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SpaceX Dragon completes CRS-6 mission with splashdown
 Wed May, 20 2015 11:00 PM olEo Dragon splashes down into the Pacific Ocean, carrying 3,100 lbs of cargo and science for NASA. Today scientific experiments are transferred to JSC in Houston. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/05/crs-6-dragon-departs-iss-homecoming/ (Foto by http://www.spacex.com/webcast/) YouTube video |
NATO samples return from ISS
We continue to march towards a SpX-6 Prime unberth date of May 21st (RTP ~ 26 hrs). This means that the NATO samples will be at JSC of Houston ( Texas, USA) May 26th. SpaceX-6 Return – May 21, 2015 May 21: Splashdown at 16:49 GMT/9:49 am PDT May 22: Boat arrives at the dock in CA around 12:49 pm PDT (27 hrs) May 22: Cold Stowage arrives at Long Beach airport around TBD pm PDT May 23: Plane arrives at Ellington Field May 26: Distribution of samples begins at JSC Cold Stowage lab We are ready to receive the samples and start with all the post flight analysis. ----____________-------------_____________-------------______________-------------______________------- By the way, during the preparation of our experiment at KSC in Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA), we got to know Joseph Tiberi a student of the school called Lakewood High School in Colorado. Joseph and his team, in
association with NASA, developed a project designed to grow a plant in
zero gravity. It is called the Hydrofuge project. It was sent up to the
ISS on SpaceX 6 with NanoRacks for 120 days of zero gravity testing. The
main design features that they are testing include the 80 degree angle in
the chamber, designed to help control water, and the centrifuge,
designed to spin the plant and remove the water clinging to the roots. Here are some of his photos which are interesting! Thanks Joseph! Here it is just after one week in microgravity!  Here it is after a longer time in microgravity! The situation has changed a lot!  We will give you more info next time! |
Video of the experiment for ISS
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SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 - Grappled
At am 6:55am ET, Dragon is captured by the space station! Next up, Dragon will be berthed to the station's Harmony node.  |
SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 - Liftoff
Falcon 9 and
Dragon are vertical on the launch pad in advance of today’s CRS-6
launch, targeted for 4:33pm EDT. Live launch webcast beginning at 4:15pm
EDT.
Almost ready for the Launch to ISS!
If you have any comments, please feel free to send a massage to the following E-mail address: nanospace@unipv.it Monday at 20:33 EDT (2:33 Italian time) the SpaceX Dragon capsule will depart from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral with the carrier Falcon 9. Aboard Dragon, one of the ten italian projects selected by the Italian Space for the FUTURA mission of Samantha Cristoforetti: NATO project!!!  |
NATO Team time off !
If you have any comments, please feel free to send a massage to the following E-mail address: nanospace@unipv.it NATO team explored the wild nature of FLorida : we went to Silver Glen Spring to enjoy the sun and the spring waters!!  We got to see a lot of squirrels!  |
Life in the NASA laboratories is getting frenetic!
But we also get time to take some photos of us!    If you have any comments, please feel free to send a massage to the following E-mail address: nanospace@unipv.it |
Arrived also on facebook!
If you have any comments, please feel free to send a massage to the following E-mail address: nanospace@unipv.it. Follow us also on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NATO-Project/1824935091065272 |
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