NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 33rd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival

NASA and SpaceX are targeting at 2:45 a.m. HAE on Sunday, August 24, for the next launch to offer surveys, supplies and scientific equipment at the International Space Station. This is the 33rd Mission SpaceX Commercial Revupply Services at the Orbital laboratory for NASA.

Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, a spacecraft Dragon Spacex on a Falcon 9 rocket will take off Space Launch Complex 40 with Cape Canaveral Space Force in Florida. Dragon will do independently around 7:30 am on Monday August 25 at the front port of the Harmony module of the space station.

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In addition to food, supplies and equipment for crew, Dragon will provide several experiments, including stem cells forming bones to study the prevention of bone losses and materials to 3D printed medical implants which could advance treatments for nerve lesions on earth. Dragon will also provide bioprinted liver fabrics to study the development of blood vessels in microgravity and provides 3D printing cubes in space. Research carried out on board the space station is advancing future space exploration – including artemis missions to the moon and astronauts Mars missions – and offers multiple advantages to humanity.

In addition, Dragon will demonstrate the resort to maintain its current altitude. The equipment, located in the dragon trunk, contains an independent propeller distinct from the spaceship to supply two Draco motors using the design of the material system and the existing propeller. The boost kit will demonstrate the ability to help maintain the altitude of the orbit laboratory from September with a series of burns planned periodically throughout the fall 2025. During the SpaceX 31ST Commerce Reveupply Services mission, the Dragon Spacecraft made its first demonstration of these capacities on November 8, 2024.

The dragon spacecraft should stay at the space station until December, when it will leave and return to Earth with research and cargo, splashing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

The coverage of the NASA mission is as follows (all the time in the East and subject to a change according to real -time operations):

Tuesday August 19:
1 p.m. – International Webinar of Sciences of the Space Laboratory with the following participants:

• Heidi Parris, scientist of the associated program, research office of the NASA International Space Station Program
• Michael Roberts, scientific director, national laboratory of the international space station
• James Yoo, deputy director, Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine
• Tony James, chief architect of science and space, Red Hat
• Abba Zubair, medical and scientific director, Mayo Clinic
• Arun Sharma, Director, Center for Space Medicine Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

The media who wish to participate must register for access to the zoom no later than an hour before the start of the webinar.

The conference will broadcast live on the International Space Station Lab website.

Friday August 22:
11:30 am – Teleconferencing media loft with the following participants:

• Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, International Program of the NASA Space Station
• Heidi Parris, scientist of the associated program, research office of the NASA International Space Station Program
• Sarah Walker, Director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX

The media who wish to participate by phone must request information on the composition within 10 a.m. on August 22, by sending an email to the NASA Kennedy Space Center editorial room at: kSc-Newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.

The audio of the media teleconference will broadcast live on the agency’s YouTube channel.

Sunday August 24::
2 h 25 – The launch cover begins on NASA +, Netflix and Amazon Prime.
2 h 45 – Launch

Monday August 25:
6 a.m. – The arrival coverage begins on NASA +, Netflix and Amazon Prime.
7:30 am – Acosity

NASA website launch cover
The coverage of the mission launching day will be available on the NASA website. The coverage will include live streaming and blog updates from the earliest at 2:25 a.m. on Sunday August 24, while the stages of the countdown occur. A streaming video on demand on NASA + and photos of the launch will be available shortly after takeoff. For questions about the cover of the countdown, contact the NASA Kennedy editorial room at 321-867-2468. Follow the countdown on our international blog of the space station for updates.

Attend launch practically
Public members can register to attend this launch almost. The NASA virtual guest program for this mission also includes organized launch resources, notifications on opportunities or related changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual passport after the launch.

Look, engage on social networks Let people know that you are looking at the mission on X, Facebook and Instagram by following and marking these accounts:

X: @NASA, @Nasakendy@Nasasocial@Space_station@Iss_casis
Facebook: NASA, NASAKINGEDY, ISS, ISS National LAB
Instagram: @Nasa, @nasakendy, @iss, @issnationallab

Espanol coverage
Did you know that NASA has a Spanish section called NASA in Espanol? Discover NASA in Espanol on X, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube for additional mission coverage.

Para obtain informatión sober cobertura en español en el centro spacial kennedy o si dea solicitar interviews in español, comuníquese con atonia jaramillo o messod bendayan a: antonia.jaramiloboto@nasa.gov o messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.

Learn more about the mission to:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crs-33/

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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov

Steven Siceloff
Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
321-876-2468
steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov

Sandra Jones / Joseph Zakrzewski
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
Sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov / joseph.a.zakrzewski@nasa.gov