2,860 Kg of Cargo Headed to the International Space Station

SpaceX will send a cargo shipment to the International Space Station today.

SpaceX is sending a cargo to the International Space Station today.

According to Ambassador Arjan, quoted by Space, in this regard, a Falcon 9 rocket is going to take the Dragon cargo capsule from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in the state of Florida, America, at 10:33 this morning, Greenwich time.

The mentioned mission is called CRS-35 because this is the 35th time that SpaceX has carried out an operation under the "Commercial Supply and Cargo Agreement for the Space Station".

If all goes according to plan, the Dragon capsule will automatically dock with the International Space Station's Harmony Module at 15:00 GMT. CRS-35 delivers a 2,860-kilogram payload to the Earth-Orbiting Space Laboratory, which includes an array of International Space Station Solar Panels (iROSA) that will enhance the station's energy storage.

Scientific equipment is also sent in this cargo. More precisely, the Dragon capsule will deliver the necessary hardware for the production of artificial retina in gravity, which will help restore the vision of people on Earth. In addition, 3D tissue models of the heart will be sent to space to advance extensive drug testing in future missions.

NASA's statement about this mission states: The capsule will carry materials into space to investigate how a new type of glass forms in microgravity and how brain organoids can reveal therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

The Dragon capsule will remain attached to the International Space Station for about a month before returning to Earth with science labs and other hardware to land safely in the Pacific Ocean.