The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch at 10:10am Friday morning carrying the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. Late cargo, including a surprise for station astronauts, was loaded into the Dragon capsule as engineers completed final preparations for launch.
According to mission details from NASA, “the Dragon spacecraft will ferry 1,268 pounds of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory.”
This SpaceX launch is the second of at least 12 missions to the space station that the company will fly for NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services contract.
You can watch LIVE starting at 9:30AM ET at www.spacex.com/webcast.
