NASA Targets Early April for Eighth SpaceX Cargo Launch
By Space Coast Daily // March 28, 2016
targeted for launch on friday April 8
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft is targeted for launch at 4:43 p.m. EDT Friday, April 8.
The Dragon capsule will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory in support of the Expedition 47 and 48 crews.
The flight also includes the Bigelow Aerospace expandable habitat module that will be attached to the space station for testing.
In its scheduled return to Earth in May, the Dragon capsule will bring back biological samples from astronauts, including those collected during NASA’s one-year mission.
This launch is the eighth contracted mission by SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at CCAFS and at nearby NASA Kennedy Space Center.
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