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Falcon 9 Countdown Continues for SpaceX CRS-13

Falcon 9 Countdown Continues for SpaceX CRS-13
Falcon 9 Countdown Continues for SpaceX CRS-13

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 to boost a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:36 a.m. EST, on Dec. 15, 2017. On its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, Dragon will deliver several science investigations to the space station, including a NASA instrument called Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS-1, which will measure the Sun’s energy input to Earth, and a fiber optic payload. Also manifested on this flight is an investigation sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space known as Biorasis – Glucose Biosensor, which seeks to improve the accuracy of a wireless medically implantable continuous glucose biosensor for day-to-day diabetes management.

Photo credit: NASA