NASA SpaceX CRS-28 ISS Cargo Resupply Launch | Kennedy Space Center

NASA SpaceX CRS-28 ISS Cargo Resupply Launch | Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-28 Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on June 5, 2023 at 11:47 ET. The CRS-28 Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6, 2023, at approximately 5:50 ET. 

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) previously supported four missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2 and one Starlink mission. CRS-28 is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-21, CRS-23 and CRS-25 to the space station.

Dragon will deliver approximately 7,000 pounds of crew supplies, equipment, and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory. Dragon is also carrying two new roll-out solar arrays that will be extracted from its unpressurized trunk about two days after its docking then staged on a pallet attached to the station’s starboard-side truss structure. 

The Dragon spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida.

Credit: NASA/SpaceX

Release Date: June 5, 2023

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