UPDATE March 14: The launch went as planned. On Tuesday, March 14 SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 launched carrying Dragon’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-27) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
An all woman recovery crew attended to the 178th successful recovery of the orbital rocket. Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station on Thursday, March 16 at approximately 7:52 a.m. ET (11:52 UTC).
March 13: SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, March 14 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-27) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 8:30 p.m. ET (00:30 UTC on March 15) and a backup launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, March 15 at 8:08 p.m. ET (00:08 UTC on March 16).
This is the seventh flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, and three Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9 will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. CRS-27 is the third flight for this Dragon spacecraft, which previously flew CRS-22 and CRS-24 to the space station.
Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station on Thursday, March 16 at approximately 7:52 a.m. ET (11:52 UTC).