SpaceX CRS-35 Will Carry ISS’s Final Solar Arrays and Eye-Restoring Research
SpaceX's CRS-35 Dragon is set to carry the ISS's final roll-out solar arrays plus artificial-retina, heart-tissue and brain-organoid research on October 13.
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SpaceX's CRS-35 Dragon is set to carry the ISS's final roll-out solar arrays plus artificial-retina, heart-tissue and brain-organoid research on October 13.
Dragon is scheduled to leave the International Space Station this morning, beginning Crew-12's weather-dependent trip toward a Thursday splashdown off California.
SpaceX Crew-12 is preparing to return after an ISS mission that tested metal printing, engineered cartilage, on-demand IV fluid, stem cells and more.
SpaceX's Crew-13 Dragon reached the International Space Station in 7 hours 55 minutes—the fastest U.S. launch-to-docking trip in station history.
SpaceX is targeting three October 1 launches from two coasts, including Crew-13 and Falcon Heavy's classified NROL-97 mission from Florida.
Crew-13 passed Flight Readiness Review after its Dragon oxidizer-leak delay. The four-person crew is now at Kennedy for a targeted October 1 launch.
NASA awarded SpaceX three more Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station, adding Crew-15 through Crew-17 and extending contract services through 2030.
NASA and SpaceX have taken Crew-13 off its September target after finding an oxidizer leak in Dragon's propulsion system. The mission is now under review with no replacement date.
Musk says SpaceX will shift scarce engineering and production resources toward Starship after it reaches several reliable flights per week—but Falcon remains indispensable today.
Musk's new target works out to roughly 10,000 flights a year—and puts rapid reuse, launch sites, airspace and licensing at the center of SpaceX's next four years.
NASA and its partners have finished Crew-13's final media appearance before the four-person international crew travels to Florida for a mid-September SpaceX launch.
Falcon 9 lifted off Friday evening from Cape Canaveral carrying a Dragon capsule packed with research experiments and cargo for the ISS Expedition 74 crew. Autonomous docking is set for Sunday morning.
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