Dragon Spacecraft Boosts Station for First Time
6 days ago · Credit: NASA. NASA and SpaceX monitored operations as the company’s Dragon spacecraft performed its first demonstration of reboost capabilities for the International Space Station at 12:50 p.m. EST on Friday. The spacecraft’s Draco thrusters adjusted the station’s orbit through a reboost of altitude by 7/100 of a mile at apogee and 7/10 ...
SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time
6 days ago · Today's reboost began with the ignition of Dragon's thrusters around 12:50 p.m. ET (1750 GMT). The burn was expected to last about 12.5 minutes to raise the station's orbit. You may like. SpaceX's ...
SpaceX's Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it's never …
A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will fire its engines for 12.5 minutes on Friday (Nov. 8), NASA officials said at a press conference Monday (Nov. 4 ...
SpaceX Dragon’s Latest Delivery Ignites Cutting-Edge
Nov 7, 2024 · SpaceX Dragon’s Latest Delivery Ignites Cutting-Edge Research on the ISS. As the International Space Station soared 257 miles above Lake Michigan, NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth while a green and red aurora moved through the atmosphere.
Dragon receives long-planned propulsive landing upgrade after …
Oct 10, 2024 · SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely event of a parachute failure. Dragon now has built-in redundancy to propulsively land using its...
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrives at ISS on 31st resupply …
Nov 5, 2024 · Here’s how it works. The space station received a new shipment of supplies this morning (Nov. 5). A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft laden with 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of food, equipment ...
Scientists unveil 240-million-year-old ‘dragon’ fossil - CNN
Feb 23, 2024 · Newly-discovered fossils have allowed scientists to reveal a 240-million-year-old “dragon” in its entirety for the first ever time, National Museums Scotland (NMS) said in a statement on Friday.
NASA to move SpaceX Dragon to new port at space station: How …
Nov 2, 2024 · Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to find a new docking port for a SpaceX Dragon in order to make way for an uncrewed NASA vehicle on a resupply mission.
Fossil reveals 240 million-year-old 'Chinese dragon' - NPR
Feb 23, 2024 · It's a fitting discovery in the Year of the Dragon: A team of scientists has uncovered a complete fossil of an aquatic reptile that resembles a "Chinese dragon" because of its snake-like...
SpaceX, NASA successfully launch manned Crew-8 ... - NBC News
Mar 4, 2024 · Together, NASA and SpaceX launched a crew of four to the ISS in the Dragon spacecraft, marking SpaceX’s eighth crew rotation mission to the ISS within NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.