{"id":23070,"date":"2020-12-07T22:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/crs-21-spacex-falcon-9-and-dragon-2-lift-off-on-a-mission-of-firsts\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T22:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:42:25","slug":"crs-21-spacex-falcon-9-and-dragon-2-lift-off-on-a-mission-of-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/crs-21-spacex-falcon-9-and-dragon-2-lift-off-on-a-mission-of-firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"CRS-21: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon 2 lift off on a mission of firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"7865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/06\/spacex-crs-21-lifts-off-on-a-mission-of-first\/q9a4453m\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"6027,3390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Q9A4453m\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a weather delay on Saturday, SpaceX launched the CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7943317535126257\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; 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A successful docking will also mark the first time that there have been two Dragons at the orbiting outpost. The last milestone will come when this Dragon returns in early January off of the coast of Florida as opposed to the California coast.<\/p>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7943317535126257\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 280px;\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stick with SpaceExplored.com to keep up with the progress of the CRS-21 mission. And check out our own Daryl Sausse` on Twitter @sausseimages for more beautiful launch content.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a weather delay on Saturday, SpaceX launched the CRS-21 mission to the International Space Station. 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