Jun 2, 2020
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Liftoff, SpaceX CRS-13 Falcon-rising from the roof of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building
SpaceX is poised to launch another historic mission Tuesday morning as the CRS-13 resupply mission prepares for liftoff.
Although this is the final mission of an impressive 16-launch calendar year for SpaceX, CRS-13 will be a milestone in both their company’s history and aviation. The flight will not only reuse the first stage from an earlier mission but also the Dragon capsule. While each feat has been accomplished before, CRS-13 marks the first time both components are reflying together.
Additionally, this is the first launch from SLC-40 at Cale Canaveral since the September, 2016 Amos-6 incident which heavily damaged the launch pad. SpaceX has spent the previous year and a half rebuilding and fortifying the facility for an increasing launch cadence of Falcon 9 vehicles in the years ahead.
CRS-13 is scheduled to launch at 11:46am EDT, with the rocket’s first stage landing at LZ-1 around eight minutes later.
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CRS-13 launch operations seen from orbit as SLC-40 is reactivated. For the first time in over a year and a half, launch operations are once again taking place at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. SpaceX is preparing to launch their fourth and final resupply mission of 2017 to the International Space Station Friday, December 15 at 10:33am EST. The mission, which as originally scheduled to launch Tuesday, will carry nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the Expedition 53 crew. DigitalGlobe’s GeoEye1 satellite captured the Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon spacecraft horizontal at LC-40 on December 12 undergoing final checkouts before being raised vertical for Tuesday’s launch attempt. Check out our archived coverage of previous Falcon 9 vehicles and other rockets photographed from space by Earth imaging satellites by clicking here.
A great quick break to watch the launch of the #Falcon9 rocket leave our coast to bring supplies to the #ISS #SpaceX #CRS13
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