Dragon Launched to Deliver Supplies to Space Station

Commercial Resupply Services Mission: SpaceX CRS-19

Launch: 12:29 p.m. EST, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019

Lift Off: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida

Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9, 230 feet-tall

Spacecraft: Dragon, 20 feet high, 12 feet-in diameter

Payload: Dragon will deliver over 5,700 pounds of supplies and payloads to the International Space Station. This will include materials directly supporting dozens of the science and research investigations that will occur during the space station’s Expeditions 61 and 62.

Dragon Arrival: The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the orbital outpost on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Each resupply mission to the station delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, Earth and space science. Advances in these areas will help to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space travel and demonstrate technologies for future human and robotic exploration beyond low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars.

Return to Earth: After about one month attached to the space station, Dragon will return with results of earlier experiments, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.