SpaceX Updates

• Dragon Flies Free After Successful Falcon 9 Launch

  September 21, 2014 - 3:48 AM EDT

  The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is flying free to begin its pursuit of the International Space Station. The spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9 rocket after a successful climb to orbit that began at 1:52 a.m. EDT with an on-time liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40.
• At 7:04 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Dragon spacecraft will catch up to the orbiting laboratory, and Expedition 41 Flight Engineer and European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst will use the station's 57.7-foot (17.6-meter) robotic arm to reach out and capture it. NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman will support Gerst as they operate from the station’s cupola.