SpaceX CRS-30 Cargo Resupply Mission Launch | International Space Station

SpaceX CRS-30 Cargo Resupply Mission Launch | International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the CRS-30 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 21, 2024

Falcon 9 First Stage Landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the CRS-30 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 21, 2024 at 4:55pm. NASA and international partners are sending scientific investigations on the 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission, including tests of technologies to monitor sea ice, automate 3D mapping, and to create nanoparticle solar cells. 

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1080) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral, having previously supported five missions: Ax-2, ESA Euclid, Ax-3 and two Starlink missions. CRS-30 is the fourth flight for this Dragon spacecraft. It previously flew CRS-22, CRS-24, and CRS-27 to the space station. 

The Dragon cargo craft will also deliver food and supplies, as well as a set of sensors for the free-flying Astrobee robots and a new botany experiment to examine how two types of grass capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

Dragon will autonomously dock to the zenith port of the Harmony module at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23. 

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Capture Date: March 21, 2024

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