{"id":200296,"date":"2025-04-15T05:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=34d3f8f37e8e2dce8b6eba96883c658e"},"modified":"2025-04-15T05:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:03:53","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-spacex-32nd-station-resupply-launch-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=200296","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 32nd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company\u2019s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands at Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024, in preparation for the agency\u2019s SpaceX 31st Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.<\/div>\n
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:15 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 21, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbiting laboratory for the agency.<\/p>\n

Filled with more than 6,400 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n

Live launch coverage will begin at 3:55 a.m. on NASA+<\/a>. Learn how to watch NASA content<\/a> through a variety of platforms.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s coverage of Dragon\u2019s arrival to the orbital outpost will begin at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 22, on NASA+<\/a>. The spacecraft will dock autonomously to the zenith port of the space station\u2019s Harmony module.<\/p>\n

Along with food and essential equipment for the crew, Dragon is delivering a variety of science experiments<\/a>, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers<\/a> for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system<\/a> that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks<\/a> to examine fundamental physics concepts such as relativity and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.<\/p>\n

The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until May, when it will depart and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 p.m. \u2013 International Space Station National Lab Science Webinar with the following participants:<\/p>\n