Science-Heavy SpaceX Dragon Headed to Space Station
Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, a Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) on the exterior of the station is featured in this image photographed by a crewmember during the STS-118 mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA). MISSE collects information on how different materials weather in the environment of space.
Media Credit: NASA
A new batch of science is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon on Monday, April 2, 2018. Heading into space will be a wide variety of ground-breaking science destined for the ISSInternational Space Station National Lab that will not only advance space exploration, but will have benefits here on Earth as well.