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• Jeff Foust
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday, carrying a Cargo Dragon spacecraft on SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The payload includes more than 6,300 pounds of supplies, hardware and science investigations.
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A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday, carrying a Cargo Dragon spacecraft on SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The payload includes more than 6,300 pounds of supplies, hardware and science investigations.
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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A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the CRS-35 Dragon cargo mission from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 13, carrying thousands of pounds of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. The spacecraft is expected to arrive about 52 hours after launch with the final pair of iROSA solar arrays among its cargo.
Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus XL is scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Oct. 9, ending a six-month stay. The departure will be streamed live, marking the end of the spacecraft’s current cargo mission.
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At the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, agencies and companies addressed low Earth orbit congestion and debris removal, cislunar interoperability, and lunar communications and transport. ESA also presented a study on developing a reusable two-stage heavy-lift launcher, while U.S. and Chinese space networks were in focus.
On Oct. 7, 2002, NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on STS-112. The mission contributed to building the backbone of the International Space Station, advancing the orbital outpost’s assembly through the shuttle program.
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NBAA says NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will join former Space Shuttle Commander Charlie Precourt for a fireside chat at its Oct. 19 Newsmakers Luncheon. Separately, SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts are expected to splash down off California after undocking from the International Space Station.
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and her Crew-12 crewmates are scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, beginning their return to Earth after an eight-month stay. NASA will also provide coverage of Northrop Grumman’s CRS-24 Cygnus XL departure from the station on Oct. 9.
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