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    Delta II Payload Fairings for ICESat-2 Moved to ULA Facility

    The payload fairings for the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

    Both halves of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket payload fairing arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and were transported by convoy Feb. 23, 2018, to ULA's Building B8337. The fairings were unpacked from their transportation carrier and secured on work stands. NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/22/2018

    54S Rendezvous: 54S, carrying Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel, and Oleg Artimyev to the International Space Station, is currently conducting a 34-orbit rendezvous profile with a planned docking Friday, March 23 at 19:43 GMT (14:43 CDT).  All Soyuz systems are performing nominally. Veg-03:  The crew watered the Veg-03 plants and continued with the photo-documentation of plant …

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    New Crew Midway to Station Before Spacewalk and Cargo Ops

    Three new Expedition 55 crew members are set to begin their mission aboard the International Space Station when they dock to the Poisk module Friday at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev are midway through their flight inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft that launched Wednesday at 1:44 …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/21/2018

    54S Launch: 54S, carrying Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel, and Oleg Artimyev to the International Space Station, launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 17:44:23.396 GMT (12:44:23 CDT).  54S is scheduled for a 34-orbit rendezvous with ISS and docking is planned for Friday, March 23 at 19:43 GMT (14:43 CDT). Lab Mass Constituent Analyzer …

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    Last of the Big Swing Arm Umbilicals Installed on Mobile Launcher

    Nearly the last of several large connection lines, called umbilicals, was installed on the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The umbilical was lifted by crane and attached high on the tower of the mobile launcher at about the 240-foot level, bringing the steel structure one step closer to supporting processing and …

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    New Crew Blasts Off to Join Station on Friday

    The Soyuz MS-08 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are safely in orbit on their way to the International Space Station. The trio will orbit Earth for approximately …

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    Countdown Under Way as Crew Preps for Launch Today

    Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are making final preparations for their journey to the International Space Station. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are set to launch in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). …

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    NASA’s InSight arrives at Vandenberg, Begins Preflight Processing

    NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight

    Inside the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft has been mounted on to a rotation fixture for testing. InSight is scheduled to launch May 5, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for its trip to Mars. …

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