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SpaceX CRS-13

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.

Mission: SpaceX CRS-13

Launch date: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 10:36 a.m. EDT

Location: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida

Launch Resources

  • Press Release

    13th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission Will Be Packed with Space Station Research

    The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft 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.

    A SpaceX Falcon rocket fitted with a Dragon capsule stands ready to launch at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
  • Video

    ISS National Lab - SpaceX CRS-13 Science Payload Overview

    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.

  • Video

    SpaceX-13 Payload Overview: Budweiser

    Budweiser's research could provide valuable information on the production of barley and the larger agricultural community here on earth.

  • Video

    SpaceX-13 Payload Overview: Made In Space

    High-performance optical fiber is used extensively for the manufacture of efficient and compact ultraviolet, visible, and infrared fiber lasers. Production of fibers in space may enable not only improved materials but also new frontiers for manufacturing in space.

  • Video

    Making Fiber Optics in Space

    The Optical Fiber Production in Microgravity investigation could lead to the production of materials with better properties, setting the stage for large scale manufacturing of high-quality fiber in space.

  • Article

    What’s on Board the SpaceX Dragon?

    Hear from researchers who are sending science to space on the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle including studies on muscle atrophy in microgravity, space debris and more.

    WoB Spx13 screenshot
  • Article

    Science Returning to Earth Onboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

    SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, Jan. 13, with approximately 4,100 pounds of cargo, science and technology demonstration samples

    The SpaceX CRS 13 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS

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