Dragon Spacecraft Boosts Station for First Time
5 days ago · Credit: NASA. NASA and SpaceX monitored operations as the company’s Dragon spacecraft performed its first demonstration of reboost capabilities for the International Space Station at 12:50 p.m. EST on Friday. The spacecraft’s Draco thrusters adjusted the station’s orbit through a reboost of altitude by 7/100 of a mile at apogee and 7/10 ...
SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time
6 days ago · Today's reboost began with the ignition of Dragon's thrusters around 12:50 p.m. ET (1750 GMT). The burn was expected to last about 12.5 minutes to raise the station's orbit. You may like. SpaceX's ...
Dragon receives long-planned propulsive landing upgrade after …
Oct 10, 2024 · SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely event of a parachute failure. Dragon now has built-in redundancy to propulsively land using its...
SpaceX's Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it's never …
A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will fire its engines for 12.5 minutes on Friday (Nov. 8), NASA officials said at a press conference Monday (Nov. 4 ...
Docking Complete: SpaceX Dragon Soars to ISS with 6,000 …
Nov 6, 2024 · This mission, SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply service for NASA, delivered over 6,000 pounds of scientific equipment and cargo to the space station. The journey began at 9:29 a.m. on November 4, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrives at ISS on 31st resupply …
Nov 5, 2024 · Here’s how it works. The space station received a new shipment of supplies this morning (Nov. 5). A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft laden with 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of food, equipment ...
Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old ‘dragon’ fossil - CNN
Feb 23, 2024 · Newly-discovered fossils have allowed scientists to reveal a 240-million-year-old “dragon” in its entirety for the first ever time, National Museums Scotland (NMS) said in a statement on Friday.
NASA to move SpaceX Dragon to new port at space station: How …
Nov 2, 2024 · The Dragon is expected to be redocked by 7:18 a.m. at the module's space-facing port, according to NASA. The module provides international docking adapters on its space-facing and forward ports ...
NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station …
Oct 29, 2024 · In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a different docking port Sunday, Nov. 3. Live coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. EST on NASA+ and will end shortly after docking.
Space station crew taken for medical evaluation after return ... - CBS News
Oct 26, 2024 · The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a SpaceX endurance record in the process.