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Forum:	Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:	SpaceX Dragon CRS-14 flight to space station

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><BLOCKQUOTE>SpaceX CRS-14 Mission Overview<div align="justify">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the CRS-14 Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The 14th flight under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with SpaceX, CRS-14 will deliver approximately 5,800 pounds (2,630 kg) of research, logistics and hardware for the Expedition 55/56 crews including:</div> <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Techshot's Multi-use Variable-gravity Platform (MVP), a permanent, commercially operated facility capable of producing artificial gravity in space;<LI>Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance's Materials International Space Station Experiments Flight Facility (MISSE-FF), a materials science and component testing platform to be mounted on the exterior of the space station;<LI>Tupperware's Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System (PONDS), developed with Techshot, an improved system for growing plants in space inside NASA's Vegetable Production System, otherwise known as the "Veggie" facility;<LI>Technical University of Denmark's Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor, an observatory to study severe thunderstorms and their role in the Earth's atmosphere and climate.</UL> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_crs14patch03-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_crs14patch03.jpg" width="400" height="367" border="0"></a></center><div align="justify">Both the Falcon 9's first stage and Dragon spacecraft for the mission are flight-proven. The Falcon stage previously supported the CRS-12 mission in August 2017 and Dragon launched on the CRS-8 mission in April 2016.SpaceX will not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after launch.The CRS-14 Dragon will return to Earth with more than 3,900 pounds (1,770 kg) of cargo after spending one month at the space station.</div></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>SpaceX update <BLOCKQUOTE>SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 2 for its fourteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-14) to the International Space Station. The instantaneous launch is targeted for 4:30 p.m. EDT, or 20:30 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A backup launch opportunity is available on Tuesday, April 3 at 4:08 p.m. EDT, or 20:08 UTC.Dragon will separate from Falcon 9's second stage about 10 minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on Wednesday, April 4.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>collectSPACE photo <BLOCKQUOTE>SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT) on April 2 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with the CRS-14 Dragon cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station, as seen from the roof of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_crs14_launch01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_crs14_launch01.jpg" width="400" height="265" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>NASA update <BLOCKQUOTE>Two days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT).Prior to the berthing, Expedition 55 crew members Norshige Kanai and Scott Tingle used the space station's robotic arm to capture the Dragon at 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT).Dragon will remain attached to the space station until May, when it will return to Earth with more than 3,500 pounds of research, hardware and crew supplies.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ehN5NxvNBk?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen>

Robert Pearlman

NASA update

Robotic flight controllers released the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station's robotic arm at 9:23 a.m. EDT [on Saturday [May 5] while Expedition 55 flight engineer Scott Tingle of NASA monitored its departure.
The capsule will splashdown about 3 p.m. [EDT] in the Pacific Ocean, where recovery forces will retrieve the capsule and its more than 4,000 pounds of cargo, including a variety of technological and biological studies.

SpaceX update (via Twitter):

Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX's third resupply mission to and from the space station with a flight-proven spacecraft.

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