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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the company's 29th cargo run for NASA to the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.International Space StationDragon capsule is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at 4:55 p.m. EDT fromSpaceX Dragon cargo ship docks at ISS with laser experiment and more
The mission, known as CRS-30 , will arrive at the ISS on Saturday morning , delivering food, supplies, equipment and a variety of scientific experiments to the orbiting lab. Among those investigations are studies of"plant metabolism in space and a set of new sensors for free-flying Astrobee robots to provide 3D-mapping capabilities," NASA officialswill spend about a month attached to the ISS before coming back to Earth with a splashdown off the Florida coast.
Dragon is the only robotic ISS cargo craft capable of coming down in one piece . The other two operational freighters, Russia's Progress vehicle and Northrop Grumman's Cygnus, are designed to burn up into keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands and joined the team in 2010.
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