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your favorite holiday elves are back

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nasa and spacex are gearing up for the

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24th commercial resupply services

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mission to the international space

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station

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liftoff is targeted for december 21st at

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506 a.m eastern time from kennedy space

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center's launch complex 39a

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launching aboard a spacex falcon 9

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rocket the company's dragon spacecraft

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will deliver food supplies and science

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investigations to the astronauts

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the cargo includes a protein crystal

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growth study that could improve the

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delivery of cancer treatment drugs

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dragon will arrive at the station on

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december 22nd at about 4 30 a.m and

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remain docked for about a month before

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returning to earth

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a critical simulation involving multiple

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nasa centers took place this week

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certifying the team that will launch

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artemis one on its historic mission

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around the moon

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teams from kennedy space center johnson

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space center and marshall space flight

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center as well as cape canaveral space

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force station took part in the launch

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stim starting with cryogenic loading and

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transitioning into the terminal

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countdown portion of the launch

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countdown teams practice the pre-launch

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activities for the artemis 1 launch

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artemis 1 is the inaugural flight of

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nasa's space launch system rocket and

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orion spacecraft as an integrated system

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it marks the first in a series of

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increasingly complex missions that will

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enable human exploration to the moon and

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