On Thursday, March 21, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying the Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft. This mission is NASA’s 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch was scheduled for 4:55 p.m. EDT and took place at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force 45th Weather Squadron has forecasted a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions for liftoff. Live coverage of the launch will be available on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Viewers can learn how to stream NASA TV through various platforms, including social media.
The Dragon spacecraft will carry over 6,000 pounds of cargo, including new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the crew aboard the ISS. Among the experiments on board are studies on plant metabolism in space, new sensors for free-flying Astrobee robots for 3D mapping, and a fluid physics study that could impact solar cell technology. Additionally, a university project from the Canadian Space Agency will monitor sea ice and ocean conditions in Kazakhstan.
In March 21st in Kazakhstan was scrubbed due to low voltage readings in the Soyuz rocket’s electrical system launch of Soyuz-25 spacecraft to ISS crewed mission
