Updates: SpaceX launches Dragon capsule with cargo from Florida to ISS

2022-07-15 20:21:15 By : Ms. Cara Yang

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Update: Liftoff of Falcon 9 at 8:44 p.m. ET! Dragon and its cargo are now en route to the International Space Station and should arrive for docking Saturday morning. Read our full post-launch story here.

Follow live above and real-time updates below as SpaceX targets 8:44 p.m. ET Thursday, July 14, for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

After liftoff from pad 39A and a flight toward the northeast, Falcon 9 will target a Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The Dragon capsule, packed with 5,800 pounds of cargo and science experiments, should dock with the ISS at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, July 16.

This will mark the 25th resupply flight under contract from NASA, also known as CRS-25.

Follow real-time updates below (give the module a few seconds to load; if there are issues, try this link):