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A Few Fun Facts About Tonight’s Launch

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands ready for liftoff at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida ahead of the company's 27th resupply services mission.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands ready for liftoff at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on March 14, 2023, ahead of the company’s 27th resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: NASA
  • 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