Wednesday, May 31, 2017

SpaceX Gears Up For CRS-11 Launch Tomorrow

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is kicking off a very busy launch month in June with a launch tomorrow, June 1st, with another mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX said on Wednesday. According to SpaceX, it will be delivering critical supplies and payloads to the International Space Station with a launch time of 5:55 p.m. EDT, and a backup launch window on Saturday, June 3rd at 5:07 p.m. EDT. SpaceX will again launch its Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. As part of the mission, SpaceX said that it will again attempt a landing of the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket, at Cape Canaveral. Image: The earlier CRS-10 mission docking at the ISS earlier this year, via NASA.