SpaceX Set to Launch 6,500 Pounds to ISS on Falcon 9 Tuesday
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Updated · KARE11.com · May 12
SpaceX Set to Launch 6,500 Pounds to ISS on Falcon 9 Tuesday
14 articles · Updated · KARE11.com · May 12
A SpaceX Dragon cargo mission is scheduled to lift off at 7:16 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, carrying about 6,500 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.
The load includes water-purification hardware and research tied to space weather, osteoporosis treatments and charged particles around Earth that can affect power grids.
Dragon is expected to dock at the ISS at about 9:50 a.m. EDT on Thursday, then remain attached until mid-June before splashing down off California.
Seven astronauts are currently aboard the station from two missions — three Americans, three Russians and French astronaut Sophie Adenot.
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