NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2017-080A
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon spacecraft to low Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA.
Dragon will be filled with about 4,800 pounds of crew, supplies and payloads, including crucial materials to directly support several of the more than 250 science and research investigations to be conducted on the orbiting laboratory during Expeditions 53, 54 and 55. SpaceX CRS-13 is the thirteenth of up to 20 missions to the International Space Station that SpaceX will fly for NASA under the first CRS contract. In January 2016, NASA announced that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft were selected to resupply the space station through 2024 as part of a second Commercial Resupply Services contract award. Under the CRS contracts, SpaceX has restored an American capability to deliver and return significant amounts of cargo, including live plants and animals, to and from the orbiting laboratory.
Launch Date: 2017-12-15
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
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