CRS-17 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Friday, May 3 for an instantaneous launch of its seventeenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-17) at 3:11 a.m. EDT, or 7:11 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about 9 minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on Sunday, May 5. An instantaneous backup launch opportunity is available on Saturday, May 4 at 2:48 a.m. EDT, or 6:48 UTC. The Dragon spacecraft that will s