SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon unberthed from the ISS ahead of a return to a Pacific Ocean splashdown on Sunday, concluding the spacecraft’s latest resupply mission. Dragon returned with 3,800 pounds of cargo, highlighting her unique downmass capability for NASA. Splashdown occurred at 10:14 AM Eastern Time (07:14 local time on the West Coast).
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SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand…
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Launch delays are sometimes part of the equation in determining when specific missions launch in…
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SpaceX has entered into an agreement with NASA for a Dragon mission to Mars, set to…
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Expedition 40 commander Steven Swanson, along with cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev, have returned…
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SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contender, the Dragon V2, will initially return to terra firma under parachutes,…
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Dragon V2 Program Lead Dr. Garrett Reisman believes SpaceX’s new crew vehicle is a “giant…
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SpaceX head Elon Musk has unveiled the latest version of his Dragon spacecraft via a…
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Planners within the ISS program have manifested the next two Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) missions.…
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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, following its…
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The planned unberthing and return of SpaceX’s CRS-2 Dragon (SpX-2) was delayed by one day due…
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Back to full health, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was captured and then berthed by the Canadarm…
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SpaceX conducted its tenth launch on Friday, sending the fourth Dragon spacecraft on a mission…
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When STS-129 launches next week, Atlantis will have one eye on the future, as she…
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SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
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