{"id":977,"date":"2017-06-01T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2017-06-01T20:16:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T20:16:27","slug":"spacex-launches-once-used-cargo-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/01\/spacex-launches-once-used-cargo-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Launches Once-Used Cargo Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/400px-Launch_of_Juno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-724\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/400px-Launch_of_Juno-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The company is making history again- for the first time, SpaceX reuses one of its Dragon cargo capsules.<br \/>\nThis evening, SpaceX is launching another one of its Falcon 9 rockets. It is the 100th launch from Launch Pad 39A at <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a>, Florida and the spacecraft is sending cargo and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.<br \/>\nHowever, this will be the first time that SpaceX will send a once-used cargo spacecraft. The Dragon cargo capsule launching tonight was first used to deliver supplies to the International Space Station in 2014. The Dragon stayed about a month at the station then landed with the help of parachutes in the Pacific Ocean. Afterward, it was inspected and refurbished by Space X. A few components have been swapped out, mostly those that came in contact with sea water when the spacecraft splashed down into the ocean. Moreover, a new heat shield was added.<br \/>\n<!--more-->The Dragon will be loaded with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies for astronauts, as well as a highly-valued NASA science experiments and research investigations. The spacecraft is designed to someday carry human astronauts to the International Space Station.<br \/>\nTonight\u2019s launch is slated for 5:55 p.m, with an instantaneous launch window, so the Falcon 9 rocket either has to launch right on schedule or move to another date. SpaceX has a backup launch attempt set for Saturday at 5:07 p.m. According to a U.S. Air Force report, there is a 70 percent chance of favorable weather for the launch tonight.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/space\/os-bz-spacex-launch-science-20170601-story.html\">Orlando Sentinel.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company is making history again- for the first time, SpaceX reuses one of its Dragon cargo capsules. This evening, SpaceX is launching another one of its Falcon 9 rockets. It is the 100th launch from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and the spacecraft is sending cargo and supplies to the International &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2017\/06\/01\/spacex-launches-once-used-cargo-spacecraft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SpaceX Launches Once-Used Cargo Spacecraft&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[18,41,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}