SpaceX will launch its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket on the first operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Commercial Resupply Launch
Mission: SpaceX CRS-2
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Date: March 1, 2013
Time: 10:10 a.m. EST
Description: SpaceX CRS-2 will be the second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Image above: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo credit: NASA
On Oct. 7, 2012, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the first of a dozen operational missions to deliver supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Date: March 1, 2013
Time: 10:10 a.m. EST
Description: SpaceX CRS-2 will be the second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
Image above: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo credit: NASAOn Oct. 7, 2012, SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the first of a dozen operational missions to deliver supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.
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