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Mar 3, 2019

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Dock Autonomously With the ISS

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

It’s yet another historic moment for the Crew Dragon mission as the docking procedure is quite different this time when compared to previous Dragon missions: “Dragon was basically hovering under the ISS,” said Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of mission assurance at SpaceX during a pre-launch briefing on Thursday. “You can see how it moves back and forth and then the [Canadarm] takes it to a berthing bay.”

In contrast, the Crew Dragon’s docking system is active, he said: “it will plant itself in front of the station and use a docking port on its own, no docking arm required.”

Five days from now, Crew Dragon will undock and makes its long way back to Earth. This time around, it will splash down in the Atlantic Ocean — previous (cargo) Dragon missions have touched down in the Pacific.

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Mar 3, 2019

China opens its first Mars simulation base in Qinghai Province

Posted by in categories: climatology, space travel

China has opened its first Mars simulation base to the public to encourage young people to get involved in space exploration.

The Mars simulation base, which opened on Friday, is located in Mangya city, in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province.

The red rock area in the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai has been called the most “Martian” place on Earth, with its natural features, landscape and climate all similar to those on the red planet, said Gao Junling, the project founder.

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Mar 3, 2019

SpaceX Crew Dragon hatch opening at the International Space Station

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Mock manned mission underway…👽.

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Mar 3, 2019

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule successfully docks to the ISS for the first time

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No berthing required.

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Mar 3, 2019

Elon Musk says he would ride SpaceX’s new Dragon spaceship into orbit — and build a moon base with NASA

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

“We should have a base on the moon, like a permanently occupied human base on the moon, and then send people to Mars,” Musk said when asked what SpaceX will do after getting Crew Dragon operational. “That’s what we should do.”

He added: “Maybe there’s something beyond the space station, but we’ll see. We’ve got to focus on getting this right, for sure. That’s the priority. But then, after that, maybe something beyond low-Earth orbit.”


SpaceX rocketed its first spaceship for NASA astronauts into orbit on Saturday. Elon Musk, the company’s founder, said he’s willing to climb aboard.

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Mar 3, 2019

The SpaceX #CrewDragon is in orbit, on its way to the International Space Station

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

Unlike the cargo Dragon, which is grappled by a robotic arm, this uncrewed test flight for our NASA Commercial Crew Program will dock autonomously.

Watch live at 3:30 a.m. EST to see a brand-new spacecraft’s first-ever arrival at the station: https://go.nasa.gov/2IPCG7P

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Mar 3, 2019

LIVE NOW from low-Earth orbit: For the first time, a commercially-built and operated American spacecraft designed to carry humans docks to the International Space Station

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Watch the arrival of SpaceX’s #CrewDragon 🐉 : https://go.nasa.gov/2Tses7E

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Mar 1, 2019

SpaceX #CrewDragon Live Launch Coverage

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Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 for Demo-1, the first flight test of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, is targeted for Saturday, March 2, at 2:49 a.m. EST from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Join us at 2 a.m. EST for countdown coverage. Watch:

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Mar 1, 2019

Elon Musk sent a $100K Tesla Roadster to space a year ago. It has now traveled farther than any other car in history

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

Fans like Ben Pearson use NASA data to project the car’s location through space. For now, the convertible will continue its long drive around our inner solar system. And perhaps if humans make it to Mars like Musk hopes, we might even see the Roadster on our way there.

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Mar 1, 2019

NASA Will Flight Test a Nuclear Rocket by 2024 and Other High Tech NASA Projects

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A portion of NASA’s $21.5 billion 2019 budget is for developing advanced space power and propulsion technology. NASA will spend $176 to $217 million on maturing new technology. There are projects that NASA has already been working on and others that NASA will start and try to complete. There will be propulsion, robotics, materials and other capabilities. Space technology received $926.9 million in NASA’s 2019 budget.

NASA’s space technology projects look interesting but ten times more resources devoted to advancing technological capability if the NASA budget and priorities were changed.

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