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SpaceX will launch its 30th cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA this afternoon , and you can watch it live.
The mission, known as CRS-30, will be the first cargo launch from SLC-40 since March 2020. Since then, the pad has been outfitted with a new launch tower, which allows for more efficient cargo loading and upgrades the facility to support crewed launches as well. of the CRS-30 launch will begin Thursday at 4:35 p.m. EST , and will be available here at A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec.
Assuming a smooth liftoff, Falcon 9's first-stage booster will carry the spacecraft to the edge of space before stage separation and a series of retrograde burns will bring the rocket back for a vertical touchdown at SpaceX's Landing Zone-1, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Over 6,000 pounds of scientific supplies, maintenance equipment, two new coffee kits, fresh fruits and vegetables and other food for the station's inhabitants are stowed aboard Dragon on CRS-30. Included in that haul is a new spare pump stored in Dragon's trunk, which will be integrated into the space station's external thermal loop system.
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