A Falcon 9 rocket will launch a SpaceX cargo Dragon capsule today (June 3) at 12:35 p.m. ET, weather permitting.
will carry the uncrewed Dragon capsule to orbit on a rendezvous course for the ISS. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9's first stage will perform a boost-back burn and land on SpaceX's autonomous droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.International Space Station
Dragon will carry a few thousand pounds of science investigation supplies and provisions for the station's crew. A delayed launch of Northrop Grumman'sISS resupply vehicle, NG-19, prompted NASA to transfer some of that mission's intended cargo to Dragon in order to keep the space station's cache from diminishing too much.
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