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SpaceX Just Launched Robots, Atomic Clocks, and Mars Tech Into Orbit
2:17:38 2025-04-22 1161

NASA and SpaceX just launched a major resupply mission to the International Space Station, to deliver nearly 7,000 pounds of cargo—including food, equipment, and high-tech experiments.

From robotic agility tests to cutting-edge atomic clocks and life-support innovations, the Dragon spacecraft is packed with tools that could redefine our future in space. The mission plays a critical role in advancing research aboard the ISS and helps pave the way for deep space exploration under NASA’s Artemis program.

SpaceX Launches Resupply Mission to ISS

NASA’s 32nd SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission has successfully launched, sending new scientific experiments and essential supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off at 4:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It’s carrying around 6,700 pounds of cargo for the orbiting laboratory.

When and How to Watch Docking

Live coverage of Dragon’s arrival at the station will begin at 6:45 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 22, on NASA+.

Dragon is expected to autonomously dock with the ISS around 8:20 a.m., attaching to the zenith (space-facing) port of the station’s Harmony module.

Robots, Clocks, and Air Quality Tech Onboard

The resupply mission will support dozens of research experiments during Expedition 73. Along with food and essential equipment for the crew, Dragon is delivering a variety of science experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could help protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts, such as relativity, and test global synchronization of precision timepieces.

Groundbreaking Science for Space and Earth

These are just a sample of the hundreds of investigations conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory each year in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, and Earth and space science. Such research benefits humanity and helps lay the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis campaign, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future missions to Mars.

The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to remain at the orbiting laboratory until May, when it will depart and return to Earth with time-sensitive research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of California.

 

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