SpaceX CRS-12

With a backdrop of blue sky and fluffy white clouds, the two stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 12:31 p.m. EDT. On its 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, Dragon will bring up more than 6,400 pounds of supplies and new science experiments and equipment for technology research.

With a backdrop of blue sky and fluffy white clouds, the two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 12:31 p.m. EDT. On its 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, Dragon will bring up more than 6,400 pounds of supplies and new science experiments and equipment for technology research.

Mission: SpaceX CRS-12

Launch date: Thursday, August 14, 2017 at 12:31 p.m. EDT

Location: NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, Florida

 The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is poised to launch its 12th cargo resupply mission to the ISS no earlier than August 13th, 2017 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A carrying more than 20 ISS National Laboratory payloads to conduct research across a variety of areas aimed at improving life on Earth.