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SpaceX Launch of NASA Cargo to Space Station Set for Friday, Spacewalk
Wednesday
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and SpaceX
are targeting a 3:25 p.m. EDT launch on Friday, April 18, of SpaceX's
third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station from
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage
will begin at 2:15 p.m.
The company's April 14 launch to the orbiting laboratory was scrubbed
due to a helium leak in the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the
Dragon spacecraft to the space station.
Dragon is carrying to the space station almost 5,000 pounds of science
and research, crew supplies, vehicle hardware and spacewalk tools --
all to support the crew and more than 150 scientific investigations
planned for Expeditions 39 and 40. If needed, another launch attempt
will take place at 3:02 p.m. Saturday, April 19.
NASA Television coverage of Dragon's arrival at the space station will
begin at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, April 20. Expedition 39 Commander Koichi
Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will use the space
station's robotic arm to capture the spacecraft at approximately 7
a.m. NASA's Rick Mastracchio will support Wakata during the
rendezvous. NASA Television coverage will resume at 9:30 a.m., as the
Dragon is attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station's
Harmony module.
An April 18 launch will allow the space station program to plan for a
spacewalk on Wednesday, April 23, to replace a failed
multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) relay system. The prime MDM, which is
operating normally, and the failed backup computer provide commands to
some space station systems, including the external cooling system,
Solar Alpha Rotary joints and Mobile Transporter rail car.
A separate media advisory providing NASA TV coverage times for the
April 23 spacewalk will be issued at a later date.
For the latest information on the SpaceX mission, visit:
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
For the latest information on the International Space Station, visit:
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SOURCE NASA
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/CONTACT: Rachel Kraft, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1100, rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov; Dan Huot, Johnson Space Center, Houston, 281-483-5111, daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov; or Michael CurieKennedy Space Center, Fla., 321-867-2468, michael.curie@nasa.gov
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