Live launch coverage of SpaceX’s 21st contracted cargo resupply mission (CRS) to the International Space Station for NASA. Launch occurred at 11:17 a.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. The mission will deliver more than 6,400 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. This will be the first mission on an upgraded version of the company’s Dragon cargo spacecraft that can carry more science payloads to and from the orbiting laboratory. See What’s On Board: https://youtu.be/Dcy4yZb13fE Learn about the science heading up to station aboard CRS-21 including brain organoids, heart tissues, and more: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-21-research-highlights Learn about the orbiting laboratory’s new door to space, the first commercially funded and operated airlock heading to station aboard Dragon’s unpressurized trunk: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/spinoff/New_Doorway_to_Space (Music courtesy of Gothic Storm Music)
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KSC-20201206-VP-CDC01-0001-SpaceX_CRS_21_Live_Launch_Coverage-3264463
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December 6, 2020
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KSC
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NASA/Chris Chamberland
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Launch Complex 39A
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