первоначально возвращение корабля планировалось на 5 января, однако, как отмечается на сайте NASA, было принято решение отложить посадку из-за неблагоприятных погодных условий в Тихом океане к юго-западу от Лонг-Бич (штат Калифорния).

Спойлер

Запуск корабля ракетой-носителем Falcon 9 был осуществлен 5 декабря с космодрома на мысе Канаверал. Он доставил на МКС 2,5 тонны грузов, в том числе 998 кг грузов для серии из 38 научных экспериментов - многоканальный спектрометр, прибор для изучения процесса горения в условиях микрогравитации, медицинскую аппаратуру для оценки состояния мускулов астронавтов в условиях орбитального полета, оборудование для эксперимента по пивоварению, а также "отель для роботов" - платформу RiTS (Robot Tool Stowage) для установки на внешней поверхности МКС, где будут храниться роботизированные системы в период, когда они не используются астронавтами.

Нынешний полет корабля Dragon к МКС - уже 19-й в рамках осуществляемой NASA программы коммерческой доставки грузов на МКС. Для полета использована капсула, уже дважды - в 2014 и 2017 годах - летавшая к МКС.

В настоящее время на МКС работают россияне Александр Скворцов и Олег Скрипочка, американцы Эндрю Морган, Кристина Кук и Джессика Меир, а также астронавт Европейского космического агентства итальянец Лука Пармитано.

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 2 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214565304086364161)

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

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 25 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214573048126492672)

Dragon's drogue and main parachutes have been deployed

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX‏ @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 39 сек. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1214574070978793476)

Splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing this spacecraft's third mission to and from the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station)!

Цитировать19:06, 7 января 2020
Космический корабль Cargo Dragon успешно приводнился в Тихом океане

Москва. 7 января. INTERFAX.RU - Американский грузовой космический корабль Cargo Dragon, ранее отстыковавшийся от Международной космической станции, в 18:47 по Москве во вторник штатно приводнился в Тихом океане, сообщила компания-разработчик SpaceX.

Как отметили в компании, завершена третья миссия этого корабля на МКС и обратно.

Приводнение было осуществлено в запланированном морском районе в 326 км к юго-западу от американского города Лонг-Бич (штат Калифорния). В месте посадки спускаемую капсулу ожидало поисково-спасательное судно NRC Quest компании SpaceX, которое обеспечит ее доставку на сушу.

Корабль привез на Землю более 1,5 тонн груза, в том числе результаты ценных научных экспериментов, проведенных на МКС.

Как сообщалось, отстыковка "грузовика" (https://www.interfax.ru/world/690390) от МКС после месячного пребывания в ее составе была совершена в 13:05 по Москве во вторник.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/06/2020

Rodent Research-19 (RR-19):

The crew transferred the remaining subjects into the Dragon capsule. Mighty Mice in Space: Preclinical Evaluation of a Broad Spectrum Myostatin Inhibitor to Prevent Muscle and Bone Loss Due to Disuse uses rodent models on the ISS to investigate the potential benefits of targeting the myostatin (MSTN) and activin signaling pathways to prevent skeletal muscle and bone loss during spaceflight and on the recovery of muscle and bone following return to Earth. This research could provide valuable preclinical data to support clinical trials for MSTN therapies for a wide range of conditions that affect muscle and bone health. Such research is particularly important for conditions that involve disuse muscle atrophy (muscle wasting due to immobility or lessened activity)—for example, patients recovering from hip fracture surgery, intensive care patients, and the elderly.

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Advanced Nano Step:

The crew installed the Return Step Specimen Cell bag in preparation for return. The Effects of Impurities on Perfection of Protein Crystals, Partition Functions, and Growth Mechanisms (Advanced Nano Step) experiment monitors and records how the incorporation of specific impurity molecules affect the development and quality of protein crystals, as they grow in a quartz cell aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The crystals grown on the ISS are returned to Earth, and characterized using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The protein crystal and impurity interactions are managed and monitored jointly by both scientists on the ground and the ISS crew.

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Space Biofilms:

The crew removed nine GAPs (Group Activation Packs) and stowed them into the Dragon capsule for return. The Characterization of Biofilm Formation, Growth, and Gene Expression on Different Materials and Environmental Conditions in Microgravity (Space Biofilms) investigation characterizes the mass, thickness, structure, and associated gene expression of biofilms that form in space by analyzing different microbial species grown on different materials. Biofilm formation can cause equipment malfunction and human illnesses, and could be a serious problem on future long-term human space missions.

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BioFabrication Facility (BFF):

The crew retrieved the two BFF bags and prepped the bags for return on SpX-19. The BFF is dedicated to manufacturing human organs and tissues in space, primarily for use by patients on Earth. Besides printing tissue, the BFF also can help maintain the health of deep space exploration crews by producing food and personalized pharmaceuticals on demand.

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SpX-19 Cargo Operations:

Today the crew completed the final SpaceX-19 mission cargo transfers; including the packing of Double Cold Bags (DCB) that are used to preserve time critical science. Following the final cargo loading, the crew egressed the Dragon vehicle, closed the hatch, rotated the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Controller Panel Assemblies (CPAs), and closed out the Node 2 nadir vestibule. Dragon is scheduled to depart the ISS on Tuesday, January 7th at 4:03 am CT.

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ЦитироватьDragon Splashes Down in Pacific Returning Science and Cargo

Mark Garcia (https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/author/magarcia/)
Posted Jan 7, 2020 at 12:44 pm

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A camera on the tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm views the SpaceX Dragon as it separates from the International Space Station.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down at 10:42 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean about 271 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, marking the end of the company's 19th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

A key component being returned aboard Dragon is a faulty battery charge-discharge unit (BCDU), which failed to activate following the Oct. 11 installation of new lithium-ion batteries on the space station's truss. The BCDU was removed and replaced during a spacewalk Oct. 18 by Expedition 61 flight engineers Christina Koch (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-h-koch) and Jessica Meir (https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/meir-u-jessica) of NASA. The unit are being returned to teams on Earth for an evaluation and repair.

Dragon launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, and arrived at the station two days later with almost 3,400 pounds of science, supplies and cargo.

ЦитироватьExpedition 61 - SpaceX Dragon CRS19 Release - January 7, 2020

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7 янв. 2020 г.

U.S. COMMERCIAL CARGO SHIP DEPARTS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

After a month attached to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was released from the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm Jan. 7, headed for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. Loaded with valuable scientific experiments and station hardware earmarked for repair or refurbishment, the Dragon was released on command by flight controllers in Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Dragon moved to a safe distance away from the orbital outpost before firing its engine to drop out of orbit and splashdown in the Pacific Tuesday morning.

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/07/2020

SpX-19 Unberth/Release:
The SpX-19 Dragon vehicle was robotically released from the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) at approximately 4:05 am CT. The ISS Commander was stationed at the Robotic Work Station (RWS), monitored the release of Dragon, and commanded the first two separation burns. The Dragon vehicle splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at approximately 09:42 am CT. Once the Dragon vehicle has been recovered, the time critical science samples will be delivered to principle investigators for analysis.

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg) Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 37 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215000489844072448)

NRC Quest is nearing Port of LA, carrying SpaceX's Dragon capsule back from its CRS-19 mission. The spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific yesterday. #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash) #crs19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs19?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/67517.png) SpaceXFleet Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet) 8 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1215007908045447168)

Arrival! NRC Quest has returned to the Port of LA with Dragon. Photos from the scene will be coming in shortly!

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/29708.jpg) SpaceX @SpaceX (https://twitter.com/SpaceX) 6 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1215013943371939840)

Dragon after returning to Earth from its four-week stay at the @space_station (https://twitter.com/Space_Station) – SpaceX's eighth mission with a flight-proven spacecraft

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg) Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 3 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215019369287147521)

Back from space! CRS-19 Dragon capsule has docked at Port of LA aboard NRC Quest. (https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/125513.png) #SpaceX (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpaceX?src=hash) #crs19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs19?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg) Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 17 мин. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215026375695851520)

NRC Quest gliding into port carrying CRS-19 Dragon capsule.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1215025991061397504/pu/vid/1280x720/sMuouAJgz8O5n14z.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1215025991061397504/pu/vid/1280x720/sMuouAJgz8O5n14z.mp4) (1:37)

Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg)Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 4 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215042549783515136)

Wow. Reentry scars on CRS-19 Cargo Dragon as it's lifted dockside from NRC Quest. The spacecraft was recovered yesterday after its month long stay at the International Space Station.  #spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash) #crs19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs19?src=hash)

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3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215049812791349249)

Pretty cool resume inscripted on the outer shell of Cargo Dragon. Back from its third trip to the ISS.
#spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #crs19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs19?src=hash) #nasa (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash)

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Цитировать(https://img.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/69536.jpg) Pauline Acalin‏ @w00ki33 (https://twitter.com/w00ki33) 3 ч. назад (https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1215051834961711104)

It doesn't take long to move a Dragon capsule from recovery vehicle to ground. Just over a minute once it's lifted by crane.
#spacex (https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacex?src=hash) #crs19 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/crs19?src=hash) #nasa  (https://twitter.com/hashtag/nasa?src=hash)

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1215051652996009985/pu/vid/1280x720/Lqapxlrku_VHWfRp.mp4 (https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1215051652996009985/pu/vid/1280x720/Lqapxlrku_VHWfRp.mp4) (1:09)

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Фото: Олег Скрипочка / Роскосмос
Dragon SpX-19 перед расстыковкой (https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/27708/6173708548.jpg)

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Фото: Олег Скрипочка / Роскосмос
Dragon SpX-19 перед расстыковкой (https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/gallery/big/27708/3843881430.jpg)

ЦитироватьISS Daily Summary Report – 1/09/2020

SpX-19 Post Mission Operations:
All post mission cargo operations are complete with no known issues. All Dragon cargo has been transferred to NASA.

ЦитироватьSpace to Ground: Descending Dragon: 01/10/2020

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10 янв. 2020 г.