NASA and SpaceX, Musk’s space exploration company, plan to jointly launch their 26th commercial cargo spacecraft mission (CRS-26) to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
The launch is scheduled for Tuesday at 3:54 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and if all goes well, docking with the station will be completed at 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 23.
According to reports, SpaceX will then bring new science investigations, supplies and equipment for the international crew, including the next pair of solar arrays (iROSA) to be launched on the International Space Station, which will add to the existing power supply of the station.
In addition, the space station mission will conduct a study of growing dwarf tomatoes to help create a sustainable fresh food production system in space, as well as experiments to test on-demand methods to make specific amounts of key nutrients.
This will be SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission to the space station. The spacecraft is expected to stay at the orbiting outpost for about a month before returning to Earth with its research and return cargo and landing off the coast of Florida.
