SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – carrying about 6,500 kilos of crucial science, {hardware}, and crew provides – is on its technique to the Worldwide Area Station following a profitable launch from NASA’s Kennedy Area Middle in Florida. The corporate’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Advanced 39A at 8:28 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 9, on SpaceX’s twenty ninth resupply providers mission for NASA to the orbiting laboratory.
The mission marks the ninth flight on the Business Resupply Companies-2 SpaceX contract and the second flight of this Dragon, which beforehand flew on NASA’s SpaceX twenty sixth resupply providers mission.
Dragon now could be safely in orbit, and its photo voltaic arrays have deployed. A collection of thruster firings will assist Dragon attain the area station at roughly 5:20 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. Upon its arrival, it’ll dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station’s Concord module, with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara monitoring operations.
Stay protection of Dragon’s arrival will air on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the company’s website starting at 3:45 a.m. EST.
Dragon will stay on the area station for about one month till it returns to Earth with analysis and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida. To remain up to date on all station actions, comply with @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts. Or comply with alongside the station weblog at:
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