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<\/a>The launch of the SpaceX Dragon<\/a> cargo vessel slipped one day to Wednesday at 1:16 p.m. EST with meteorologists forecasting 90% favorable weather for launch. Meanwhile, the newest crew members aboard the International Space Station<\/a> are getting used to their new home in space.<\/p>\n Dragon\u2019s 16th<\/sup> mission to the orbital lab will deliver almost 5,700 pounds of science, crew supplies and hardware. The commercial space freighter is due to arrive at the station Saturday when astronauts Alexander Gerst<\/a> and Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> will command the Canadarm2 to grapple Dragon around 6 a.m.<\/p>\n New station crew members Oleg Kononenko<\/a>, Anne McClain<\/a> and David Saint-Jacques<\/a> are in their second day aboard the station. The trio are familiarizing themselves with station systems and safety procedures today. They began their mission Monday when they launched aboard the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft at 6:31 a.m. and docked just six hours and two minutes later to the Poisk module. The new crew will stay in space until June.<\/p>\n Expedition 57<\/a> Commander Alexander Gerst is getting for his return to Earth on Dec. 20 and began packing his personal items today. He\u2019ll wrap up his mission with Flight Engineers Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> and Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> and land in Kazakhstan inside the Soyuz MS-09 crew ship after six-and-a-half months in space.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The launch of the SpaceX Dragon<\/a> cargo vessel slipped one day to Wednesday at 1:16 p.m. EST with meteorologists forecasting 90% favorable weather for launch. Meanwhile, the newest crew members aboard the International Space Station<\/a> are getting used to their new home in space.<\/p>\n Dragon\u2019s 16th mission to the orbital lab will deliver almost 5,700 pounds of science, crew supplies and hardware. The commercial space freighter is due to arrive at the station Saturday when astronauts Alexander Gerst<\/a> and Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> will command the Canadarm2 to grapple Dragon around 6 a.m.<\/p>\n New station crew members Oleg Kononenko<\/a>, Anne McClain<\/a> and \u2026 Continue reading Dragon Launch Slips One Day as New Crew Moves In<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/a>Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) peers out the International Space Station\u2019s \u201cwindow to the world,\u201d the seven-windowed cupola. Just outside the cupola are two spacecraft including the Soyuz MS-09 crew craft and Northrop Grumman\u2019s Cygnus cargo craft with one of its cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays featuring prominently in the frame. <\/p>\n