KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX announced that it is planning to launch its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on Thursday night.
According to the company, the rocket will carry the Dragon spacecraft’s 29th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-29) mission to the ISS from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX officials said that the target launch time is 8:28 p.m., though a backup opportunity will be available on Friday at 8:05 p.m.
This is expected to be the second flight for the first-stage booster used in this mission, which previously launched Crew-7. This will also be the second flight for the Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-26 to the ISS.
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If the launch goes as planned on Thursday, Dragon is scheduled to automatically dock with the ISS on Saturday around 5:20 a.m.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket will land at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
News 6 will stream the launch live at the top of this story when it happens.
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