WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Dragon spacecraft, launched atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will deliver nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies and payloads, including materials to support more than 250 science and research experiments, the release said.
"The launch date would result in a grapple of the Dragon spacecraft on August 16 at approximately 7 a.m. EDT (11 a.m. GMT) by astronauts Jack Fischer of NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] and Paolo Nespoli of ESA [European Space Agency]," the release stated.
The 12:31 p.m. (4:31 p.m. GMT) launch on Monday will begin the 12th commercial resupply services flight for SpaceX, the release noted.
The Dragon spacecraft will spend about one month attached to the space station before returning to Earth for a splashdown off Northern Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the release said.
