The CRS-29 mission is the third cargo supply mission of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft this year. According to plan, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off on time aboard the Falcon 9 rocket on November 10.
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Currently, SpaceX has passed the review and its Dragon spacecraft is ready at the Kennedy 39A launch pad.
According to reports, CRS-29 is not just a simple cargo supply mission, it is more like multiple tasks in one. It is found that in addition to providing new scientific research equipment and food and other supplies to the International Space Station astronauts, it also undertakes two scientific research tasks.
One of these is NASA’s Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE), which aims to study atmospheric gravity waves – strong waves formed by weather disturbances on Earth, such as severe thunderstorms or brewing hurricanes – to understand the forces that travel through Earth’s upper atmosphere and into space. energy flow.
Another experiment, the Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T), will test high data rate laser communications from the International Space Station to Earth.
SpaceX’s last CRS-28 cargo mission had some anomalies, but it didn’t have much impact. A valve responsible for isolating thruster leaks to prevent propellant loss is said to have become stuck.
Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, explained that the stuck valve poses no risk to the mission because it is part of a backup system.
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