20-04-2025
SpaceX-NASA launch overnight: Everything to know about ISS resupply launch from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX and NASA are teaming up on an early morning resupply mission Monday, April 21, to transport about 6,700 pounds of supplies up to the International Space Station inside a Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX is targeting 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday to launch a Falcon 9 rocket into low-Earth orbit from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Expect pre-dawn Central Florida sonic booms: After soaring skyward along a northeasterly trajectory, the rocket's first-stage booster will return to land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Dragon should arrive and dock autonomously with the ISS about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 22. NASA astronaut and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi will monitor the capsule's arrival from the orbiting outpost.
Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage updates on this page, starting about two hours before the launch target time. When NASA's live webcast kicks off about 3:55 a.m. Monday, we'll post it below alongside our countdown clock.
Then Monday night, a second Falcon 9 should launch the Bandwagon-3 satellite rideshare mission during a window extending from 8:43 p.m. to 9:23 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — making for a doubleheader launch day.
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