SpaceX 第 35 次补给任务升空：Falcon 9 送 Dragon 与最后一对空间站太阳能阵列前往国际空间站
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
NASA 的 SpaceX 第 35 次商业补给任务于美东时间周二 6:33 在佛罗里达卡纳维拉尔太空军基地 40 号发射场由 Falcon 9 发射升空，Dragon 飞船载有超过 6300 磅的物资与硬件前往国际空间站，其中包括空间站展开式太阳能阵列的最后一对，装齐后将完成空间站电力系统扩容。飞船计划于 10 月 15 日 11:00（美东时间）自主对接 Harmony 节点面向太空一侧的对接口，并停留至 11 月中旬后返回地球、溅落加州外海。此行还送去微重力制造人工视网膜、三维心脏组织模型等实验硬件。
NASA’s SpaceX 35th commercial resupply mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware, bound for the International Space Station. Following its successful launch, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry new scientific experiments, cargo, and the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays to the orbiting laboratory.
Dragon is scheduled to autonomously dock at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, to the space-facing port of the space station’s Harmony module. NASA will stream rendezvous and docking coverage beginning at 9:15 a.m., through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:
The final pair of solar arrays will complete the space station’s power system augmentation, boosting available electricity for research, operations, and the station’s safe, controlled deorbit. Astronauts will install the arrays during a series of spacewalks planned for later this fall.
Dragon also is delivering several new experiments, including hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity that could help restore vision for patients on Earth and 3D heart tissue models to advance large-scale drug testing on future space missions. Dragon also will carry materials to study how a new type of glass is formed in microgravity, and brain organoids that could uncover potential treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.
These are just a sample of the hundreds of investigations conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, and Earth and space science. Research and technology investigations taking place aboard the space station benefit people on Earth and lay the groundwork for other agency deep space missions. As part of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars, inspiring the world through discovery in a new Golden Age of innovation and exploration.
The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the space station until mid-November when it will depart and return to Earth with time-critical research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.
Learn more about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, at:
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Joshua Finch / Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
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Steven Siceloff
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Sandra Jones / Joseph Zakrzewski
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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