SpaceX and NASA are preparing to launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning. The flight is set to deliver 6,300 pounds of cargo, including new solar arrays, extending the station’s resupply operations and supporting its infrastructure.
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SpaceX and NASA are preparing to launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning. The flight is set to deliver 6,300 pounds of cargo, including new solar arrays, extending the station’s resupply operations and supporting its infrastructure.
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SpaceX is scheduled to launch its CRS-35 cargo mission aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13, carrying thousands of pounds of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. The mission includes the final pair of iROSA solar arrays; its Dragon spacecraft is expected to arrive about 52 hours after launch.
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The Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1 on Oct. 12, 1964, carrying three cosmonauts on a roughly 24-hour mission. It was the first spaceflight with more than one person aboard and achieved several human-spaceflight firsts, including flying its crew without spacesuits.
Growing fresh food on the Moon could help move astronauts beyond freeze-dried rations, but doing so depends on managing water in lunar conditions. The article examines how water might flow there, a basic resource challenge for efforts to cultivate food during future lunar missions.
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At the International Astronautical Congress, astronauts including André Kuipers, Mike Feustel, Andrew Marshburn and Michael López-Alegría debated whether spaceflight can be called safe. Their framing: “managed” is the more honest word, putting risk management—not a promise of zero risk—at the center of the discussion.
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NASA has released the final request for proposals for the next phase of its program to develop commercial space stations. The solicitation moves the procurement beyond the earlier draft stage, inviting proposals for the effort’s next phase.
NASA has released its final request for proposals inviting U.S. industry to develop, certify and operate privately owned space stations. The solicitation sets out how the agency plans to procure commercial destinations as it prepares for operations beyond the International Space Station.
NASA launched Apollo 7 on Oct. 11, 1968, carrying astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham into orbit. It was the first Apollo mission with a crew in orbit and marked the American return to spaceflight after the Apollo 1 tragedy.
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