SpaceX CRS-11
As a Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The rocket will boost a Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:55 p.m. EDT. On its 11th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, Dragon will bring up 6,000 pounds of supplies, such as the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer, or NICER, instrument to study the extraordinary physics of neutron stars.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-11
Launch date: Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 5:07 p.m. EDT
Location: Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
This mission will showcase the breadth of research possible through the ISS National Lab, as experiments range from the life and physical sciences, Earth observation and remote sensing, and a variety of student-led investigations.
