The next cargo launch of NASA and SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) was pushed back to Tuesday, November 22, according to Digital Trends.
CRS-26 is a resupply mission that will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop Falcon 9 rocket.
Research equipment and a pair of new solar arrays will be carried to the ISS by an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft.
How to Watch the Launch
If you're interested to watch the launch, it will be live-streamed by NASA on its channel NASA TV. The live-streaming coverage will start at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT) on Tuesday.
Afterward, you can watch the launch itself, which is scheduled at 4:19 p.m. ET (1:19 p.m. PT). Just head to NASA's YouTube page to watch the launch.
If everything goes according to plan, spacecraft Dragon will arrive at the ISS just before 6 a.m. EST on Wednesday, November 23.
On Wednesday morning, you can also watch the craft docking at the ISS via NASA TV. Coverage is set to begin at around 4:30 a.m. ET (1:30 a.m. PT). The docking is scheduled just before 6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT).
According to NASA, the Dragon spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station's Harmony module on Wednesday.
Before the spacecraft returns to Earth with research and return cargo, it is expected to spend about 45 days docked on the ISS, which is 15 days longer than a typical SpaceX cargo flight.
The spacecraft is set to deliver about 7,700 pounds (3,500 kilograms) of supplies and scientific experiments to the orbiting laboratory, according to Space.com.
Among the things loaded in the Dragon are projects designed by students and sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory's educational outreach programs. These are created to spur interest in space sciences.
According to Joel Montalbano, manager of NASA's International Space program, they are looking forward to CRS-26 mission.
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CRS-26 Mission Will Bring a Number of Experiments to ISS
CRS-26 mission is originally scheduled to push through on Monday, November 21 but it was moved a day following a coolant leak in the company's Dragon cargo capsule.
Fortunately, the leak has been fixed already and now Dragon is ready to launch atop the Falcon 9 rocket.
Mission CRS-26 will deliver another set of International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs). It will be installed on the orbiting laboratory to augment its power system.
According to Montalbano, the mission will also deliver some life support equipment, some exercise hardware, some GPS hardware, and some medical equipment.
Projects of middle school and high school students who competed via the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program will be delivered to the ISS. It includes a number of interesting experiments involving crystal growth, plant biology, physics, and microbial research.
Girl Scouts of America and Space Kids Global also contributed to the payloads. They will be sending experiments that investigate brine shrimp, ants, and cellular plant growth in low Earth orbit.
There's also a multitude of experiments designed by companies, universities, and research institutes. Some of these experiments will use the space environment to try to make biomedical advances.
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