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it may be used as an operational communications link.kicking off a 32-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station to deliver 6.

But the primary goal of the flight is to deliver research gear and equipment to the space station.a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked into orbit in spectacular fashion Thursday.Thats a requirement for rendezvous missions with targets moving at more than 17.

This optical communication could hugely benefit the research that we are already doing on the space station by allowing our scientists to see the data faster.navigation and tracking systems.

Another externally mounted instrument being delivered is the Atmospheric Waves Experiment.

the spacecraft will catch up with the space station Saturday morning and move in for docking at the labs forward port.with wildfire blazing just outside of the road.

”She said that her mother bravely handled the situation while driving through the thick smoke and flames.shows the nail-biting moments a mother and daughter were surrounded by smoke and flames from a ragingwildfirewhile driving Monday.

Mariagrazia told Storyful that while they did see smoke off in the distance while they were driving.andtwo pilots were killed earlier this weekwhen their firefighting airplane crashed into a hillside while working to extinguish flames