Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX CRS-17
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
May 4, 2019, 6:48 a.m. - May 4, 2019, 6:48 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
May 4, 2019, 6:48 a.m. - May 4, 2019, 6:48 a.m.
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 17th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsB1056 successfully landed offshore at the ASDS 'Of Course I Still Love You'
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Of Course I Still Love You.Capsule C113 was the last new Dragon 1 spacecraft manufactured. It was used on CRS-12 and CRS-17. Now on display in Chicago, Illinois at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Dragon 1 DetailsSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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