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Watch a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft dock to the International Space Station after a successful liftoff on April 21 at 4:15 a.m. EDT (0815 UTC). The spacecraft is carrying supplies – including food and essential equipment for the crew – as well as a variety of science experiments.

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

Learn more about the science aboard, including studies to produce gold nanoparticles and to test a vision-based sensor that could improve navigation: https://youtu.be/4841piONzVk

Follow the ISS blog for the latest updates: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/

Credit: NASA

The 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station is set to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:15 a.m. EDT (0815 UTC), Monday, April 21, delivering science investigations and supplies to the orbiting lab.

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft is carrying several new research projects to the station, including experiments focused on vision-based navigation, spacecraft air quality, materials for drug and product manufacturing, and advancing plant growth with less reliance on photosynthesis.

More about the research aboard Dragon: https://go.nasa.gov/4j4g53V

Credit: NASA