NASA Units Coverage for SpaceX thirty third Station Resupply Launch, Arrival

NASA and SpaceX are concentrating on 2:45 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 24, for the subsequent launch to ship science investigations, provides, and tools to the International Space Station. This is the thirty third SpaceX industrial resupply companies mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA.

Filled with greater than 5,000 kilos of provides, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will elevate off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Dragon will dock autonomously about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, to the ahead port of the area station’s Harmony module.

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In addition to meals, provides, and tools for the crew, Dragon will ship a number of experiments, together with bone-forming stem cells for learning bone loss prevention and supplies to 3D print medical implants that would advance therapies for nerve harm on Earth. Dragon additionally will ship bioprinted liver tissue to check blood vessel growth in microgravity and provides to 3D print steel cubes in area. Research performed aboard the area station advances future area exploration – together with Artemis missions to the Moon and astronaut missions Mars – and supplies a number of advantages to humanity.

In addition, Dragon will carry out a reboost demonstration of station to keep up its present altitude. The {hardware}, situated within the trunk of Dragon, accommodates an unbiased propellant system separate from the spacecraft to gasoline two Draco engines utilizing current {hardware} and propellant system design. The increase equipment will show the aptitude to assist maintain the orbiting lab’s altitude beginning in September with a collection of burns deliberate periodically all through the autumn of 2025. During NASA’s SpaceX thirty first industrial resupply companies mission, the Dragon spacecraft carried out its first demonstration of those capabilities on Nov. 8, 2024.

The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to stay on the area station till December when it would depart and return to Earth with analysis and cargo, splashing down within the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

NASA’s mission protection is as follows (all occasions Eastern and topic to alter primarily based on real-time operations):

Tuesday, Aug. 19:
1 p.m. – International Space Station National Laboratory Science Webinar with the next individuals:

• Heidi Parris, affiliate program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program Research Office
• Michael Roberts, chief scientific officer, International Space Station National Laboratory
• James Yoo, assistant director, Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
• Tony James, chief architect for science and area, Red Hat
• Abba Zubair, medical director and scientist, Mayo Clinic
• Arun Sharma, director, Center for Space Medicine Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Media who want to take part should register for Zoom entry no later than one hour earlier than the beginning of the webinar.

The convention will stream stay on the International Space Station National Lab’s website.

Friday, Aug. 22:
11:30 a.m. – Prelaunch media teleconference with the next individuals:

• Bill Spetch, operations integration supervisor, NASA’s International Space Station Program
• Heidi Parris, affiliate program scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program Research Office
• Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX

Media who want to take part by telephone should request dial-in info by 10 a.m. Aug. 22, by emailing NASA Kennedy Space Center’s newsroom at: [email protected].

Audio of the media teleconference will stream stay on the company’s YouTube channel.

Sunday, Aug. 24:
2:25 a.m. – Launch protection begins on NASA+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.
2:45 a.m. – Launch

Monday, Aug. 25:
6 a.m. – Arrival protection begins on NASA+, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.
7:30 a.m. – Docking

NASA web site launch protection
Launch day protection of the mission might be accessible on the NASA web site. Coverage will embody stay streaming and weblog updates starting no sooner than 2:25 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, because the countdown milestones happen. On-demand streaming video on NASA+ and images of the launch might be accessible shortly after liftoff. For questions on countdown protection, contact the NASA Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Follow countdown protection on our International Space Station weblog for updates.

Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the general public can register to attend this launch nearly. NASA’s digital visitor program for this mission additionally consists of curated launch sources, notifications about associated alternatives or adjustments, and a stamp for the NASA digital visitor passport following launch.

Watch, Engage on Social Media Let folks know you’re watching the mission on X, Facebook, and Instagram by following and tagging these accounts:

X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASASocial, @Space_Station, @ISS_CASIS
Facebook: NASA, NASAKennedy, ISS, ISS National Lab
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @ISS, @ISSNationalLab

Coverage en Espanol
Did you understand NASA has a Spanish part referred to as NASA en Espanol? Check out NASA en Espanol on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for extra mission protection.

Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: [email protected] o [email protected].

Learn extra in regards to the mission at:

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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
[email protected]

Steven Siceloff
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-876-2468
[email protected]

Sandra Jones / Joseph Zakrzewski
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
[email protected] / [email protected]