Teams with NASA and SpaceX completed the final major review before launch – the Launch Readiness Review – for the company’s 28th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. At the conclusion of the review, teams confirmed the target launch time of 12:35 p.m. tomorrow, June 3. Tune in to the agency’s website at 4 p.m. today, Friday, June 2, to hear from NASA and SpaceX officials during a prelaunch teleconference.
Participants include:
- Phil Dempsey, transportation integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Kirt Costello, chief scientist for NASA’s International Space Station Program Research Office
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
- Arlena Moses, weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will lift off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida to deliver more than 7,000 pounds of crew supplies, equipment, and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory. Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron are currently predicting a 30% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. Primary weather concerns are the cumulus cloud rule, flight through participation, and surface electric fields rule.
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