[NASA] NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 34th Resupply Launch to Space Station

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft with its nosecone open and carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware as NASA’s SpaceX CRS-33 mission approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Harmony module’s forward port. Both spacecraft were flying 259 miles above western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast at the time of this photograph.

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Media accreditation is open for the next U.S. launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 34th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA and will lift off on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, May 12, to launch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Credentialing to cover prelaunch and launch activities is open to United States media. The application deadline for U.S. citizens is 11:59 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 29. All accreditation requests must be submitted online at:

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Credentialed media will receive a confirmation email after approval. NASA’s

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is available online. For questions about accreditation, or to request special logistical support, email: ksc*****@*****.tld. For other questions, please contact NASA’s Kennedy Space Center newsroom at: 321-867-2468.

Each resupply mission to the space station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space science, physical sciences, and technology development and demonstrations. Cargo resupply from U.S. companies ensures a national capability to deliver scientific research to the space station, increasing NASA’s ability to conduct new investigations aboard humanity’s laboratory in space.

In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew onboard the station, Dragon will deliver several new experiments, including

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to determine how well microgravity simulators mimic microgravity conditions, a

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made from wood that could produce new treatments for fragile bone conditions like osteoporosis, and

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to help researchers evaluate how red blood cells and the spleen change in space. The Dragon spacecraft also will carry a

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to monitor charged particles around the Earth that impact power grids and satellites, and

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that could provide a fundamental understanding of how planets form.

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The station is a testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and prepare for deep space missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, in preparation for future human missions to Mars.

Learn more about NASA’s commercial resupply missions at:

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Josh Finch / Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
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Amanda Griffin
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Sandra Jones
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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