Good morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft stand ready for liftoff at Kennedy’s historic Launch Complex 39A.
Today’s launch is targeted for 12:12 p.m. EDT, just over two hours away. It is an instantaneous launch window. Live commentary begins at 11:45 a.m. – watch on NASA Television or the agency’s website, or follow along here on the blog.
The eighth flight for SpaceX under NASA’s second Commercial Resupply Services Contract, and the company’s 28th overall cargo resupply mission, this mission will deliver more than 7,000 pounds of science experiments and research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station.
To stay updated on all station activities, follow @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts. Or follow along with the station blog at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/.