Launch Day Arrives for SpaceX CRS-17 Mission

CRS-17 is SpaceX's 17th Commercial Resupply Services Mission to the International Space Station. It will launch from from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station no earlier than Friday, May 3.
CRS-17 is SpaceX’s 17th Commercial Resupply Services Mission to the International Space Station. It is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, May 3, at 3:11 EDT.

Liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted for 3:11 a.m. EDT today. Countdown activities are in progress at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where the rocket awaits launch on the company’s 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Be sure to join us here on the blog and on NASA Television beginning at 2:45 a.m. for updates from the countdown. Learn more about the SpaceX CRS-17 mission by going to the mission home page at http://www.nasa.gov/spacex.

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