The mission, CRS-22, will launch crew supplies and material for science experiments to the orbiting space station.
The mission can also be viewed in person. NASA is currently selling tickets to view the CRS-22 launch from its Banana Creek launch viewing area—located around 4 miles from the launch pad—for $20 in addition to the $57 Kennedy Space Center daily admission fee. Alternatively, anyone keen to pay to see the launch can do so from the farther-away North Atlantis Lawn, situated 7.5 miles from the pad.. It is also the second mission under SpaceX's Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA.
Scientists can also use the station's science capabilities to better understand how to prepare for long-duration space missions. The cargo also includes a payload of tiny animals called tardigrades. These 0.5-mm-long creatures are known to be tolerant of extreme conditions including vacuum, and scientists want to use them to better understand stress tolerance for humans in space.
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