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July 26, 2022

CRS 25 Launch

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SpaceX CRS-25, also known as SpX-25, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that was launched on 15 July 2022. The mission is contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX using a Cargo Dragon. This is the fifth flight for SpaceX under NASA’s CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016.

The launch of CRS-25 was previously delayed to 11 July to investigate a possible leak in the Dragon’s Draco thruster propulsion system detected during pre-launch testing. The previously scheduled launch date was June 10.

SpaceX plans to reuse the Cargo Dragons up to five times. The Cargo Dragon will launch without SuperDraco abort engines, without seats, cockpit controls and the life support system required to sustain astronauts in space. This newer design comes with some benefits, like a faster process to recover, and refurbish and re-fly versus the earlier Dragon CRS design used for ISS cargo missions.

Credit: SpaceX/NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

 

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May 27, 2022

OFT-2 Launch

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Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner lifted off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 19, 2022, for its Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff occurred at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Video credit: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

 

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April 29, 2022

SpaceX Crew-4 Docks to ISS

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Watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station aboard their Dragon spacecraft Freedom. Docking is scheduled for approximately 7:40 p.m. EDT (23:40 UTC).

Once aboard the orbiting laboratory, astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren of NASA, alongside Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency), will spend nearly six months conducting new scientific research in areas such as materials science, health technologies, and plant science to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth.

Video credit: NASA

 

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April 28, 2022

SpaceX Crew-4 Launch

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:52 a.m. EDT on April 27, 2022. Onboard the Dragon spacecraft are Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, all NASA astronauts, along with Samantha Cristoforetti with ESA (European Space Agency) for the mission to the International Space Station.

Video credit: NASA Kennedy

 

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March 16, 2022

NOAA GOES-T Launch

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) satellite spacecraft lifts off from Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 4:38 p.m. EST, March 1, 2022, on a joint effort with NASA to help meteorologists observe and predict local weather events.

Video credit: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

 

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March 14, 2022

SLS Avionics

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NASA teams across the country are preparing for the Artemis I launch to the Moon. When NASA’s mighty Space Launch System rocket launches to the Moon from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its four RS-25 engines and two solid rocket boosters will produce more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust. The rocket’s flight software and avionics systems act as the brains behind that muscle to guide and steer the rocket beyond Earth’s orbit.

Video credit: NASA

 

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