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SpaceX is targeting Sept. 19 at 2:38:44 a.m. EST for the launch of its next cargo mission to the ISS. The Dragon capsule will carry about 5,000 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the orbiting laboratory.
Mission: SpaceX CRS-4
Launch date: Monday, September 21, 2014 at 1:52 a.m. EDT
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Research onboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule included a range of experiments sponsored by the ISS National Lab. This is the third mission that has been responsible for launching the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations to the ISS.
Through this partnership, Cobra Puma Golf intends to conduct an investigation on the ISS National Laboratory that would research materials aimed at enhancing its future product lines.
Join CASIS President and Executive Director, Gregory H. Johnson, as he outlines some of the research projects destined for the National Lab during ARK2.
The Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research will be sending a strain of mice to the ISS onboard SpaceX-4 Dragon, allowing scientists to learn more about muscle development and muscle atrophy.
The ISS National Lab is a critical platform for research that may improve the quality of life here on Earth—and the new ISS Rodent Research Facility is a huge step toward augmenting our ability to realize that potential.
If you ask the 25 million Americans who play golf about the importance of advanced technology in golf equipment and the extent to which it impacts the game—innovation matters.
Through ISS-hosted research and development, COBRA PUMA GOLF will conduct research on materials aimed at enhancing its products.
Dr. Hammond, with the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, talks about the concept of “drug re-purposing” and how space is an ideal place to model disease mechanisms.
