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Ładunek OCO-3 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3) zostanie zainstalowany na zewnątrz ISS
NASA moves ahead with cargo Dragon launch after Crew Dragon anomalyby Jeff Foust — April 22, 2019. Updated April 24 2:30 p.m. with SpaceX statement on droneship lading.
(...) SpaceX confirmed April 24 that the company will most likely attempt to
land the Falcon 9 first stage on a droneship rather than Landing Zone 1 “to ensure the integrity of the area and preserve valuable information.” (...)
The Dragon’s cargo will feature nearly 1,700 kilograms of science payloads. They include a number of biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, such as several “tissue chip” experiments that, in microgravity, could allow for accelerated testing of treatments for diseases. Another experiment, called the Photobioreactor, will test the ability to grow algae in space that could be used for food on future long-duration space missions.
The Dragon is also carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) 3 experiment that will be mounted on the exterior of the station. The $110 million payload, which NASA sought to cancel in its fiscal year 2018 and 2019 budget requests, will measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, providing continuity should the existing OCO-2 spacecraft stop operating.
OCO-3 orbit’s on the ISS will be different from that of OCO-2, which is in a sun-synchronous orbit. “The opportunity to go to the International Space Station is actually really exciting and adds some new features,” said Annmarie Eldering, OCO-3 project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, during the briefing, such as the ability to see the same area at different times of day to measure diurnal variations in carbon dioxide levels. (...)
https://spacenews.com/nasa-moves-ahead-with-cargo-dragon-launch-after-crew-dragon-anomaly/
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