SpaceX is sending their Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft into space once again, and you get to watch it live here!
After six successful missions to the International Space Station (five being official resupply missions for NASA), the spacecrafts are set to liftoff from Florida from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for another one of their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS).
It’s going to happen today at 4:33pm EDT and if all goes well (fingers crossed!), it will arrive in two days. It will then return five weeks later via parachute-assisted splashdown somewhere near the coast of southern California. Dragon is the only operational spacecraft right now that can return back to Earth with supplies and experiments.
The live webcast will begin at around 4:15pm EDT, so stick around! NASA is broadcasting the event live as well, and they’re already streaming some content:
(via SpaceX, photo via Phil Plait)
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