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SpaceX CRS-14
Artist rendering of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being berthed to ISS
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorSpaceX
COSPAR ID2018-032A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.43267Edit this on Wikidata
Mission durationPlanned: 1 month
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeCRS Dragon C110
ManufacturerSpaceX
Dry mass4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
DimensionsHeight: 6.1 m (20 ft)
Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date2 April 2018, 20:30 UTC[1]
RocketFalcon 9 FT
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-40
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
EpochPlanned
Berthing at ISS
Berthing portHarmony nadir or Unity nadir
RMS captureApril 4th, 2018
Berthing dateApril 4th, 2018

NASA SpX-14 mission patch
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SpaceX CRS-14, also known as SpX-14, is a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched at 16:30 EDT (20:30 UTC) on April 2, 2018 which was captured by the robotic arm of the ISS on 4th April 2018 and is scheduled to remain in space for approximately 1 month before returning to earth.[2] The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX, along with a payload from HP.[3]

Mission Overview

In early 2015, NASA awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for three additional CRS missions (CRS-13 to CRS-15).[4] As of June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for August 2018.[5]

Launch occurred on April 2, 2018 at 16:30 EDT (or 20:30 UTC) on a Falcon 9 Full Thrust Rocket. The 1st stage had previously been flown and recovered on the CRS-12 mission, recovery of the first stage was not attempted on the CRS-14 flight.[2] The dragon capsule has also previously flown to the ISS on CRS-8.[6]

Dragon arrived at the ISS on the 4th of April 2018 and is scheduled to remain there for approximately one month before de-orbiting and returning to Earth.[2]

Manifest

NASA has contracted for the CRS-14 mission from SpaceX and therefore determines the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. According to a NASA Inspector General report of June 2016, CRS-14 is expected to carry 2,760 kg (6,080 lb) of pressurized mass and 550 kg (1,210 lb) of unpressurized.[5] According to a 2016 presentation, the external payloads manifested for this flights were ASIM, PFCS and MISSE.[7][8]

Multiple payloads from national labs are also included,[9] one of which is the RemoveDEBRIS mission which will be deployed from the ISS. The mission aims to test a harpoon and a net on test debris that the mission carries to evaluate the viability of these methods to be used in future missions to remove real space debris. HP has also been contracted by NASA to install a new inkjet printer for the US lab, which is flown aboard the vehicle to the station[10][11][12]. At the end of the mission the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft will deploy a large solar sail to remove itself from orbit to prevent itself from becoming space debris.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Launch Schedule". Spaceflight Now. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "CRS14". SpaceX.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/media-kits/2017/hp-envy-zero-gravity-printer.html
  4. ^ de Selding, Peter B. (24 February 2016). "SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million". Space News. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b NASA Office of Inspector General (28 June 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  6. ^ @flatoday_jdean (21 March 2018). "NASA's upcoming CRS-14 ISS resupply mission will re-fly SpaceX Falcon 9 booster flown on CRS-12. Dragon previously flew CRS-8" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{Cite tweet}}: |date= / |number= mismatch (help)
  7. ^ Kenol, Jules; Love, John (17 May 2016). Research Capability of ISS for a Wide Spectrum of Science Disciplines, Including Materials Science (PDF). Materials in the Space Environment Workshop, Italian Space Agency, Rome.
  8. ^ Scimemi, Sam (July 2016). International Space Station Status July 2016 (PDF) (Technical report). NASA. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  9. ^ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2018/03/22/dragon-mission-carry-casissponsored-experiments-space-station/
  10. ^ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/02/the-international-space-station-is-getting-a-new-printer/
  11. ^ https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/02/iss-new-hp-printer/
  12. ^ http://uk.pcmag.com/news/91865/hp-develops-zero-gravity-printer-for-iss
  13. ^ "Space junk demo mission launches". BBC.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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