{"id":1214,"date":"2019-07-30T09:33:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2019-07-30T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:33:20","slug":"spacex-successfully-launches-18th-cargo-mission-to-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/30\/spacex-successfully-launches-18th-cargo-mission-to-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Successfully Launches 18th Cargo Mission to International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SpaceX\u00a0successfully launched its 18th cargo flight to the space station Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Space-X Dragon Capsule lifted off at 6:01 p.m., from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral <\/a>Air Force Station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thunderstorms\nmoving across Florida delayed a launch attempt on Wednesday and the weather\npredictions indicated a low chance for launch Thursday as more stormy weather\nwas expected. However, clouds thinned out and right on time the Falcon 9 roared\nto life and lifted off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The reusable booster of the rocket landed at the Air Force Station after launch, causing sonic booms on the Space Coast and over parts of central Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nDragon spacecraft, riding on top of the rocket, is headed to deliver supplies,\nscience equipment and a new docking mechanism that will be used for spacecraft\ncarrying people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the mission, SpaceX is using a Dragon cargo capsule that\u2019s already been to space twice before. It previously carried cargo into space in April 2015 and in December 2017. If successful, it will be the first time the same Dragon has gone on the third trip to space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nlatest cargo mission from Florida for NASA is sending about 5,000 pounds of\nsupplies to the crew on the International Space Station. Packed inside the capsule\u2019s\nmain storage compartment are some interesting goodies and science experiments\nfor the crew to work with over the next few months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the private companies sending 17 research projects to the space station are Nickelodeon, Goodyear, drugmaker AstraZeneca, and nScrypt, an Orlando company that is sending a 3D printer to space to make human tissue. The printer will be controlled by scientists on the ground and print nerve cells, muscle cells, and proteins. The experiment uses the near lack of gravity to help the cells hold their shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nDragon is also carrying a key piece of hardware for the station itself- a new\ndock for the ISS. Known as the International Docking Adaptor, this will\neventually be attached to a port on the exterior of the station. The\ninstallation will create a new parking spot for two future commercial\nspacecraft, both currently in development by SpaceX and Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u00a0successfully launched its 18th cargo flight to the space station Thursday evening. The Space-X Dragon Capsule lifted off at 6:01 p.m., from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thunderstorms moving across Florida delayed a launch attempt on Wednesday and the weather predictions indicated a low chance for launch Thursday as more stormy … <\/p>\n

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