SpaceX will launch its 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA today (June 3), and you can watch the event live.
A SpaceX The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Dragon robotic cargo capsule towards the orbiting laboratory today at 12:35 EDT (1635 GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Watch it here on NASA’s Space.com, or live through the space agency. There’s no guarantee that Naga However, it will depart on time; In fact, there is a 70% chance that the weather will be unfavorable today. If it doesn’t launch today, the next opportunity will come tomorrow (June 4) at 12:12 pm EST (1612 GMT).
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That Falcon 9 The unmanned Dragon capsule will be brought into orbit on the International Space Station’s rendezvous trajectory. Following separation, the first stage of the Falcon 9 will perform a back-thrust burn and land on SpaceX’s A Shortfall of Gravity self-driving drone, which will be deployed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Cargo Dragon will spend over 40 hours on its intercept course International space station. Dragon will catch up with the International Space Station early Monday (June 5) morning, with a scheduled docking to the top port of the Harmony module at 5:36 am EDT (0936 GMT). You can also watch it here on Space.com, when the time comes.
Dragon will carry several thousand pounds of scientific research equipment and supplies for the station crew. Northrop Grumman launch delayed swan NG-19, the International Space Station’s supply vehicle, prompted NASA to transfer some of the cargo meant for the mission to Dragon to keep the space station’s cache from shrinking too much.
During a prelaunch press conference on Tuesday (May 30), NASA’s chief scientist for the International Space Station, Curt Costello, said CRS-28 “makes up for the delay we experienced in bringing the NG Cygnus spacecraft to the station. So, we’re sending the crew more logistical supplies to keep them going through the end of the year.
Scientific research aboard CRS-28 is bringing new experiments to the International Space Station, as well as replenishing materials for more than 30 ongoing projects. Featuring Clinger technology for docking systems for autonomous space stations, Gayaberat mikroDNA mutation of telomeres and blue energy release research for hurricanes are some of the new science experiments currently underway within the mission.
Half dozen kotak They were also stationed aboard the CRS-28 Dragon, all but one student-managed project of the Canadian Space Agency’s Cubeaat program. The sixth came from the Space Foundation, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space Systems Command. It’s called Moonlighter, and it will provide a platform to challenge space cybersecurity hacks.
CRS-28 also carries the next pair of iROSA (International Space Station Solar Arrays), which are wired on top of the ISS’ existing solar panels to increase the station’s power requirements. They will be removed from the Dragon box using the station’s robotic arm, then installed by NASA astronauts over a period of two years. Spacewalk. Once operational, the iROSA full complement will increase the power supply of the orbiting laboratory by 20% to 30%.
Designed as a reusable vehicle, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo will return science samples from more than 34 spacecraft on the International Space Station at the end of its stay on the station. Like its manned counterpart, the Dragon payload returns to Earth for a smooth ocean splash with the help of a parachute.
2023-06-03 13:17:24
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