{"id":22026,"date":"2023-03-16T00:18:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-crs-27-dragon-resupply-mission-launches-toward-the-international-space-station\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:18:21","slug":"spacex-crs-27-dragon-resupply-mission-launches-toward-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-crs-27-dragon-resupply-mission-launches-toward-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX CRS-27 Dragon resupply mission launches toward the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=140,140 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=1000,1000 1000w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/tc-spacex-crs-27-.jpg?resize=96,96 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">@theresacross_<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Falcon 9 first stage that flew in support of this mission, B1073, successfully landed on the SpaceX drone ship \u201cA Shortfall of Gravitas\u201d less than 10 minutes after launch, which was positioned downrange in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the seventh recovery for this booster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, this was SpaceX\u2019s 17th launch of 2023 \u2014 the 16th for a Falcon 9 rocket. The company plans to fly as many as 100 missions this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-34651',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-34651\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cargo Dragon spacecraft being used for this mission is serial number C209, which is on its third use. Its previous missions included CRS-22 and CRS-24 in June and December 2021, respectively. Both were ISS resupply missions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRS-27 should reach the space station just before 8 a.m. EDT March 16 and will dock with the forward port of the Harmony module \u2014 the same location that the Crew-5 mission was docked for the duration of its five-months at the outpost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aboard the spacecraft is more than 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of supplies, hardware and experiments. Over the course of about a month the vehicle will be unloaded by the Expedition 68 crew. At the end of its stay, likely in early April, it\u2019ll be loaded with experiments and other equipment to be returned to Earth and recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like a crewed Dragon spacecraft, the cargo variant splashes down in the ocean off the coast of Florida for recovery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"post-youtube-video-1\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FwOQsUy84w0?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FwOQsUy84w0?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waiting inside CRS-27 Dragon is a multitude of experiments and technology demonstrations.<br \/>For example, the \u201cTissue Chips in Space\u201d program is a collaboration between the Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and the ISS National Lab, which aims to conduct studies to see if the science is there to prove that clinically tested, approved drugs help manage and reduce microgravity changes in heart cell function.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another off Earth production, called HUNCH \u2014 the \u201cHigh School United with NASA to Create Hardware\u201d program, will enable students to produce and fabricate contributing work products for NASA as they apply science, technology, engineering matching components and design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, they are testing a HUNCH Ball Clamp Monopod, which is designed to keep cameras stable while tracking and taking images on the ground and inside the ISS, making photographic opportunities easier for applications on and off earth for various purposes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" data-attachment-id=\"34656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2023\/03\/14\/spacex-crs-27-dragon-resupply-mission-launch\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"packaged_ball_clamp_monopods\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=320\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg 320w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg?resize=140,105 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/packaged_ball_clamp_monopods.jpg?resize=150,113 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">HUNCH Ball Clamp Monopods packaged for transport to the International Space Station. Students designed these devices to keep cameras stable while tracking targets on the ground or taking images and video inside the space station.<br \/>Credits: HUNCH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCapiSorb Visible System\u201d will demonstrate an ability to control liquids that can absorb carbon dioxide with capillary forces created to interact with a liquid and solid, drawing fluid up a narrow tube, which is likened to water soaking into a paper towel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These new experiments will help provide technology and information for crewed missions off Earth for designing carbon dioxide removal systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUsing liquid sorbents to capture carbon dioxide works great on Earth, but in microgravity, it\u2019s a challenge,\u201d said Co-investigator Grace Belancik. \u201cThis system\u2019s geometry provides liquid control and passive transport in microgravity in the form of a continuous liquid flow loop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another study, this one contributed by the European Space Agency, is a continuing experiment called \u201cBiofilms,\u201d which is testing three flights of bacteria, each one unique on three different types of metal surfaces with and without antimicrobial properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microorganisms are an inherent part of the human body but shedding of these organisms can threaten sensitive flight and informational equipment on board a spacecraft as humans travel farther and for longer durations through space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study aims to develop protocols and materials to help minimize their impact that can be applied during space-time travel and public spaces on earth such as hospitals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2023\/03\/14\/spacex-crs-27-dragon-resupply-mission-launch\/biofilms\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png\" data-orig-size=\"2047,1377\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"biofilms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?w=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34654\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png 2047w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=768,517 768w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=1024,689 1024w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=1536,1033 1536w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=350,235 350w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=140,94 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=1487,1000 1487w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/biofilms.png?resize=150,101 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This scanning electron microscopic image shows a biofilm, colored to show cells of Staphylococcus capitis (round orange knobs), a bacteria species isolated from the International Space Station, embedded in the biofilm matrix (larger blue rod-shaped figure), part of the preflight experiments for Biofilms.<br \/>Credits: German Aerospace Center (DLR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTanpopo-5\u201d will study reactions to real-time space exposure of radiation-resistant microbes such as moss spores and biochemical compounds including amino acids, according to NASA, in a study provided by JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were four earlier experiments that provided critical information into how space exposure can affect these types of organisms off Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, Earth\u2019s ozone layer shields much of the ultraviolet radiation, but the space environment can be considered a model for primitive Earth,\u201d said Principal Investigator Hajime Mita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology. \u201cThe space station provides an accessible exposure facility where we can achieve the same broad spectrum as solar ultraviolet radiation and the combination of cosmic and ultraviolet radiation in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, the research seeks to save other planets from human contamination and for the protected transfer of samples from other planets to Earth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"post-youtube-video-2\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNVgnOXq-m8?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" 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This was the seventh recovery for this booster. Overall, this was SpaceX\u2019s 17th launch of 2023 [&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":[],"class_list":["post-22026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026"}],"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=22026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}