he SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon capsule, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023, on the businesss 28th business resupply services objective for the company to the International Space Station. NASAs SpaceXs 29th business resupply services mission is targeted for liftoff no earlier than 8:28 p.m. EST Thursday, November 9. Credit: SpaceX
Weather condition authorities with Cape Canaveral Space Force Stations 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 95% opportunity of favorable weather conditions for liftoff of the 29th industrial resupply services objective to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA Kennedy Space Centers Launch Complex 39A in Florida, scheduled for 8:28 p.m. EST on Thursday, November 9. The main weather issue is the thick cloud layers guideline.
Packed with more than 6,500 pounds of cargo, SpaceXs Dragon will deliver scientific research study, innovation presentations, team supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station to support its Expedition 70 crew. Included in the freight is NASAs Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T), which will demonstrate making use of laser interactions systems to send information in space. and Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE), which is created to study bands of light in Earths atmosphere and enhance our understanding of area weather condition in the upper environment.
Arrival to the station is set up for around 5:20 a.m. EST on Saturday, November 11. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the stations Harmony module.
The spacecraft is expected to spend about one month connected to the orbiting laboratory before it returns to Earth with research and about 3,800 pounds of return freight, sprinkling down off the coast of Florida.
By NASA
November 8, 2023