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Delay for space station's 1st private cargo run (Update) - 0 views

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scibyte30 SpaceStation SpaceX

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  • SpaceX planned to launch its unmanned supply ship from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 7
  • company said more testing was needed with the spacecraft, named Dragon
  • confirmed the launch would not occur until late March.
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  • as much as he'd like to take part in the historic event, it's important that SpaceX fly when it's ready. Burbank will return to Earth in mid-March.
  • Just over a year ago
  • Space Ex
  • launched a test version of the capsule
  • NASA is counting on companies like SpaceX to keep the station stocked, now that the shuttles are retired.
  • Russian, European and Japanese space agencies - all government entities - are picking up the slack as best they can, sending up regular shipments to the orbiting outpost
  • It may take a little more time, but when it happens, it's going to be amazing
  • first Dragon capsule to visit the space station will carry several hundred pounds of astronaut provisions - nothing crucial, in case of a failure
  • Astronauts aboard the space station will use a huge robot arm to grab and berth the Dragon
  • it will be able to return scientific samples to Earth, Burbank noted. None of the other countries' supply ships can do that; they burn up on re-entry.
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SpaceX capsule back on solid ground after flight - 0 views

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scibyte50 SpaceX dragon

shared by Mars Base on 06 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Dragon spacecraft is back on solid ground
  • SpaceX capsule arrived by barge at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday.
  • Dragon is now headed to the company's rocket factory in McGregor, Texas, for unloading
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  • station astronauts filled the capsule with 1,400 pounds (635 kilograms) of old equipment
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Dragon V2: SpaceX's Next Generation Manned Spacecraft | SpaceX - 0 views

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scibyte133 SpaceX

shared by Mars Base on 31 May 14 - No Cached
  • The vehicle holds seats for 7 passengers, and includes an Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) that provides a comfortable environment for crewmembers
  • Dragon V2’s robust thermal protection system is capable of lunar missions, in addition to flights to and from Earth orbit
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Satellite Left Stranded by SpaceX Rocket Falls From Space | Space.com - 0 views

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scibyte67 Orbcomm

shared by Mars Base on 13 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Orbcomm
  • satellite, launched Oct. 7 into a bad orbit by a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket
  • provided enough data to proceed with the launch of the full constellation starting next year.
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  • In its statement, Orbcomm suggested that i
  • had enough access to the satellite in less than four days in orbit to validate the performance of its major subsystems.
  • Orbcomm said that, had its satellite been the primary payload on SpaceX’s Oct. 7 flight, the mission would have been a success
  • OG2 satellite bus systems including power, attitude control, thermal and data handling were also tested to verify proper operation
  • The solar array and communications antenna deployments were successful
  • Orbcomm requested that SpaceX carry one of their small satellites
  • few hundred pounds, vs. Dragon at over 12,000 pounds
  • on this flight so that they could gather test data before we launch their full constellation next year.
  • The higher the orbit, the more test data they can gather, so they requested that we attempt to restart and raise altitude
  • NASA agreed to allow that, but only on condition that there be substantial propellant reserves, since the orbit would be close to the space station
  • Orbcomm understood from the beginning that the orbit-raising maneuver was tentative
  • They accepted that there was a high risk of their satellite remaining at the Dragon insertion orbit.
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Astronaut Ice Cream: Frozen Dessert Launching to Space Station | Space.com - 0 views

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scibyte66 SpaceX

shared by Mars Base on 07 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • The vanilla with swirled chocolate sauce ice cream cups won't melt on their three-day journey to the space station thanks to a freezer on board the Dragon capsule
  • e first time we are taking powered cargo up. We are taking up a GLACIER freezer, which has refrigerated science samples in it
  • The mini-fridge sized freezer previously flew aboard the space shuttle.
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  • GLACIER, or General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator, is primarily used to preserve science samples that require temperatures between minus 301 and 39 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 160 and 4 degrees Celsius
  • The brand of ice cream flying in the Dragon's GLACIER is Blue Bell Creameries, a Texas dairy that has a strong fan base in Houston
  • Blue Bell ice cream has been flown to the space station before. The creamery's cups first launched to the orbiting laboratory in 2006 on board the space shuttle Atlanti
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