Today (June 3), SpaceX will launch its 28th cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, and you can watch the event live. Rocket SpaceX Falcon 9’s Dragon robotic cargo capsule is scheduled to launch today at 12:35 PM ET (4:35 p.m. GMT) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the orbiting laboratory.

See it on Space.com or directly through the space agency, courtesy of NASA. However, there is no guarantee that Dragon will leave the site in time; in fact, the probability of the weather not cooperating today is 70%. According to Space.com, if the launch doesn’t happen today, the next opportunity will be tomorrow (June 4) at 12:12 ET (4:12 pm GMT).

Hawk 9 will carry an unmanned Dragon capsule into orbit on a rendezvous route with the ISS. After stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will slow down and land on SpaceX’s autonomous aircraft A Shortfall of Gravitas, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

A cargo Dragon will spend a little over 40 hours on an intercept course. International Space Station. Dragon will intercept the ISS early Monday morning, June 5, and is scheduled to dock at the Harmony module’s launch port at 05:36 EDT (09:36 GMT). You can also check it out here on Space.com when the time comes.

Dragon will carry several thousand pounds of articles for scientific research and supplies for the station crew. Delayed launch of the supply ship Swan Northrop Grumman’s ISS, NG-19, directed NASA to transfer some of its mission cargo to Dragon to prevent the space station’s cache from shrinking too much.

NASA’s ISS chief scientist Kirt Costello said at a pre-launch press briefing on Tuesday, May 30, that the CRS-28 will “make up for any delays that occur when our NG Cygnus spacecraft arrives at the station.” That’s why we’re sending a lot of extra logistics to keep the team going through the end of the year.”

Scientific research on the CRS-28 brings new experiments to the ISS and refreshes materials for more than 30 ongoing projects. Telomere DNA Mutation Caused by Demonstration of CLINGER Technology for Autonomous Space Station Docking Systems gravityand blue-energy lightning discharge studies are among the new scientific experiments to be carried out within the scope of this task.

Half a dozen are also on the CRS-28 Dragon cube satellitesAll but one are student projects from the Canadian Space Agency’s Canadian Cubeaat program. The sixth is from the Aerospace Corporation in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Space Systems Command. It’s called Moonlighter and will provide a platform for a cybersecurity hacking challenge in outer space.

The CRS-28 also carries the next pair of iROSAs (International Space Station Solar Arrays) fitted to the ISS’ existing solar arrays to increase the station’s power needs. They will be lifted from Dragon’s trunk by the station’s robotic arm and then installed on two exits by NASA astronauts. into space. In operation, the entire iROSA kit will increase the orbital lab’s power supply by 20-30%.

Designed as a reusable vehicle, the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will deliver scientific samples from more than 34 studies aboard the ISS after its stay on the station. Like its crewed counterpart, the cargo Dragon returns to Earth for soft landings in the ocean with a parachute.