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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Delivering what an orbital laboratory actually needs
Follow cargo from service contracts and constrained manifests through arrival, return and disposal, and examine what makes a supply route useful.
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The Falcon 9 and Dragon are raised vertically at Space Launch Complex 40 for NASA's first contracted SpaceX resupply mission on October 7, 2012. Display image resized and compressed.
NASA/Jim Grossmann · Image sourceYour place in the bigger picture
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Building and sustaining a shared orbital laboratory
From development milestones to a working cargo capability
Commercial Resupply Services
Delivering what an orbital laboratory actually needs
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