After a setback earlier this week, SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon9 rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) on a restocking mission. An attempt to land the potentially reusable rocket on a barge, however, failed.
The launch was conducted from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 4:50 AM (9:50 GMT) early Saturday.
The rocket has a Dragon cargo ship on board, which is carrying some 5,000 pounds of science experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies to replace those lost following the explosion of an Antares rocket seconds after liftoff in October.
Among other important items of scientific research gear, the current Dragon spacecraft is set to deliver to the ISS the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), a laser instrument to remotely measure atmospheric conditions from the space station, be it clouds, aerosols, dust, smoke, or pollution particulates… see more
source: rt
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