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NASA, SpaceX launches supplies, research to ISS

NASA is sending another research and supplies mission to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's 30th commercial resupply mission on Thursday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is sending another research and supplies mission to the International Space Station on Thursday aboard SpaceX's 30th commercial resupply mission.

The SpaceX Dragon capsule launched at 4:55 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage landed back on land at Cape Canaveral approximately eight minutes after launch.

NASA said that supplies and research are expected to arrive at the ISS at around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday when the spacecraft docks autonomously to the zenith port of the station's Harmony module.

According to NASA, this resupply mission will deliver "new science investigations, supplies, and equipment for the international crew, including tests of technologies to monitor sea ice, automate 3D mapping, and create nanoparticle solar cells."

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