Media Credit: Image courtesy of SpaceX
SpaceX will launch the next cargo mission to the ISS on Monday, April 14 at 4:58 p.m. EDT. The Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded 5,000 pounds of experiments, crew supplies and other cargo.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-3
Launch date: April 18, 2014 at 3:25 p.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Several sponsored research payloads have launched to the ISS onboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule marking the second series of investigations headed to the station that are sponsored by the ISS National Lab.
Research onboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule included a range of experiments from life sciences. This is the second mission that has been responsible for launching the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations to the ISS.
Learn more about the research destined for the ISS during the ISS National Lab’s first official launch increment period in this video highlighting the historic timeframe.
Dr. Reichert discusses the importance of crystallizing monoclonal antibodies in microgravity, toward therapeutic applications.
The ISS National Lab Projects: Merck PCG-1 AND Merck PCG-2
Dr. Joseph Ng published an exciting article in an online journal that features some images of proteins grown in space onboard the ISS National Lab.
