The area station will obtain a brand new cargo of provides this morning (Nov. 5), and you’ll watch the occasion reside.
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft laden with 6,000 kilos (2,700 kilograms) of meals, tools and experiments will dock with the Worldwide House Station (ISS) at the moment round 10:15 a.m. EST (1415 GMT), if all goes in keeping with plan.
Protection will run reside on NASA+ and, if attainable, House.com will simulcast the occasions right here. NASA’s broadcast will start at 8:45 a.m. EST (1245 GMT).
SpaceX launched the robotic Dragon aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night time (Nov. 4) from NASA’s Kennedy House Middle in Florida, for a experience to the ISS. It is the thirty first business resupply mission for SpaceX on behalf of NASA and is subsequently referred to as CRS-31.
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The Dragon will dock on the ahead port of the area station’s Concord module, which was occupied with one other Dragon spacecraft till just lately. 4 astronauts moved their Crew Dragon to a special parking spot on the ISS throughout an hour-long occasion on Sunday (Nov. 3) to make room for the brand new arrival.
CRS-31 contains a number of new experiments focusing on investigations such because the photo voltaic wind, or the fixed stream of charged particles from our solar, in addition to investigations about plant progress in microgravity, chilly welding of metals and the way radiation in area influences the weathering of assorted supplies, according to NASA.
CRS-31 is anticipated to stay docked on the ISS for a couple of month. When it departs, it should depart with a brand new load of analysis and cargo to splash down off the coast of Florida.
