Missions & Launches

When the SpaceX-CRS-13 resupply mission launches no earlier than December 12, 2017, it will carry more than a dozen International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory payloads to conduct research across a variety of areas aimed at improving life on Earth. This launch will culminate a robust year of research on the U.S. National Lab, as more experiments than ever before have reached the orbiting laboratory.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus vehicle is slated to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than November 11, 2017 from Wallops Flight Facility. The Cygnus spacecraft will carry a dozen ISS National Laboratory payloads to conduct research across a variety of areas aimed at improving life on Earth.

 The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is poised to launch its 12^th cargo resupply mission to the ISS no earlier than August 13^th, 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.

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.

The ISS U.S. National Laboratory is chartered to facilitate research in the microgravity environment that benefits life on Earth and is leading the effort in partnership with NASA, industry, other government organizations, and academia to manage and promote the best use of the ISS National Lab.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is slated to launch its 10^th cargo resupply mission to the ISS no earlier than February 18, 2017 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A, with its Dragon spacecraft carrying more than 35 separate ISS U.S. National Laboratory sponsored investigations.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is loaded with about 5,000 pounds of experiments and materials for the ISS including over 20 separate ISS National Lab payloads encompassing over 40 investigations in a variety of scientific disciplines to be conducted on the orbiting laboratory in the coming months.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule is targeted to launch at 4:43 p.m. Friday, April 8 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying crew supplies, scientific research and hardware to the orbital laboratory to support the Expedition 47 and 48 crews.

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft is set to lift off December 3 at 5:55 p.m., carrying more than 7,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory to support dozens of approximately 250 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 45 and 46.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for their fifth official Commercial Resupply mission to the orbiting lab on Saturday, January 10 at 4:47am EST.