SpaceX launched “mighty mice,” barley grains, and more experiment supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) today.
After calling off yesterday’s launch due to high winds, the mission’s Falcon rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:29 p.m. EDT.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/4w7OTmnay1
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 5, 2019
The mission’s Dragon capsule is on its third trip to the orbiting laboratory, Space.com noted. Previously, the capsule delivered supplies to the space station for CRS-4 in September 2014 and CRS-11 in July 2017.
Over 5,700 pounds of @ISS_Research and supplies are on the way to @Space_Station aboard @SpaceX‘s Dragon 🛰️, which launched today at 12:29pm ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral: https://t.co/Xdi5soeILS
🚀 Watch a replay of liftoff: https://t.co/dy25BA9PFU pic.twitter.com/MzL3KepYq5— NASA (@NASA) December 5, 2019
This trip is an important one for research that will take place during Expeditions 61 and 62, Time.com reported. The mission’s cargo includes 40 adolescent female mice for an experiment that aims to analyze how astronauts can stay in shape during long space journeys, Anheuser-Busch barley grains to study how barley responds to a microgravity environment, and a 3-D printed robot head named Cimon, which was built to keep humans company at the space station.
The Dragon capsule is expected to arrive and dock at the orbiting laboratory on Dec. 8.
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