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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft on top, is elevated into an upright position at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on August 25, 2021, in preparation for the 23rd Refueling Services launch commercial to the International Space Station. The mission will provide new scientific investigations, supplies and equipment to the crew aboard the orbiting laboratory. Liftoff was scheduled for 3:37 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 28. Credit: SpaceX
[Update August 29. 2021: NASA SpaceX Cargo Dragon Successfully Launched]
Due to bad weather conditions in the region for the scheduled launch today of EspaceX23rd Commercial Resupply Services Mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX and Nasa are now aiming for take-off at 3:14 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 29. Coverage of the launch will begin at 2:45 a.m. on NASA TV, the agency’s website and the NASA app.
A Sunday launch would lead to docking on Monday, August 30, for the Dragon to deliver important research, crew supplies and equipment to the crew aboard the orbiting lab. Docking coverage will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the spacecraft scheduled to arrive at the space station around 11 a.m.
Follow the launch activities on the mission blog and @NASAKennedy and learn more about the activities of the space station by following @space station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as on the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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