Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-13
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Launch Window
Dec. 15, 2017, 3:36 p.m. - Dec. 15, 2017, 3:36 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 15, 2017, 3:36 p.m. - Dec. 15, 2017, 3:36 p.m.
SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft on their 13th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight was conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.
See DetailsThe first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket landed at LZ-1.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.This capsule flew both CRS-6, CRS-13, and CRS-18 It is the first three time flown dragon capsule. As part of CRS-6 the robotic SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, 21 May 2015. The CRS-13 mission was the first NASA to fly on a flight-proven Falcon 9.
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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