Dragon SpX-16 (CRS-16), GEDI, RRM3 - Falcon 9 - Canaveral SLC-40 - 05.12.2018 18:16 UTC

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12/08/2018 15:15 Stephen Clark

With the space station and Dragon spacecraft now flying in a night pass over the East China Sea, mission control has given the "go" for Alexander Gerst and Serena Auñón-Chancellor to begin preparations to grapple the cargo capsule with the robotic arm.

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Захват!

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12/08/2018 15:24 Stephen Clark

Capture confirmed! The robotic arm grappled Dragon as the space station flew more than 250 miles in altitude just north of Papua New Guinea.

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SpaceX‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 4:24 - 8 дек. 2018 г.

Capture confirmed! Dragon was captured at 4:21 a.m. PST while flying over Papua New Guinea. Dragon will spend about five weeks at the @Space_Station.

12/08/2018 15:25 Stephen Clark

Capture occurred at 7:21 a.m. EST (1221 GMT).

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Трансляция будет возобновлена в 13:30 UTC

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Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 4:23 - 8 дек. 2018 г.

CAPTURE! CRS-16 Dragon has been grappled by the ISS.

ARTICLE:
Dragon brings the science; NASA, SpaceX realign DM-1 test to NET 17 January launch

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/dragon-science-nasa-spacex-realign-dm-1-17-january-launch/ ...

- by Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/12/08/dragon-in-the-grips-of-robotic-arm-installation-occurs-next/

Dragon in the Grips of Robotic Arm, Installation Occurs Next

Mark Garcia
Posted Dec 8, 2018 at 7:31 am


The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is moments way from being captured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm.

While the International Space Station was traveling about 250 miles over the Pacific Ocean north of Papua New Guinea, Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor, captured the Dragon spacecraft at 7:21 a.m. EST using the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Ground controllers will now send commands to begin the robotic installation of the spacecraft on bottom of the station's Harmony module. NASA Television coverage of installation is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live.

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The Dragon lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Wednesday, Dec 5 with more than 5,600 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory.

The International Space Station is an accessible space laboratory with unparalleled capability that is increasing knowledge of engineering and physical sciences, biology, the Earth, and the universe through research and technology demonstrations and providing the foundation for continuing human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit. NASA's human research is closing the gaps in current scientific understanding of how best to predict, assess, and solve the problems that humans encounter while living and working in space, and extend that knowledge to protect the women and men who will go forward to the Moon and Mars.

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SpaceX CRS-16: Dragon capture

SciNews

Опубликовано: 8 дек. 2018 г.

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https://www.interfax.ru/world/641416

15:26, 8 декабря 2018
Рука-манипулятор МКС захватила корабль Dragon для последующей стыковки

Москва. 8 декабря. INTERFAX.RU - Экипаж Международной космической станции (МКС) в субботу осуществил с помощью руки-манипулятора захват подлетевшего к ней американского грузового космического корабля Dragon компании SpaceX, сообщило Национальное управление по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства США (НАСА).

По данным Центра управления полетами НАСА в Хьюстоне, захват "грузовика" с помощью 17-метрового манипулятора Canadarm-2 осуществлен в 15:21 по Москве. В настоящее время началась операция по стыковке грузового космического корабля к американскому сегменту МКС - модулю Harmony.

Первоначально она планировалась на 14:00 по московскому времени, однако из-за нарушенной космической связи с МКС, которая осуществлялась через один из спутников-ретрансляторов, захват был отложен. После переключения на резервный спутник связь была восстановлена и операция по захвату продолжилась.
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Тем временем на Земле, водоплавающую 1-ю ступень подняли из воды...

SpaceX Maritime Updates‏ @SpaceXFleet 3:54 - 8 дек. 2018 г.

B1050 was raised from the water last night, caught by Leetdan on the NSF Forums.

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45881.msg1885683#msg1885683 ...




Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 4:44
 - 8 дек. 2018 г.

#SpaceX moved the booster out of the water last night. Should be interesting to see how they remove the landing legs. #Falcon9

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Tom McCool‏ @Cygnusx112 6:19 - 8 дек. 2018 г.

Looks like the process to remove the legs is at least being looked at. #SpaceX

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