ANTARIKSA — SpaceX is ready to launch its newest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 local time. So far, there have been no signs of bad weather that could delay the launch schedule.
NASA and SpaceX conducted a launch readiness review (LRR) on Monday, March 13, 2023. SpaceX will fly the dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver CRS-27 supplies to the orbiting laboratory.
Supply of CRS-27 is scheduled to launch on Tuesday at 20.30 EDT or 7.30 WIB, Wednesday, March 15 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The vehicle is great, and all systems are ready to roll out,” SpaceX Dragon Mission Management Director Sarah Walker said in a press conference late Monday. “The main thing the team will continue to monitor going forward is the weather.”
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As the name suggests, CRS-27 is the 27th operational supply mission that SpaceX will fly to the ISS for NASA. Tuesday’s launch will be the third for the special Dragon capsule and the seventh for the Falcon 9 rocket.
“Dragon will be carrying 2,860 kilograms of goods, including equipment spacewalk and vehicle hardware, as well as about 60 new scientific experiments,” NASA officials said.
Among the scientific equipment are the last two test missions for Tissue Chips in Space, a project run by the US National Institutes of Health and the ISS National Laboratory. “Both studies, Cardinal Heart 2.0 and Engineered Heart Tissues-2, use tiny devices containing living cells that mimic the function of human tissues and organs to advance the development of treatments for heart dysfunction,” NASA officials wrote in a mission update on March 9.
Another scientific payload sent was the HUNCH Ball Clamp Monopod built by high school students in the Houston area. “Monopods can make it easier to film in space,” said NASA officials.
Dragon will also be transporting food, including some rare treats for astronauts who are used to eating preserved food out of boxes. “The crew asked for some refrigerated fresh fruit and cheese. So there were apples, blueberries, grapefruit, oranges, tomatoes, cherries and a few different cheeses,” Phil Dempsey, NASA’s ISS Program transport integration manager, told a news conference Monday.
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