SpaceX ’s work in reusable skyrocket will get another get-up-and-go as scientists prepare Sunday for a launching and subsequent landing place of the Falcon 9 rocket tonight .
Attached is the Dragon ballistic capsule , which is jell to deliver supplies to the International Space Station .
The uncrewed spacecraft will set up former Monday aurora , at 12:45 a.m. EDT , from Cape Canaveral in Florida , on the Falcon 9 projectile . According to weather predictions , the launch surroundings promises to be clear .
All systems go & weather condition 90 % favorable for launching of Dragon to@Space_Station . Liftoff slated for Monday , 12:45am ETpic.twitter.com/aPQq6qKfhO
— SpaceX ( @SpaceX)July 17 , 2016
Dragon will be hand over around 5,000 pounds of supplies to the ISS , admit a replica of a docking port adaptor that was previously destroyed in a SpaceX launching accident . This will avail commercial space vehicle to dock with the place in next infinite flight .
The Dragon will be deploy 10 minutes after liftoff , follow by an experimental , soft landing place of Falcon 9 back at Cape Canaveral .
This is the 9th mission by SpaceX in its declaration for resupply with NASA .
you could watch coverage of the launching and land over atNASA ’s web site .
Update ( 4:37 p.m. ): you may also watch the SpaceX live stream below .
to boot , on July 20 , NASA will transmit the arrival of the Dragon to the ISS , where a robotic branch is expected to capture the spacecraft and eventually bring it into the station . According to NASA , the mental process to discharge it will take around five workweek , with Dragon returning to Earth on Aug. 29 with more consignment .
[ Space.com ]
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