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CRS-25: SpaceX Cargo Dragon
CRS-25 SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft was launched, recently. It was launched from “launch complex 39A” of the Kennedy Space Centre towards International Space Station. Highlights It was scheduled to be launched in June 2022, but the launch got delayed by over a month due to a hydrazine leak on the spacecraft. Spacecraft was lifted off ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: CRS 25 • Dragon spacecraft • Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) • Falcon 9 • SpaceX Cargo Dragon • SpaceX Falcon 9 • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets
SpaceX launched ants, avocados, robotic arm to Space station
SpaceX launched shipments of ants, avocados, human-sized robotic arm toward the International Space Station on August 29, 2021. Key Points The delivery of shipments is due to arrive on August 30, 2021. It will be SpaceX’s 23rd mission for NASA in a decade. The Dragon is carrying more than 2,170 kilograms of supplies and experiments ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dragon spacecraft • International Space Station (ISS) • Kennedy Space Center • NASA • SpaceX • SpaceX Falcon 9
SpaceX launches Cargo Mission for NASA to ISS
SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft on a cargo mission for NASA to International Space Station (ISS). About Mission This is SpaceX’s fifth launch of year. The launch was rescheduled earlier due to some electrical problem on ISS. It was launched on a ‘Falcon 9’ rocket, from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It is being used ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Canadian Space Agency • CRS-12 Mission • Dragon spacecraft • ESA • European Space Agency • ISS • JAXA • Low Earth orbit • NASA • Roscosmos • Russia • SpaceX • The International Space Station
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches on First Commercial Flight
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully lifted off marking the towering booster’s second flight and its first commercial launch. For the first time, all three of the rocket’s reusable boosters returned safely to Earth. The rocket deployed an advanced communications satellite, Arabsat-6A which will provide internet and communications services to residents of the Middle East, Africa ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Africa • Arabsat-6A • California • Dragon spacecraft • Europe • Falcon Heavy Rocket • International Space Station • Middle-East • SpaceX
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches on First Commercial Flight
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully lifted off marking the towering booster’s second flight and its first commercial launch. For the first time, all three of the rocket’s reusable boosters returned safely to Earth. The rocket deployed an advanced communications satellite, Arabsat-6A which will provide internet and communications services to residents of the Middle East, Africa ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Africa • Arabsat-6A • California • Dragon spacecraft • Europe • Falcon Heavy Rocket • International Space Station • Middle-East • SpaceX
SpaceX for first time successfully launches recycled rocket and spaceship
US based private rocket launching company SpaceX for first time ever has successfully launched used Dragon spacecraft with a used Falcon 9 rocket. The 2 pre-flown rocket parts were launched together for the first time as part of resupply mission to International Space Station (ISS). Key Facts The mission was SpaceX’s 13th of 20 under ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: cience and Technology • Dragon spacecraft • Elon Musk • Falcon 9 rocket • International • SpaceX