SpaceX launches 31st cargo resupply mission to the space station for NASA – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket liftoff from Launch Complex 39A to begin the Cargo Resupply Services 31 (CRS-31) to the International Space Station for NASA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
SpaceX launched its 31st resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night.
The mission, dubbed Commercial Resupply Services-31 (CRS-31) ferried more than 6,000 pounds of cargo and science experiments to the orbiting outpost. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) happened at 9:29 p.m. EST (0229 UTC).
The Cargo Dragon spacecraft, C208, made its fifth trip to the ISS. It previously flew on CRS-21, 23, 25 and 28. It will take about 13 hours after liftoff to reach the space station.
It got an initial boost from the Falcon 9 first stage booster, B1083. It too made...