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MEDIA ADVISORY M23-053
NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station
[A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is seen atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in preparation for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station for NASA. Photo credit: SpaceX](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crs_28.jpg)
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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is seen atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in preparation for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station for NASA. Credits: SpaceX
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted no earlier than 12:34 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 3, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX’s Dragon will deliver new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including the next pair of [IROSAs](https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/Rolling_Out_a_Path_to_Future_Space_Travel/) (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). These solar panels, which roll out using stored kinetic energy, will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station. This will be the third set launching in the SpaceX Dragon’s trunk, and once installed, will help provide a 20% to 30% increase in power for space station research and operations.
Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at Kennedy. Attendance for this launch is open to U.S. citizens. U.S. media must apply by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 15. Media wishing to take part in person must apply for credentials at:
[https://media.ksc.nasa.gov](https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/)
Cargo resupply by U.S. companies significantly increases NASA’s ability to conduct more investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory. Those investigations lead to new technologies, medical treatments, and products that improve life on Earth. Other U.S. government agencies, private industry, and academic and research institutions can also conduct microgravity research through our partnership with the ISS National Laboratory.
Humans have occupied the space station continuously since November 2000. In that time, 266 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have [visited the orbital outpost](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/visitors-to-the-station-by-country/). It remains the springboard to NASA’s next great leap in exploration, including future missions to the Moon under Artemis, and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.
For more information about commercial resupply missions, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialresupply
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Press Contacts
Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
Stephanie Plucinsky / Brittney Thorpe
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-876-2468
Sandra Jones
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111