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Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will exit the Pirs docking compartment airlock to deploy a small Peruvian science satellite, and install and retrieve science experiments on the exterior of Russian station modules.
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Pirs exit will be at about 15:00 BST on Monday and will be live on NASA TV
 

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Great video of the release from the station of Orbital Science's Cygnus Orb-2 spacecraft on the 15th:


and re-entry on the 17th:

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[Credit: NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst]
 

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:( spaceX F9R test vehicle had to be self destructed after an anomaly mid flight.



Earlier today, in McGregor, Texas, SpaceX conducted a test flight of a three engine version of the F9R test vehicle (successor to Grasshopper). During the flight, an anomaly was detected in the vehicle and the flight termination system automatically terminated the mission.

Throughout the test and subsequent flight termination, the vehicle remained in the designated flight area. There were no injuries or near injuries. An FAA representative was present at all times.

With research and development projects, detecting vehicle anomalies during the testing is the purpose of the program. Today’s test was particularly complex, pushing the limits of the vehicle further than any previous test. As is our practice, the company will be reviewing the flight record details to learn more about the performance of the vehicle prior to our next test.


SpaceX will provide another update when the flight data has been fully analyzed.
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