CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA and SpaceX launched a resupply mission this week to the International Space Station.
The Falcon 9 rocket launch took place at 4:55 p.m. Thursday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Space Coast.
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The mission, known as Commercial Resupply Services-30 or CRS-30, will send a SpaceX Dragon capsule to the space station, delivering 6,000 pounds of new science investigations, food and supplies, and equipment. Docking at the ISS is set for Saturday.
CRS-30 marks the 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission.
The Dragon will spend about a month at ISS before returning to Earth, splashing down off Florida