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SpaceX Dragon Cargo Mission Counts Down to Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft, stands in a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, March 19, 2024
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft, stands in a vertical position at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2024.
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NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+, Netflix,Amazon Prime, and more for the launch of SpaceX’s 33rd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. 

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff at 2:45 a.m. EDT on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 

Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of scientific investigations, food, supplies, and equipment, Dragon will arrive at the orbiting outpost at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, and dock autonomously to the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module.  

NASA will provide live coverage of the spacecraft’s rendezvous and docking beginning at 6 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more.  

Research conducted aboard the space station advances future space exploration – including Artemis missions to the Moon and astronaut missions Mars – and provides multiple benefits to humanity. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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