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The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is slated to launch its 10th 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.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-10
Launch date: Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 9:39 a.m. EDT
Location: Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
The Dragon spacecraft will carry more than 35 separate ISS U.S. National Lab sponsored investigations that will be conducted both onboard the ISS and outside of the space station over the coming months.
The ISS U.S. National Laboratory is chartered to facilitate microgravity research with the potential to generate benefits to life on Earth. Learn more about the major ISS National Lab sponsored investigations flying on SpaceX CRS-10.
Among these payloads are dozens of experiments destined for the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, including rodent research, next-generation imaging technologies, student experiments in plant and cellular biology, and even an art project!
Designed by Lucasfilm, Ltd., the 2017 ISS National Lab mission patch features the Millennium Falcon, Death Star, and three popular droids from the Star Wars™ movie franchise.
Both NASA and the ISS National Lab support the ISS as an unparalleled platform for innovation and research that enables discoveries that cannot be realized on the ground.
The investigation leveraged microgravity to identify key variables in the crystallization of Merck & Co.’s pembrolizumab, the active pharmaceutical agent in the immuno-oncology drug Keytruda®.
