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Dragon delivery – European science destined for space

The next SpaceX resupply vehicle is packed with European science, ready for delivery to the International Space Station just in time for Christmas.

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Thomas Pesquet

Mission Alpha: the return home in Crew Dragon Endeavour

After almost 200 days in space it is time to return to planet Earth for ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur. Today at 16:45 GMT (17:45 CET) they will say farewell to their colleagues, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos astronauts Pyotr Dubrov and […]

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Matthias Maurer

Updated Crew-3 launch date

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 07:21 CET Sunday 31 October for the Crew-3 launch to the International Space Station to allow additional time for spacecraft processing. The backup launch time and date is 06:10 CET Wednesday 3 November.

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Matthias Maurer

Crew-3 target 30 October launch

The targeted launch date for Crew-3 has been brought forward by one day, with NASA and SpaceX now targeting 08:43 CEST (06:43 GMT, 2:43 a.m EDT) Saturday 30 October for the launch of the next SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station.

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Matthias Maurer

European science en route to space

Astronauts are preparing to welcome SpaceX’s 23rd Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station this weekend, complete with European hardware and experiments on board.

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Thomas Pesquet

European science on the SpaceX Cargo Dragon-22

A look at the European cargo arriving at the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-22

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International Space Station

European link to historic launch

This weekend two unassuming LAN cables from Europe will witness spaceflight history as they accompany NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on the first crewed SpaceX Crew Dragon flight.

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