NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Sunday, June 4, for launch of the 28th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Weather officials with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff, scheduled for 12:12 p.m. EDT. The primary weather concerns are the cumulus cloud rule, flight through participation, and surface electric fields rule.
Packed with more than 7,000 pounds of cargo, SpaceX’s Dragon will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). Arrival to the station is scheduled for 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 6. The spacecraft will dock autonomously to the station’s zenith port of the Harmony module.
SpaceX’s Dragon is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida.