A Few Fun Facts About Tonight’s Launch

- This is the seventh flight of this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
- Tonight’s launch marks SpaceX’s second Dragon launch of 2023 and the company’s 216th mission overall
- This is the third flight for this uncrewed Dragon spacecraft
- Teams plan to recover the Falcon 9’s first stage following its return to Earth – if successful, this will be the 178th recovery of an orbital class rocket
- Tonight’s recovery operations are being managed by an all-female crew stationed on SpaceX’s drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” off the coast of Florida