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    SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station

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    Post  Carol Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:47 pm

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. » A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early today, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. The SpaceX cargo ship, called Dragon, eased up to the orbiting lab, and station astronauts reached out with a robot arm and snared it. "Looks like we've tamed the Dragon," reported space station commander Sunita Williams. "We're happy she's on board with us." Williams thanked SpaceX and NASA for the delivery, especially the chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream stashed in a freezer. The linkup occurred 250 miles above the Pacific, just west of Baja California, 2 1/2 days after the Dragon's launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla...


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    Post  Aquaries1111 Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:46 pm

    2012 Launches

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft successfully launched Oct. 7 at 8:35 p.m. EDT, beginning the SpaceX CRS-1 mission to resupply the International Space Station.

    Date: October 23
    Time: 6:51 a.m.
    Assembly Flight: 32S
    Mission: Expedition 33/34
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-06M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Soyuz TMA-06M will carry three Expedition 33/34 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: October 31
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 49
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 49 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    Date: December 19
    Assembly Flight: 33S
    Mission: Expedition 34/35
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-07M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Soyuz TMA-07M will carry three Expedition 34/35 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: December 13
    Mission: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K (TDRS-K)
    Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
    Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
    Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41
    Launch Window: 11:57 p.m. - 12:37 a.m. EST
    Description: The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services.

    Date: Dec. 15
    Mission: SpaceX-2 Commercial Resupply Services flight
    Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
    Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
    Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
    Description: SpaceX-2 will be the second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

    Date: Late 2012
    Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation Test Flight
    Launch Vehicle: Antares
    Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
    Launch Pad: 0A
    Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.

    2013 Launches

    Date: February 11
    Mission: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
    Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
    Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
    Description: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government.

    Date: February 12
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 50
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 50 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    Date: NET February 27
    Mission: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
    Launch Window: 6:25:26 p.m. to 6:30:26 p.m. PST.
    Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL
    Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
    Description: IRIS is designed to provide significant new information to increase our understanding of energy transport into the corona and solar wind and provide an archetype for all stellar atmospheres.

    Date: March 28
    Assembly Flight: 34S
    Mission: Expedition 35/36
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-08M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Soyuz TMA-08M will carry three Expedition 35/36 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: Spring 2013
    Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation Test Flight
    Launch Vehicle: Antares/Cygnus
    Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
    Launch Pad: 0A
    Description: The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight on an Orbital Antares launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company. Cygnus will make an attempt to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.

    Date: April 24
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 51
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 51 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    Date: May 28
    Assembly Flight: 35S
    Mission: Expedition 36/37
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-09M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description:Soyuz TMA-09M will carry three Expedition 36/37 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: July 24
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 52
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 52 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    Date: September 25
    Assembly Flight: 36S
    Mission: Expedition 37/38
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-10M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Soyuz TMA-10M will carry three Expedition 37/38 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: October 16
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 53
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 53 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    Date: November 25
    Assembly Flight: 37S
    Mission: Expedition 38/39
    Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-11M
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Soyuz TMA-11M will carry three Expedition 38/39 crew members to the International Space Station.

    Date: December 11
    Assembly Flight: 3R
    Mission: Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA)
    Launch Vehicle: Russian Proton
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: A Russian Proton rocket will deliver the Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) to the International Space Station.

    Date: December 24
    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 54
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 54 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

    http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

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