The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, on the company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:15 a.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 Launch
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, on the company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:15 a.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 Launch
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, on the company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:15 a.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands in a vertical position at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, in preparation for the 32nd commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. Dragon is delivering a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 Vertical at LC-39A
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands in a vertical position at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 21, in preparation for the 32nd commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. Dragon is delivering a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-32 Vertical at LC-39A
JSC2012-E-226839 (October 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Oct. 28, 2012. SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 is unberthed from the Harmony node nadir port. Soyuz 32 (TMA-06M) is docked to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2). Progress 48 is linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is attached to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
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JSC2012-E-226838 (October 2012) --- Computer-generated artist?s rendering of the International Space Station as of Oct. 25, 2012. Soyuz 32 (TMA-06M) docks to the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), bringing Expedition 33 crew members (Ford, Novitskiy, Tarelkin) to the space station. SpaceX Dragon CRS-1 is attached to the Harmony node nadir port. Progress 48 is docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment and Soyuz 31 (TMA-05M) is linked to the Rassvet Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM1). Photo credit: NASA
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