Lift-off...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts
off from Launch Complex 39A at
Kennedy Space Center in Florida
at 11.17am EST on 6 December,
carrying the uncrewed cargo
Dragon spacecraft on its journey
to the International Space Sta-
tion for NASA and SpaceX's 21st
Commercial Resupply Services
(CRS-21) mission.
Dragon will deliver more than
6,400 pounds of science inves-
tigations and cargo to the orbit-
ing laboratory.
Included in this delivery is the
Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, the
first commercially owned and
operated airlock that, once in-
stalled, will provide a variety of
capabilities to the space station,
such as payload hosting, robot-
ics testing, and satellite deploy-
ment.
It also will serve as an outside
toolbox for crew members con-
ducting spacewalks.
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