{"id":17976,"date":"2019-07-26T00:46:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launches-dragon-cargo-capsule-to-slime-the-space-station\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T00:46:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:46:17","slug":"spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launches-dragon-cargo-capsule-to-slime-the-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launches-dragon-cargo-capsule-to-slime-the-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Dragon cargo capsule to slime the space station"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_512254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-512254\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-512254\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190725-spacex1-630x338.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190725-spacex1-630x338.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190725-spacex1-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/190725-spacex1.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-512254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX has launched the same robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for a third time, sending about 5,000 pounds of cargo that includes a bag of goopy green slime.<\/p>\n<p>The slime, provided by Nickelodeon, will be used on the space station to demonstrate fluid flow in zero gravity \u2014 and undoubtedly delight youngsters who\u2019ll watch the crew poke, squish, pull and prod the green stuff in future videos.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just one of the dozens of science experiments included on the manifest for SpaceX\u2019s latest resupply mission. Other experiments will build up layers of human tissue through 3-D printing, grow moss as a potential food source in zero-G, and investigate new twists in silica deposition that could improve the performance of automobile tires.<\/p>\n<p>A new docking adapter for future commercial space taxis will be delivered as well, along with more mundane supplies such as food and clothing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SpaceX CRS-18 Dragon launch &amp; Falcon 9 first stage landing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsVkWmv0_YU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket sent up the Dragon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today at 6:01 p.m. ET (3:01 p.m. PT), a day after concerns about storm clouds and lightning forced a last-minute postponement of the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after today\u2019s liftoff, the first-stage booster dropped away and flew itself back to SpaceX\u2019s Landing Zone 1, not far from the Florida launch pad. The second stage pressed onward to put the Dragon in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second go-round for the booster, and the third trip for the Dragon. The capsule\u2019s previous trips took place in April 2015 and December 2017. Although today\u2019s launch marked the first Dragon three-peat, such reuse is expected to become common going forward \u2014 in line with SpaceX\u2019s drive toward increasing hardware reusability and reducing the cost of access to space.<\/p>\n<p>The Dragon is due to rendezvous with the space station on Saturday and will spend about a month in orbit before returning to Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update for 12:06 a.m. PT July 29:<\/strong> The Dragon was hooked up to the space station on Saturday as expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad. (SpaceX via YouTube) SpaceX has launched the same robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for a third time, sending about 5,000 pounds of cargo that includes a bag of goopy green slime. The slime, provided by Nickelodeon, will be used on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1395,479,4434,717,316],"class_list":["post-17976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-dragon","tag-falcon-9","tag-falcon-launch","tag-international-space-station","tag-spacex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}