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SpaceX managers gave a “go” to begin fueling the Falcon 9 rocket for the planned launch of SpaceX CRS-5 to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:47:10 a.m. EST. Launch coverage on NASA Television will begin at 3:30 a.m. Weather has improved to 90 percent “go” with a slight chance of violating the Thick Cloud Rule.
SpaceX CRS-5 is the fifth of 12 SpaceX flights NASA has contracted with the company to resupply the space station. It will be the sixth trip by a Dragon spacecraft to the station. Dragon is filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 42 and 43. Science payloads will enable model organism research using fruit flies and will study flatworms to better understand wound healing in space. A special science payload is the Cloud–Aerosol Transport System, which will monitor cloud and aerosol coverage that directly impacts the global climate. The mission also delivers an IMAX camera for filming during four increments and tools that will be used in future spacewalks to prepare the station for the installation of the new international docking adapters. After four weeks at the space station, Dragon will return with more than 3,600 pounds of cargo, including crew supplies, hardware and computer resources, science experiments, space station hardware, and trash.
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