Updated June 5: SpaceX delayed its CRS-28 cargo mission Today (June 5) at 11:47 a.m. EDT (1547 GMT) Due to strong winds in the rocket recovery zone. Sunday’s launch was scheduled four hours after another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 22 V2 Starlink satellites from a nearby pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
After a two-day weather delay, SpaceX will launch its 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station on Monday (June 5) with NASA, and you can watch the action live.
A SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the orbiting observatory on Monday. 11:47 a.m. EDT (1547 GMT) From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch was originally scheduled for Saturday (June 3), but SpaceX announced a 24-hour delay in the early hours of the morning, saying “to allow more time for vehicle preparations and for weather to improve.” Twitter update. On Sunday (June 4), SpaceX announced Another day lateciting strong winds in the rocket recovery zone.
You can watch the launch here, courtesy of NASA, on Space.com or directly via SpaceX’s space agency. SpaceX’s webcast will begin 20 minutes before liftoff. There is no guarantee Dragon However, it will get off the ground in time; In fact, there’s a 40% chance Monday’s weather won’t cooperate. If the release doesn’t happen on Monday, the next chance will come Wednesday (June 7) at 11:01 a.m. EDT (1501 GMT).
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The Hawk 9 Dragon will carry the unmanned capsule on an orbital path to the rendezvous point for the International Space Station (ISS). Following stage separation, 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.
Cargo Dragon will spend over 40 hours on an intercept course International Space Station. You can watch the docking of the capsule with the orbiting lab here on Space.com, when the time comes.
Dragon will carry a few thousand pounds of scientific reconnaissance equipment and supplies for the station’s crew. A delayed release from Northrop Grumman Cygnus The ISS resupply vehicle, NG-19, prompted NASA to transfer some of that mission’s cargo to Dragon so as not to deplete the space station’s cache too much.
During a preview press briefing on Tuesday (May 30), NASA’s ISS Chief Scientist Kirt Costello said CRS-28 “makes up for the delay in getting our NG Cygnus vehicle to the station. So, we’re sending a lot. Additional logistics crews are continuing to deliver them to the crew through the end of the year.” .”
Scientific research aboard CRS-28 replenishes the ISS with new experiments and supplies for more than 30 missions. CLINGER Technology Demonstration for Autonomous Space Station Docking Systems, MicrogravityNew science experiments being carried out in this mission include induced DNA mutation of telomeres and blue energy thunderstorm discharge research.
Half a dozen Cubes CRS-28 is also aboard Dragon, all but one of which are student-run projects from the Canadian Space Agency’s Canadian CubeSat program. The Sixth Aerospace Corporation is affiliated with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Space Systems Command. It’s called Moonlighter, and it will host a space-based cybersecurity hacking challenge.
CRS-28 also carries the next pair of iROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays), which are attached to the ISS’s existing solar panels to augment the station’s power requirements. They will be removed from Dragon’s fuselage using the station’s robotic arm and then installed by NASA astronauts over two periods. Space walks. Once operational, a full complement of iROSAs will increase the orbiting laboratory’s power supply by 20% to 30%.
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon is designed to be a reusable vehicle and will deliver science samples from more than 34 probes at the end of its stay at the ISS. Like its crew, the Cargo Dragon comes back down to earth for gentle, parachute-assisted ocean splashdowns.
