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... a successful fly-under of the space station Thursday, the Dragon capsule was cleared by NASA to approach the station Friday. Dragon then performed a series of intricate test maneuvers as it ... WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'' WASHINGTON -- Following the Friday, May 25, docking of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station, John P. Holdren, assistant to the President for science ...

... 60 institutions across the United States. ''RELEASE: 12-160 SPACEX DRAGON TRANSPORTS STUDENT EXPERIMENTS TO SPACE STATION'' WASHINGTON -- The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built ... crew members will discuss the demonstration flight of the Dragon spacecraft and the implications of commercial spaceflight for the space station. Dragon is set to be the first commercial cargo spacecraft to ...

... Services (COTS) program is scheduled for Monday, April 30. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule will liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... will demonstrate the ability to abort the rendezvous. After these capabilities are successfully proven, the Dragon will be cleared to berth with the ISS. FALCON 9 LAUNCH PAD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Saturday ... news briefing at Johnson will preview the following day's unberthing and splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft. Monday, May 21: Live coverage of the unberthing, re-entry and splashdown of the ...

... will demonstrate the ability to abort the rendezvous. Once these capabilities are successfully proven, the Dragon will be cleared to berth with the space station. FALCON 9 LAUNCH PAD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ... the ISS. Friday, May 11: Live coverage of the hatch opening and entry of the Dragon spacecraft includes a ceremony during which the ISS crew will mark the occasion. Thursday, May ... news briefing at Johnson will preview the following day's unberthing and splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft. Friday, May 25: Live coverage of the unberthing, re-entry and splashdown of the ...

... rendezvous and approach. The spacecraft also will demonstrate the ability to abort the rendezvous. Once Dragon successfully proves these capabilities, it will be cleared to berth with the space station. NASA ... NASA Television coverage from NASA's Johnson Space Center mission control in Houston as the Dragon spacecraft performs its flyby of the International Space Station to test its systems begins at ...

... station before returning for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast. Dragon delivered 882 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, including 260 pounds of crew supplies ... supplies, 866 pounds of scientific research, and 518 pounds of vehicle hardware and other hardware. Dragon's capability to return cargo from the station is critical for supporting scientific research in ...

... 166 investigations planned for the station's Expedition 33 crew, including 63 new investigations. The Dragon will return about 734 pounds of scientific materials, including results from human research, biotechnology, materials ... experiments, as well as about 504 pounds of space station hardware. Materials being launched on Dragon will support experiments in plant cell biology, human biotechnology and various materials technology demonstrations, among ...

... , the crew will pressurize the space between the station and Dragon and open the hatch between the two spacecraft. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver almost 7,000 pounds of supplies and vehicle ... of an expandable space habitat in microgravity. Scheduled to return to Earth in May, the Dragon spacecraft will bring back biological samples from astronauts, including those collected during NASA’s one ...

... at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The newly arrived scientific experiments delivered by Dragon carry the promise of discoveries that benefit Earth and dramatically increase our understanding of how ... . Following a series of tests to ensure the spacecraft could safely approach the space station, Dragon was approved to approach the orbiting laboratory Sunday morning, one day after its originally planned ...

... activities and live video chats. ''MEDIA ADVISORY: 12-200 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN VIEWS HISTORIC SPACEX DRAGON CAPSULE'' WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk at ... capsule immediately and transported it to McGregor, where engineers unloaded cargo and removed hazardous materials. Dragon will be shipped to SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., later this year. On Thursday, Bolden ...

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