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Watch live: After delay, SpaceX to launch space station resupply mission
by Brooks Hays
(UPI) Dec 5, 2018

After a delay caused by moldy mouse treats, NASA and SpaceX are once again ready to get the latest space station resupply mission underway.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral at 1:16 p.m. ET Wednesday.

The launch cargo resupply mission, the 16th carried out by SpaceX, will be broadcast live on NASA TV.

"Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing predict a 90 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff," NASA accounted in an update.

The rocket launch was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but officials decided to delay the launch after inspectors found mold on food bars for an experiment involving lab mice. The food bars were replaced and the payload is ready to travel to the space station.

The rodent investigation is one of several dozen science experiments packed inside the Dragon cargo ship. Investigations on the International Space Station are organized by both NASA and the ISS National Lab.

"[CRS-16] is absolutely packed with research," Patrick O'Neill, spokesperson for the ISS National Lab, told UPI.

Experiments on the SpaceX payload involve a variety of scientific fields, including genomics, cellular biology, botany, immunology and more.

ISS National Lab fields investigations proposed by researchers from a variety of institutions, including other federal agencies, public universities, major corporations, startups and more.

The 2,200 pounds worth of experiments, in addition to tools and supplies, will arrive two days after a trio of new astronauts were welcomed to the space station. The new crew members will assist in the docking of the Dragon cargo ship.


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SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches 64 satellites into space
Washington (UPI) Dec 2, 2018
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 64 satellites into space on Monday. The reusable rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:32 pm. Falcon 9 and its crowded payload were supposed to take flight on Nov. 19, but SpaceX delayed the SmallSat Express mission to conduct additional tests. Bad weather and other issues caused subsequent delays, including Sunday's launch scrub ... read more

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