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    Updates SpaceX Falcon 9 F5 CRS SpX-2 through CRS SpX-12 Updates

    As for how the HRSGFs interface with the Trunk itself, I have no idea. I thought maybe they were bolted in place, but since they have to be removed robotically, perhaps there is some kind of electromechanical latch. But I'm just guessing here. You are correct that the two HRSGFs will be...
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    Updates ISS UPDATES

    My latest NASASpaceflight article: ISS program working recovery plans following MBSU-1 installation failure Possible EVA-19 on Tuesday! :)
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    Updates ISS UPDATES

    Oh. My. Word. That is all. :) More hi-res wide-angle photos here.
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    OHM HTV-3

    Thanks Don (love your Dragon addon too)! :)
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    Updates X-37B atop of Atlas 5 on March 4th 2011

    I'm just waiting for the "Shenzhou 9 must have forced it to land with its space laser" type conspiracy theories. :lol:
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    News NASA's Future: The News and Updates Thread

    No - instead the docking system/hatch will be moved off-center, and the window placed above it. You can just about see it in this image (window visible just below the docking system):
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    News NASA's Future: The News and Updates Thread

    The requirement for two weeks habitation is because NASA determined this to be the time that it would take to reach certain destinations, using only Orion to get there. The requirement for Orion to work depressurised isn't necessarily to do with EVAs - Orion is designed to be able to return a...
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    Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F3 COTS2+ Updates

    Correct - two NASA Docking System (NDS) - which is a crossover of APAS and LIDS - adapters will be added to PMA-2 and PMA-3. PMA-2 will stay where it is at Node 2 Forward, while PMA-3 will move to Node 3 Nadir (which means the Cupola will move to Node 1 Nadir, which means the PMM will move to...
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    Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F3 COTS2+ Updates

    Well, the word "awesome" is thrown around a lot these days. However, in this case...... :thumbup:
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    Launch News Soyuz TMA-04M, Soyuz-FG, May 15, 2012 (launch, docking and landing updates)

    Soyuz does it again! Gennady, you've returned too soon - it's like you never even left space! :lol:
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    Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F4 CRS SpX-1 Updates

    I would be surprised if they get C2+ off the ground by then, never mind CRS-1! ;) Even if C2+ does get off the ground in May or June, I would expect CRS-1 to slip into late this year, if not next year, due to the need to work through/redesign/retest various anomalies. Besides, the busy ISS...
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    Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F3 COTS2+ Updates

    True, however Shuttle didn't suffer from some of the issues that the CRS vehicles do - for instance, Shuttle didn't have power generation issues in high beta periods, since it didn't have solar arrays. Plus, CRS vehicles will be much more frequent, since they will carry less cargo than Shuttle...
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    Launch News SpaceX Falcon 9 F3 COTS2+ Updates

    My personal opinion is that they will likely slip until after the Soyuz TMA-04M launch on the 15 and docking on the 17th - meaning NET 19th. If SpaceX launch on the 10th (and berth on the 13th), they will only have two days of margin in the schedule before both the Dragon and Soyuz flights will...
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    Launch News North Korea comes again for third attempt to send satellite into space in April

    Note for next time: Use a bigger rubber band. :lol:
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