SpaceX CRS-17, also known as SpX-17, was a
Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS) to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...
that was launched aboard a
Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable medium lift launch vehicle that can carry cargo and crew into Earth orbit, produced by American aerospace company SpaceX.
The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries the second stage and payl ...
rocket on 4 May 2019. The mission was contracted by
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
and was flown by
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...
.
Launch schedule history
In February 2016, it was announced that NASA had awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for five additional CRS missions (
CRS-16 to
CRS-20).
[ In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for October 2018,][ but by January 2019 this had been pushed back to April 2019.]Dragon 2
Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed and manufactured by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX has also launched private missions such as Ins ...
test anomaly on 20 April 2019, SpaceX needed to acquire a permit to allow landing on the drone ship, "Of Course I Still Love You". The ship was stationed just downrange "to ensure the integrity of the area and preserve valuable information".
Primary payload
Total weight of the cargo on the CRS-17 mission was , consisting of in the pressurized section and 965 kg in the unpressurized section.
See also
* Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS) are made primarily to deliver cargo, however several Russian modules have also docked to the outpost following uncrewed launches. Resupply missions typically use the Russian Progress s ...
References
External links
*
NASA
SpaceX official page for the Dragon spacecraft
Launch date update
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmvY8ZmN0Ic
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SpaceX Dragon
Spacecraft launched in 2019
SpaceX payloads contracted by NASA
Supply vehicles for the International Space Station
Spacecraft which reentered in 2019