NASA SpaceX CRS-29 Falcon 9 & Dragon Pre-Launch | Kennedy Space Center

NASA SpaceX CRS-29 Falcon 9 & Dragon Pre-Launch | Kennedy Space Center

In preparation for SpaceX’s 29th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station for NASA, the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, was raised to a vertical position at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. The mission will carry scientific research, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware to the space station to support its Expedition 70 crew, including NASA’s Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) and Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). 

Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 8:28 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Image Date: Nov. 8, 2023

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