NASA, SpaceX targeting Thursday afternoon launch of supplies, research to International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is gearing up to send research and supplies to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's 30th commercial resupply mission on Thursday.
The SpaceX Dragon is scheduled for liftoff at 4:55 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
This resupply mission will deliver "new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including tests of technologies to monitor sea ice, automate 3D mapping, and create nanoparticle solar cells," according to NASA.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, launches from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday, June 3, 2017. Dragon is carrying almost 6,000 pounds of science research, crew supplies and har
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Supplies and research are expected to arrive at the ISS at around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday when the spacecraft docks autonomously to the zenith port of the station's Harmony module, NASA said.
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