SpaceX CRS-4
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, for their fourth official Commercial Resupply (CRS) mission to the orbiting lab on Sunday, September 21 at 1:52am EDT. Dragon returned to Earth with a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of southern California on October 25. Dragon is the only operational spacecraft capable of returning a significant amount of supplies back to Earth, including experiments.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-4
Launch date: Monday, September 21, 2014 at 1:52 a.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
SpaceX is targeting Sept. 19 at 2:38:44 a.m. EST for the launch of its next cargo mission to the ISS. The Dragon capsule will carry about 5,000 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the orbiting laboratory.
