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    NASA TV Broadcasts Dragon’s Arrival at Station on Sunday

    SpaceX Dragon Release From Station

    SpaceX Dragon is on track to arrive at the International Space Station tomorrow morning Dec 8, with an expected capture of the cargo spacecraft around 5:30 a.m. EST. NASA Television coverage will begin at 4 a.m. Watch live at http://www.nasa.gov/live. Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) will grapple Dragon with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan acting …

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    Crew Preps for Two Space Deliveries Racing to Station

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon space freighter on top, left, and Russia’s Progress 74 resupply ship.

    Two space deliveries are racing to the International Space Station and the Expedition 61 crew is getting ready to receive them. Several tons of science experiments, crew supplies and station hardware are in orbit right now to replenish the orbiting laboratory. Russia’s Progress 74 (74P) resupply ship blasted off this morning from Kazakhstan and is …

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    Russian Resupply Ship Orbiting Towards Station

    Russia's Progress 74 cargo rocket

    Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the automated Russian Progress 74 cargo spacecraft launched at 4:34 a.m. EST (2:34 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. It is …

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    NASA TV Broadcasting Rocket Launch to Station

    Russia's Progress 74 cargo rocket

    NASA Television and the agency’s website are now live broadcasting the expected launch of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:34 a.m. (2:34 p.m. Baikonur time). The Progress 74 spacecraft is carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station and …

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    Russian Cargo Craft Launching Live on NASA TV Friday Morning

    Russia's Progress 74 cargo rocket stands at its launch pad

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website beginning at 4:15 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 6. The Progress 74 spacecraft is scheduled to launch …

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    US Space Freighter Heads to Station, Russian Cargo Craft Follows

    A mission controller in Houston watches the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship blast off

    The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is on its way to the International Space Station packed with science and supplies for the Expedition 61 crew. Russia’s Progress 74 cargo craft will soon follow the U.S. spaceship with a launch set for Friday morning. Dragon blasted off from Florida on Thursday at 12:29 p.m. EST carrying nearly …

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    SpaceX Delays Launch One Day, Russia Rolls Out New Cargo Rocket

    Russia's Progress 74 cargo rocket

    The Expedition 61 crew will wait an extra day for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Progress 74 (74P) cargo craft from Roscosmos rolled out to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. High upper level winds forced SpaceX to scrub today’s launch of …

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    Crew Training for Two New Cargo Missions Launching This Week

    Astronaut Luca Parmitano

    The Expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station is focusing on a pair of upcoming cargo deliveries after completing a spacewalk on Monday. SpaceX will launch its 19th Dragon resupply ship aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday at 12:51 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Dragon is delivering nearly three tons …

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    Astronauts Wrap Up Third Spacewalk for Cosmic Particle Detector Repairs

    Astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan concluded their spacewalk at 12:33 p.m. EST. During the six hour and two minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully installed a new cooling system for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The crew completed the primary task to install the upgraded cooling …

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    Spacewalkers Begin Third Venture for Cosmic Particle Detector Upgrades

    Spacewalkers Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano

    Expedition 61 Commander Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan switched their spacesuits to battery power this morning at 6:31 a.m. EST aboard the International Space Station to begin a spacewalk planned to last about seven-and-a-half hours during which they will install a new cooling system for the cosmic ray …

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