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Traveling approximately 260 miles over the Yellow Sea east of Shanghai, the automated Russian Progress 74 cargo resupply spacecraft docked at 5:35 a.m. EST to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is the second resupply spacecraft to arrive for the six crew members aboard the space station in as many days. The Expedition 61 crew<\/a> welcomed SpaceX\u2019s cargo Dragon<\/a> spacecraft early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n The\u00a0International Space Station\u00a0is a stepping stone for NASA\u2019s\u00a0Artemis\u00a0program<\/a> that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon. As the only place for conducting long-duration research on how living in microgravity affects living organisms as well as testing technologies to allow humans to work at the Moon, the space station serves as a unique asset in the effort establish a sustainable presence at the Moon and prepare for missions to Mars.<\/p>\n At 9 a.m., NASA Television and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a> will broadcast a special event with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine as he discusses the status of the agency\u2019s Artemis<\/a> program, highlights the completion of the core stage for NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, and takes part in a question-and-answer session from NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.<\/p>\n Learn more about space station activities by following @space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, and the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Traveling approximately 260 miles over the Yellow Sea east of Shanghai, the automated Russian Progress 74 cargo resupply spacecraft docked at 5:35 a.m. EST to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is the second resupply spacecraft to arrive for the six crew members aboard the space station in as many days. The Expedition 61 crew<\/a> welcomed SpaceX\u2019s cargo Dragon<\/a> spacecraft early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n The\u00a0International Space Station\u00a0is a stepping stone for NASA\u2019s\u00a0Artemis\u00a0program<\/a> that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon. As the only place for conducting long-duration research on how living in microgravity affects living organisms as well as testing technologies to allow \u2026 Continue reading Russian Space Freighter Docks Automatically to Station<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Dec. 9, 2019: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon space freighter, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply ship and Russia\u2019s Progress 74 resupply ship and Soyuz MS-13 and MS-15 crew ships. <\/p>\n