{"id":962479,"date":"2026-05-15T22:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962479\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:29:16","slug":"spacex-dragon-lifts-off-to-resupply-expedition-74-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962479\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Dragon Lifts Off to Resupply Expedition 74 Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At\u00a06:05\u00a0p.m. EDT,\u00a0nearly 6,500\u00a0pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the company\u2019s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About nine minutes after launch, Dragon will separate from the rocket\u2019s second stage, open its nosecone, and begin a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dragon will arrive at the orbiting outpost at approximately\u00a07\u00a0a.m.\u00a0Sunday, May 17, and will dock autonomously to the forward port of the station\u2019s Harmony module. 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