Dragon SpX-18 (CRS-18 ), IDA-3, RFTSat - Falcon 9-074 (B1056.2) - CCAFS SLC-40 - 25.07.2019 22:01 UTC

[tnt22]

 Chris B - NSF‏ @NASASpaceflight 2 мин. назад
CRS-18 Dragon heading to the 10 meter capture point. Now scheduled to be captured at 15 mins past the hour. That's 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

[tnt22]

КК приближается к точке захвата

[tnt22]

Дважды ветеран прибывает на станцию

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 15:50Stephen Clark

NASA says capture of the Dragon spacecraft with the robotic arm is planned around 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 GMT), around 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 16:00 Stephen Clark

Dragon has arrived at the capture point 10 meters, or 32 feet, beneath the space station and within the reach of the 58-foot robotic arm.

[tnt22]

3

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 16:03 Stephen Clark

NASA astronaut Christina Koch says the crew will wait until an orbital daytime pass before proceeding with the capture of the Dragon spacecraft with the robotic arm.

The International Space Station and Dragon are currently over the South Pacific, a few minutes away from flying into sunrise.

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 16:05Stephen Clark

With the space station and Dragon spacecraft now flying into sunrise, mission control has given the "go" for Nick Hague and Christina Koch to grapple the cargo capsule with the robotic arm.

[tnt22]

Хейг повёл "руку" на захват

[tnt22]

1 м

[tnt22]

Есть захват!

[tnt22]

Захват подтверждён. Продолжение трансляции в 15:00 UTC

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 16:12 Stephen Clark

Capture confirmed! SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft has arrived at the International Space Station with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. This is the third time this particular Dragon spacecraft has arrived at the space station.

07/27/2019 16:12 Stephen Clark

Capture occurred at 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 GMT) as the space station and Dragon soared over the coast of southern Chile.

[tnt22]

 William Harwood‏ @cbs_spacenews 14 мин. назад
F9/CRS-18: Capture confirmed, at 9:11am EDT; with the Dragon firmly in hand, flight controllers in Houston will take over arm operations to pull the capsule in for berthing at the forward Harmony module's Earth-facing port

[tnt22]

 SpaceX ‏Подлинная учетная запись @SpaceX 14 мин. назад
Capture confirmed! Dragon now attached to the @Space_Station robotic arm

[tnt22]

07/27/2019 16:15 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.

[tnt22]

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/07/27/dragon-captured-with-new-science-experiments/

Dragon Captured With New Science Experiments

Mark Garcia
Posted Jul 27, 2019 at 9:16 am


The SpaceX Dragon is in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after it was captured over southern Chile.
While the International Space Station was traveling more than 260 miles over southern Chile, astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA grappled Dragon at 9:11 a.m. EDT using the space station's robotic arm Canadarm2.


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 11 a.m. Watch online at www.nasa.gov/live.


The Dragon lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Thursday, July 25 with more than 5,000 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory.


Here's some of the research arriving at station:


Bio-Mining in Microgravity


The Biorock investigation will provide insight into the physical interactions of liquid, rocks and microorganisms under microgravity conditions and improve the efficiency and understanding of mining materials in space. Bio-mining eventually could help explorers on the Moon or Mars acquire needed materials, lessening the need to use precious resources from Earth and reducing the amount of supplies that explorers must take with them.


Printing Biological Tissues in Space


Using 3D biological printers to produce usable human organs has long been a dream of scientists and doctors around the globe. However, printing the tiny, complex structures found inside human organs, such as capillary structures, has proven difficult to accomplish in Earth's gravity. To overcome this challenge, Techshot designed their BioFabrication Facility to print organ-like tissues in microgravity – a stepping stone in a long-term plan to manufacture whole human organs in space using refined biological 3D printing techniques.


Improving Tire Manufacturing from Orbit


The Goodyear Tire investigation will use microgravity to push the limits of silica fillers for tire applications. A better understanding of silica morphology and the relationship between silica structure and its properties could improve the silica design process, silica rubber formulation and tire manufacturing and performance. Such improvements could include increased fuel efficiency, which would reduce transportation costs and help to protect Earth's environment.

[tnt22]

Трансляция пристыковки Дракона-18

[tnt22]

4

[tnt22]

Подводят...