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SpaceX Launches CRS-35 Resupply Mission to ISS
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In Short: NASA and SpaceX launched the CRS-35 resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 6:33 a.m. from Cape Canaveral, marking the eighth flight for the booster and the fourth for the Dragon spacecraft.
The mission, which is part of NASA’s second Commercial Resupply Services contract, will deliver several experiments that take advantage of the space station’s microgravity environment.
According to SpaceX, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster will return to Cape Canaveral and land at Landing Zone 40.
The launch created a phenomenon known as a 'space jellyfish' in the sky over Melbourne, as captured by Rosa Garcia.
The mission arrives at a busy time on the station, with SpaceX scheduled to launch its 35th cargo resupply mission.
If CRS-35 lifts off on time, Dragon will dock autonomously around 11 a.m., bringing supplies and experiments to the ISS.
SpaceX’s CRS-35 mission follows the successful launch of Crew-13 astronauts to the ISS, setting up a record fast Dragon docking.
NASA’s Roman telescope, which will focus on some of modern astronomy’s most important questions, is set to increase the number of known exoplanets from some 6,000 to 100,000.
The Roman telescope will provide a vast new atlas of the universe, according to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate associate administrator Nicky Fox.
Roman is the only NASA flagship mission to be fully integrated and tested at Goddard, highlighting the importance of the mission.
The launch of the CRS-35 mission comes as NASA is spending more than $4 billion for SpaceX’s lander, despite SpaceX facing repeated delays.
SpaceX’s CRS-35 mission is part of a larger effort to advance space exploration and research, with the Dragon spacecraft carrying critical supplies and experiments to the ISS.
What this adds
The CRS-35 mission is part of a series of resupply missions that SpaceX has been conducting for NASA.
The launch of the CRS-35 mission highlights the ongoing collaboration between NASA and SpaceX to support the International Space Station.
The Roman telescope, which is part of the CRS-35 mission, is expected to significantly expand our understanding of the universe.
What's confirmed
- The rocket launch also created a “space jellyfish” effect in the sky.
- 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
What's still developing
- It will be the eighth flight for the booster, which previously supported the KF-01, IMAP, NROL-77, GPS III-9, CRS-34 and NROL-95 missions, along with one Starlink mission.
- From Josh & Brittany Gilleland The Dragon spacecraft has flown three previous resupply missions — CRS-26, CRS-29 and CRS-33.
- SpaceX successfully launched its powerful Starship from South Texas into Earth's orbit on Monday, a first for Starship.
- Secretary Tummala said he was happy to be at the launch of the ORV being built for the Ministry of Earth Sciences, under a very important Union government mission called the ‘Deep Ocean Mission’.
- Its mission will focus on some of modern astronomy’s most important questions, including the nature of dark matter and dark energy, as well as the search for planets beyond our solar system.
- If a delicate mirror or solder joint cracks before a multi-billion dollar satellite even begins its mission, the years of effort that went into its design and assembly could be lost.
- Rocket launches are some of the most violent travel methods man has ever created.
- The mission is planned as a Return-To-Launch-Site (RTLS) flight, meaning that around 6:40 AM ET, a sonic boom will herald the booster’s return to the Cape.
- “I wish I could release the DMs because the love I've gotten is overwhelming,” Diané says.
- “NASA has been committed to having multiple crew transportation options since the beginning of the Commercial Crew Program,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said.
- “Our current plan is to return astronauts on Starliner-2 by 2028.” The update follows findings released by NASA in February from its Program Investigation Team into issues that led to an uncrewed return of Starliner during its first crewed flight in 2024.
- At 11 she organized an astronomy club with her classmates and worked through her local library on her own, later saying she “read everything I could get my hands on,” according to a 1980 oral history interview with David DeVorkin cited by Space.com.