The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft atop stands vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 4, 2023. Photo credit: NASA
Due to high winds in the recovery area, NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Monday, June 5, for the 28th commercial resupply services mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Live coverage on NASA Television will begin at 11:15 a.m. EDT, with launch targeted for 11:47 a.m.
Meteorologists with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff. Primary weather concerns include flight through participation, the cumulus cloud rule, and liftoff winds.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands ready for liftoff at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on June 4, 2023, ahead of the company’s 28th resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:12 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: NASA
Good morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft stand ready for liftoff at Kennedy’s historic Launch Complex 39A.
Today’s launch is targeted for 12:12 p.m. EDT, just over two hours away. It is an instantaneous launch window. Live commentary begins at 11:45 a.m. – watch on NASA Television or the agency’s website, or follow along here on the blog.
The eighth flight for SpaceX under NASA’s second Commercial Resupply Services Contract, and the company’s 28th overall cargo resupply mission, this mission will deliver more than 7,000 pounds of science experiments and research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station.
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.
A close-up view of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 2, 2023. Photo credit: SpaceX
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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Blue sky and clouds serve as a backdrop for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft atop on the pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 2, 2023. Photo credit: SpaceX
NASA and SpaceX are targeting tomorrow, June 3, 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 30% chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff, slated for 12:35 p.m. The primary weather concerns are the cumulus cloud rule, flight through participation, and surface electric fields rule.
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, propelled by the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the international crew aboard the orbiting laboratory. Included in the delivery are the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). These solar panels, which roll out using stored kinetic energy, will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station. This will be the third set launching in Dragon’s trunk, and once installed, will help provide a 20% to 30% increase in power for space station research and operations.
To advance climate monitoring efforts, students from York University in Toronto, Ontario, are providing a camera that will observe snow and ice coverage in northern Canada. Other investigations launching include Genes in Space-10, a student-designed DNA experiment sponsored by ISS National Laboratory, and the next generation of seeds for NASA’s Plant Habitat-03, which studies plant adaptation to the space environment.
Humans have occupied the space station continuously since November 2000. In that time, 269 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbital outpost. It remains the springboard to NASA’s next great leap in exploration, including future missions to the Moon under Artemis, and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.
For more information on some of the science Dragon will be delivering during this mission, visit:
Arabadopsis thaliana plants growing in the International Space Station’s Advanced Plant Habitat for the Plant Habitat-03 investigation, which looks at whether plants grown in space can pass adaptations to their next generation. Photo credit: NASA
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 30, to discuss the next science investigations, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware bound for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply services mission for the agency.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch no earlier than 12:35 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 3. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carried on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission will carry scientific research, crew supplies, and hardware to the space station to support its Expedition 69 crew, including the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). Once installed, the solar panels will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station.
