NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October to launch […]
NASA has opened invitations for members of the press to witness SpaceX's upcoming 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft, a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to launch no earlier than October 2026 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission, designated as the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services to the orbital laboratory for NASA, will transport approximately 6,500 pounds of scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the space station.
The Dragon spacecraft will deliver fresh food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, as well as the final sets of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA). Once installed, these arrays will provide additional power to support critical station operations and its safe and controlled deorbit. In addition to these supplies, Dragon will carry new experiments, including hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity, 3D heart cell models for drug testing, and brain organoids to investigate potential treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases.
The mission aims to advance scientific knowledge and make research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. For over 25 years, continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station has been advancing scientific understanding and making breakthroughs in various fields. The station also helps NASA understand and overcome challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build a foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars.
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