SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket seconds after midnight Monday; booster ...
- by Florida Today
- Apr 14, 2025
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SpaceX's late-night Falcon 9 liftoff marked the 30th orbital rocket launch of the year thus far from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's neighboring Kennedy Space Center.
If that pace holds, the speedy cadence would surpass the newly established record of 93 annual launches last year.
Looking ahead, NASA and SpaceX will team up a week from Monday to launch a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 on the company's 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
The rocket may launch as early as 4:15 a.m. April 21 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
"Along with food and essential equipment for the crew, Dragon is delivering a variety of experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots," a NASA press release said.
"Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts, such as relativity, and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces," the press release said.
For the latest news and launch schedule from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.
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