SpaceX CRS-17, also known as SpX-17, was a Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS) to the

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that was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on 4 May 2019. The mission was contracted by

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and was flown by

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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. Due to a Dragon 2 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. Cargo in unpressurized section included the

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(OCO-3) and STP-H6.

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NASA

SpaceX official page for the Dragon spacecraft

Launch date update
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmvY8ZmN0Ic {{DEFAULTSORT:CRS 017 SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft launched in 2019 SpaceX payloads contracted by NASA Supply vehicles for the International Space Station Spacecraft which reentered in 2019

Launch schedule history

Primary payload

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