{"id":320519,"date":"2023-03-09T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=320519"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:00:07","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-next-spacex-resupply-launch-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-next-spacex-resupply-launch-to-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A bright white trail is in view after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52229383064_043b5bd982_k_1_0.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A bright white trail is in view after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022, on the company\u2019s 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency to the International Space Station.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: SpaceX<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s note: This advisory was updated Thursday, March 9, to reflect changes to the docking and NASA TV coverage for the resupply mission.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 14, to launch the company\u2019s 27th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch timing is dependent upon the undocking and return of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-5.<br>\nLive launch coverage will air on NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\">NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website, with prelaunch events starting Monday, March 13. Follow all events at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will deliver new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/spacex-27-research-highlights\/\">science investigations<\/a>, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7958\">HUNCH Ball Clamp Monopod<\/a>, a student manufactured project that can make filming in space easier, and the <a>JAXA<\/a> (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8877\">Tanpopo-5<\/a> investigation which studies the origin, transportation, and survival of life in space and on extraterrestrial planets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon will also deliver the final two experiments from the National Institutes for Health and International Space Station National Laboratory\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/tissue-chips\">Tissue Chips in Space<\/a> initiative. Both studies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8800\">Cardinal Heart 2.0<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8801\">Engineered Heart Tissues-2<\/a>, use small devices containing living cells that mimic functions of human tissues and organs to advance the development of treatments for cardiac dysfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrival to the station is scheduled for 7:52 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 16. The spacecraft will dock autonomously to the forward-facing port of the station\u2019s Harmony module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and return cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch. The agency\u2019s media accreditation policy is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/nasa-agencywide-media-accreditation-policy\">online<\/a>. More information about media accreditation is available by emailing: <a href=\"mailto:ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov\">ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<br>\nFull coverage of this mission is as follows (all times Eastern):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, March 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 p.m. \u2013 Prelaunch media teleconference (no earlier than one hour after completion of the Launch Readiness Review) with the following participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Phil Dempsey, transportation integration manager, International Space Station Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA\u2019s International Space Station Program Research Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s 45th Weather Squadron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency\u2019s website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media may ask questions via phone only. For the dial-in number and passcode, please contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 13, at: <a href=\"mailto:ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov\">ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 a.m. \u2013 Science media teleconference with the following participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA\u2019s International Space Station Program Research Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shane Johnson, former HUNCH student and current research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin, who will discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=7958\">HUNCH Ball Clamp Monopod<\/a> experiment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Mita Hajime, professor at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology and principal investigator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8877\">Tanpopo-5<\/a> experiment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Ralf Moeller, microbiologist at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, Germany, and principal investigator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8177\">BIOFILMS study<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Devin Mair, Johns Hopkins university doctoral candidate, who will discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8801\">Engineered Heart Tissues-2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Dilip Thomas, post-doctoral researcher at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, who will discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8800\">Cardinal Heart 2.0 investigation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logan Torres, engineer at <a>IRPI<\/a> in Wilsonville, Oregon, who will discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/explorer\/Investigation.html?#id=8436\">CapiSorb Visible System<\/a> study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency\u2019s website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media may ask questions via phone only. For the dial-in number and passcode, please email Lora Bleacher no later than 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 14 at: <a href=\"mailto:lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov\">lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 p.m. \u2013 NASA TV launch coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:30 p.m. \u2013 Launch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:15 a.m. \u2013 NASA TV coverage begins for Dragon docking to space station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:52 a.m. \u2013 Docking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage is subject to change based on real-time operational activities. Follow the International Space Station blog for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASA launch coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA \u201cV\u201d circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135. On launch day, the full mission broadcast can be heard on -1220 and -1240, while the countdown net only can be heard on -7135 beginning approximately one hour before the mission broadcast begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On launch day, a \u201ctech feed\u201d of the launch without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASA website launch coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launch day coverage of the mission will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 14, as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact the Kennedy newsroom at 321-867-2468. Follow countdown coverage on our launch blog for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attend launch virtually<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the public can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nasas-spacex-27th-commercial-resupply-mission-launch-registration-511775122167\" rel=\"noopener\">register<\/a> to attend this launch virtually. Registrants will receive mission updates and activities by email. NASA\u2019s virtual guest program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities, and a virtual guest passport stamp following a successful launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch, engage on social media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let people know you\u2019re following the mission on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram by using the hashtags #Dragon and #CRS27. You can also stay connected by following and tagging these accounts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Twitter: <\/strong>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAKennedy\" rel=\"noopener\">NASAKennedy<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASASocial\" rel=\"noopener\">NASASocial<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">Space_Station<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS_Research<\/a>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISS_CASIS\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS National Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facebook: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASA\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAKennedy\" rel=\"noopener\">NASAKennedy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISSNATIONALLAB\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS National Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nasa\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nasakennedy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASAKennedy<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Iss\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISS<\/a>, @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/issnationallab\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ISSNationalLab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s SpaceX commercial resupply missions at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacex\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para obtener informaci\u00f3n sobre cobertura en espa\u00f1ol en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en espa\u00f1ol, comun\u00edquese con Antonia Jaramillo at: <a href=\"mailto:antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov\">antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov<\/a> or 321-501-8425.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiana Raines<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1100<br><a href=\"mailto:kiana.a.raines@nasa.gov\">kiana.a.raines@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Plucinsky \/ Brittney Thorpe<br>Kennedy Space Center, Florida<br>321-876-2468<br><a href=\"mailto:stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov\">stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:brittney.thorpe@nasa.gov\">brittney.thorpe@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra Jones<br>Johnson Space Center, Houston<br>281-483-5111<br><a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Kiana Raines<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/><a href=\"mailto:kiana.a.raines@nasa.gov\">kiana.a.raines@nasa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nStephanie Plucinsky \/ Brittney Thorpe<br \/>\nKennedy Space Center, Florida<br \/>\n321-876-2468<br \/><a href=\"mailto:stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov\">stephanie.n.plucinsky@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:brittney.thorpe@nasa.gov\">brittney.thorpe@nasa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nSandra Jones<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/><a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: This advisory was updated Thursday, March 9, to reflect changes to the docking and NASA TV coverage for the resupply mission. 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