Dragon SpX-12 (CRS-12), CREAM - Falcon 9 - Kennedy LC-39A - 14.08.2017 16:31 UTC

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ISS National Lab‏Подлинная учетная запись @ISS_CASIS 8 ч. назад

Meet @TechshotInc's ADvanced Space Experiment Processor--designed for regenerative medicine experiments in space→ http://goo.gl/9xH8qu

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F9 Dragon CRS-12 L-2 Forecast
 
70 % GO

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2017/08/12/weather-prediction-70-percent-go-for-monday-launch/?linkId=40903788

Weather Prediction: 70 Percent 'Go' for Monday Launch
Posted on August 12, 2017 at 11:28 am by Anna Heiney.

Today's "launch minus two days" weather forecast has been issued by meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron ahead of Monday's planned liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The forecast continues to predict a 70 percent chance of favorable weather conditions. Primary concerns are cumulus clouds and the potential for precipitation in the flight path.

Liftoff is scheduled for 12:31 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be SpaceX's twelfth commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
On Sunday, NASA TV will broadcast a prelaunch news conference at 2 p.m., followed at 3:30 p.m. by the "What's on Board" science, research and technology briefing. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

This entry was posted in Cargo Resupply (CRS) on August 12, 2017 by Anna Heiney.

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/new-mission-going-to-the-space-station-to-explore-mysteries-of-cosmic-rain

Aug. 11, 2017

New Mission Going to the Space Station to Explore Mysteries of 'Cosmic Rain'

A new experiment set for an Aug. 14 launch to the International Space Station will provide an unprecedented look at a rain of particles from deep space, called cosmic rays, that constantly showers our planet. The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass mission destined for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) is designed to measure the highest-energy particles of any detector yet flown in space.

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CREAM was originally developed as a part of NASA's Balloon Program, during which it returned measurements from around 120,000 feet in seven flights between 2004 and 2016.


Meet Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM), an experiment designed to provide an unprecedented look at cosmic ray particles approaching energies of 1,000 trillion electron volts (1 PeV). ISS-CREAM detects these particles when they slam into the matter making up its instruments. They can distinguish electrons, protons and atomic nuclei as massive as iron as they crash through the detector stack.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Download this video in HD formats from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio

"The CREAM balloon experiment achieved a total sky exposure of 191 days, a record for any balloon-borne astronomical experiment," said Eun-Suk Seo, a professor of physics at the University of Maryland in College Park and the experiment's principal investigator. "Operating on the space station will increase our exposure by over 10 times, taking us well beyond the traditional energy limits of direct measurements."


Technicians lower ISS-CREAM into a chamber that simulates the space environment during system-level testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in summer 2015.
Credits: University of Maryland Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory


The ISS-CREAM payload was delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in August 2015. The experiment is shown wrapped in plastic layers used to protect its sensitive electronics during shipment.
Credits: University of Maryland Cosmic Ray Physics Laboratory

Sporting new instruments, as well as refurbished versions of detectors originally used on balloon flights over Antarctica, the refrigerator-sized, 1.4-ton (1,300 kilogram) ISS-CREAM experiment will be delivered to the space station as part of the 12th SpaceX commercial resupply service mission. Once there, ISS-CREAM will be moved to the Exposed Facility platform extending from Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module.

From this orbital perch, ISS-CREAM is expected to study the "cosmic rain" for three years — time needed to provide unparalleled direct measurements of rare high-energy cosmic rays.

At energies above about 1 billion electron volts, most cosmic rays come to us from beyond our solar system. Various lines of evidence, including observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, support the idea that shock waves from the expanding debris of stars that exploded as supernovas accelerate cosmic rays up to energies of 1,000 trillion electron volts (PeV). That's 10 million times the energy of medical proton beams used to treat cancer. ISS-CREAM data will allow scientists to examine how sources other than supernova remnants contribute to the population of cosmic rays.

Protons are the most common cosmic ray particles, but electrons, helium nuclei and the nuclei of heavier elements make up a small percentage. All are direct samples of matter from interstellar space. But because the particles are electrically charged, they interact with galactic magnetic fields, causing them to wander in their journey to Earth. This scrambles their paths and makes it impossible to trace cosmic ray particles back to their sources.

"An additional challenge is that the flux of particles striking any detector decreases steadily with higher energies," said ISS-CREAM co-investigator Jason Link, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "So to better explore higher energies, we either need a much bigger detector or much more observing time. Operating on the space station provides us with this extra time."

Large ground-based systems study cosmic rays at energies greater than 1 PeV by making Earth's atmosphere the detector. When a cosmic ray strikes the nucleus of a gas molecule in the atmosphere, both explode in a shower of subatomic shrapnel that triggers a wider cascade of particle collisions. Some of these secondary particles reach detectors on the ground, providing information scientists can use to infer the properties of the original cosmic ray.

These secondaries also produce an interfering background that limited the effectiveness of CREAM's balloon operations. Removing that background is another advantage of relocating to orbit.

With decreasing numbers of particles at increasing energies, the cosmic ray spectrum vaguely resembles the profile of a human leg. At PeV energies, this decline abruptly steepens, forming a detail scientists call the "knee." ISS-CREAM is the first space mission capable of measuring the low flux of cosmic rays at energies approaching the knee.

"The origin of the knee and other features remain longstanding mysteries," Seo said. "Many scenarios have been proposed to explain them, but we don't know which is correct."

Astronomers don't think supernova remnants are capable of powering cosmic rays beyond the PeV range, so the knee may be shaped in part by the drop-off of their cosmic rays in this region.

"High-energy cosmic rays carry a great deal of information about our interstellar neighborhood and our galaxy, but we haven't been able to read these messages very clearly," said co-investigator John Mitchell at Goddard. "ISS-CREAM represents one significant step in this direction."

ISS-CREAM detects cosmic ray particles when they slam into the matter making up its instruments. First, a silicon charge detector measures the electrical charge of incoming particles, then layers of carbon provide targets that encourage impacts, producing cascades of particles that stream into electrical and optical detectors below while a calorimeter determines their energy. Two scintillator-based detector systems provide the ability to discern between singly charged electrons and protons. All told, ISS-CREAM can distinguish electrons, protons and atomic nuclei as massive as iron as they crash through the instruments.

ISS-CREAM will join two other cosmic ray experiments already working on the space station. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02), led by an international collaboration sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, is mapping cosmic rays up to a trillion electron volts, and the Japan-led Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), also located on the Kibo Exposed Facility, is dedicated to studying cosmic ray electrons.


Credits: NASA

Overall management of ISS-CREAM and integration for its space station application was provided by NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore. ISS-CREAM was developed as part of an international collaboration led by the University of Maryland at College Park, which includes teams from NASA Goddard, Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, and Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, as well as collaborating institutions in the Republic of Korea, Mexico and France.

Banner image: From its new vantage point on the International Space Station's Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility, the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (ISS-CREAM) mission, shown in the inset illustration, will study cosmic rays to determine their sources and acceleration mechanisms. Credit: NASA

By Francis Reddy
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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Last Updated: Aug. 11, 2017
Editor: Rob Garner

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Прогноз погоды L-1

F9 Dragon CRS-12 L-1 Forecast
 
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SpaceX выпустила пресс-кит

crs12presskit.pdf - 282433 B, 2 стр, 2017-08-13 16:07:16 UTC

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Официальная эмблема миссии

 

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SpaceX выпустила пресс-кит

 crs12presskit.pdf - 282433 B, 2 стр, 2017-08-13 16:07:16 UTC

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Трансляция пуска как обычно на странце - spacex.com/webcast

или на канале YouTube

youtube.com/watch?v=vLxWsYx8dbo

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/2017/08/13/monday-launch-forecast-remains-70-percent-go-televised-events-today/
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2017/08/13/monday-launch-forecast-remains-70-percent-go-televised-events-today/

Monday Launch Forecast Remains 70 Percent 'Go'; Televised Events Today
Posted on August 13, 2017 at 10:33 am by Anna Heiney.

Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 14 at 12:31 p.m. EDT. This will be the company's twelfth commercial resupply mission to the orbiting laboratory.

The latest launch weather forecast remains essentially the same, with a 70 percent chance of favorable conditions at liftoff. Primary weather concerns will be cumulus clouds and flight through precipitation, although the early afternoon launch time is promising, according to the forecast discussion provided by the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron.

NASA, SpaceX and other launch and mission officials will participate in televised briefings today. A prelaunch news conference is planned for 2 p.m., followed by the "What's on Board" briefing at 3:30 p.m. Both will be broadcast on NASA TV — watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Join us tomorrow for live countdown coverage beginning at noon here on NASA's Launch Blog and on NASA TV.

This entry was posted in Cargo Resupply (CRS) on August 13, 2017 by Anna Heiney.

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http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/08/13/dragon-resupply-mission-crs-12-press-kit

AUGUST 13, 2017

Dragon Resupply Mission (CRS-12) Press Kit

SpaceX is targeting launch of its twelfth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-12) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The instantaneous launch window is on Monday, August 14 at 12:31 p.m. EDT, or 16:31 UTC. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9's second stage about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on August 16.

You can find more information about the mission in our press kit

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Пресс-конференция началась
 

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‏ @CwG_NSF 4 мин. назад

Tomorrow is our ONLY attempt until 19-20 August! #SpaceX #CRS12 #Falcon9 #Dragon

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@CwG_NSF 2 мин. назад

Berthing Wed. Hatch opening Thurs. But there's ice cream on board, so crew may be incentized to get hatch open Wed. #SpaceX #CRS12 #Dragon

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 8 мин. назад

ISS deputy manager confirms this is a "one off" launch due to Russian EVA/TDRS-M. Scrub means move to 19th/20th. Instant window, one shot.

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Spacenews360‏ @SpaceNews360 8 мин. назад

Press conference at KSC press site. Dan Hartman and Hans Koenigsmann.

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‏ @CwG_NSF 11 мин. назад

Mission will be a little longer than 30 days due to science return needs. #SpaceX #CRS12 #Falcon9 #Dragon


11 мин. назад

Working 1 @Space_Station issue that is NOT a constraints to Dragon's launch. #SpaceX #CRS12 #Falcon9 #Dragon


Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 9 мин. назад

Per how it was explained by CAPCOM to the crew: