SpaceX’s eleventh commercial resupply services
mission to the International Space Station is delayed to Saturday, June 3.
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With the delay of SpaceX’s
eleventh commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station to
Saturday, June 3, two NASA commercial provider cargo ships now will pass each
other in orbit to provide services to the space station.
Loaded with almost 6,000 pounds of science research, crew supplies
and hardware in support of Expedition 52 and 53 crew members, Dragon now is
scheduled to launch at 5:07 p.m. EDT June 3 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Coverage will begin at 4:30 p.m. on NASA
Television and the agency’s website.
Dragon’s new launch date will enable the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo
spacecraft to depart the station Sunday, June 4. Expedition 52 Flight Engineers
Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson of NASA will be at the controls of the Canadarm2
robotic arm to release Cygnus at 9:10 a.m. NASA TV coverage of the spacecraft’s
departure will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Cygnus will remain in orbit for a week in support of the SAFFIRE experiment and the deployment
of four small Nanoracks satellites before Orbital ATK flight controllers
command it to deorbit Sunday, June 11. It will burn up harmlessly in the
Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
As Cygnus departs, Dragon will close in on the station for its
capture by Fischer and Whitson Monday, June 5. Using the Canadarm2 robotic arm,
they will grapple the SpaceX cargo spacecraft at 10 a.m. NASA TV coverage will
begin at 8:30 a.m.
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