NASA, SpaceX Target Oct. 13 ISS Cargo Launch With 6,300 Pounds and Final Solar Arrays
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Updated · NASA · Oct 8
NASA, SpaceX Target Oct. 13 ISS Cargo Launch With 6,300 Pounds and Final Solar Arrays
3 articles · Updated · NASA · Oct 8
Summary
6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13 is the target launch time for SpaceX’s 35th NASA resupply mission, sending a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral.
More than 6,300 pounds of cargo will include the final ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays, along with experiments on artificial retinas, 3D heart tissue, unconventional glass formation and brain organoids tied to neurodegenerative disease research.
Oct. 15 at about 11 a.m. is the planned autonomous docking time at the station’s Harmony module, with Dragon set to remain in orbit until mid-November before returning research and cargo off California.
Oct. 8 will also bring a NASA media teleconference previewing the cargo flight and updating reporters on the post-splashdown status of SpaceX Crew-12, which is due back on Earth Thursday morning.