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The Crew Dragon spacecraft that will fly @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug to and from the @Space_Station undergoing electromagnetic interference testing
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SpaceX employees with Crew Dragon before it departed our Hawthorne factory for the launch site in Florida – one step closer to returning human spaceflight capabilities to the United States!
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Static fire of Falcon 9 complete ahead of launching 60 Starlink satellites—due to poor weather in the recovery area tomorrow, now targeting launch on Sunday, February 16 at 10:25 a.m. EST, 15:25 UTC
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The booster supporting this mission previously launched the CRS-17 mission in May 2019, the CRS-18 mission in July 2019, and the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 mission in December 2019
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Crew Dragon in Florida ahead of its flight to and from the @Space_Station with @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug onboard!
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Standing down from tomorrow’s Starlink launch; team is taking a closer look at a second stage valve component. Now targeting Monday, February 17.
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Crew Dragon completes acoustic testing in Florida
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Falcon 9 launch webcast of 60 Starlink satellites is now live twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed!
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Today’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites to orbit marked Falcon 9’s 80th successful flight! More photos → flickr.com/spacex
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Third Raptor test stand activated at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. In the past year, the Raptor team has accumulated over 3,200 seconds of testing across 18 engines, including multiple full-power firings
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Last year, we completed a 150 meter hop with one Raptor engine, and the Starship team is gearing up for more spaceflight activities in Boca Chica, Texas youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bf…
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Raptor will power Starship, a fully reusable transportation system that will carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond → spacex.com/starship
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Falcon Heavy will launch @NASAPsyche! The mission, for which @NASA requires the highest level of launch vehicle reliability, will study a metal asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to help humanity better understand the formation of our solar system’s planets go.nasa.gov/2VCFdap
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Falcon 9 static fire test complete — targeting March 6 launch from Pad 40 in Florida for Dragon’s twentieth resupply mission to the @Space_Station, the final flight of the first version of Dragon
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The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew in support of our tenth and sixteenth commercial resupply missions – this will be the third Dragon to fly on three missions
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The Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission previously flew in support of our most recent launch to the @Space_Station, CRS-19
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A year ago today, Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon on its first mission, which demonstrated the spacecraft’s capability to safely and reliably fly @NASA astronauts to and from the @Space_Station youtu.be/F-wBgsf8jWY
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SpaceX teams are currently in final preparations for another Crew Dragon flight – the one that will fly astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug and return human spaceflight capabilities to the U.S.
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Falcon 9 and Dragon are vertical ahead of tonight’s resupply mission to the @Space_Station – the final mission of the first version of Dragon. Launch is targeted for 11:50 p.m. EST → spacex.com/webcast
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Since its first mission in 2012 – when it became the first private spacecraft to visit the @Space_Station – Dragon has spent over 520 days attached to the orbiting laboratory, delivered over 95,000 pounds of cargo, and returned over 76,000 pounds back to Earth
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T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon → spacex.com/webcast
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Webcast of Falcon 9 launch now live → spacex.com/webcast twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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