Dragon SpX-15(CRS-15), ECOSTRESS, LEE (Ground Spare)- Falcon 9 (B1045.2)- Canaveral SLC-40 -29.06.18

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 11 сек. назад

Our to-the-second launch times for #SpaceX #CRS15 is:

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

#Falcon9 #Dragon #NASA

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 7 мин. назад

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

This will be FINAL Block 4 Flacon 9.

#SpaceX #CRS15 #Falcon9 #Dragon

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И о5 о погоде

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 13 мин. назад

Jensen officially confirms that this is the final flight of a Block 4 first stage.
#SpaceX

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Chris G - NSF‏ @ChrisG_NSF 5 мин. назад

Can't launch Saturday because ISS trajectory is too far away in its ground track for Dragon to reach Station in time for science requirements. NO other reason.
#SpaceX #CRS15 #Falcon9 #Dragon

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 3 мин. назад

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

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 5 мин. назад

Hey look, there's @ChrisG_NSF - and @NASA_Nerd next to him. Asking about the issue sent to the LRR. Ms. Jensen not going to be drawn on specifics (standard for SpaceX, etc. Likely proprietary).

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Michael Baylor‏ @nextspaceflight 4 мин. назад

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

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 1 мин. назад

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

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Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 19 мин. назад

Andrew Rush, Made In Space: in-space manufacturing is transformative both for making space-based assets as well as products for use back on Earth. #NewSpace2018

7 мин. назад

Rush: third flight of our pilot ZBLAN optical fiber facility is on the Dragon spacecraft launching to the ISS tomorrow. #NewSpace2018

3 мин. назад

Rush: our goal in 10 years is to have a factory in space that can serve as the anchor tenant for a commercial space station. #NewSpace2018

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НАСА выпустила обзор миссии CRS-15

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Science on Board CRS-15

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

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

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

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

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

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Full mission NASA TV coverage is as follows:

What's on Board science briefing from Kennedy

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

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

(1:24:18 )

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

Canadian Space Agency

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

(1:28:27)

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06/28/2018 20:26 Stephen Clark

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

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

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

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

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

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Брошюра миссии

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