Docking is expected at 7:52 a.m. EDT on Thursday (March 16).
Dragon is carrying up nearly 6,300 pounds of supplies on CRS-27. Among the cargo is vehicle hardware, spacewalk equipment, more than 60 different scientific experiments and some treats for the inhabitants of the orbiting lab.
"The crews requested some fresh fruit and refrigerated cheeses," Phil Dempsey, NASA's International Space Station Program transportation integration manager, said during a CRS-27 prelaunch press conference on Monday ."So on board are apples, blueberries, grapefruit, oranges [and] cherry tomatoes, as well as a few different cheeses."" , a book about the search for alien life.
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