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[b]SpaceX CRS-13 Mission Overview[/b] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the CRS-13 Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The 13th flight under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with SpaceX, CRS-13 will deliver more than 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg) of research, supplies and hardware for the space station's Expedition 53/54 crews, including: [list][*]Made in Space's Fiber Optics payload, which will test manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment; [*]LaunchPad Medical's investigation using synthetic bone material to accelerate bone repair; [*]NASA’s Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS), a new instrument that will measure the Sun’s energy input to Earth, and Space Debris Sensor, an external tool which will measure the orbital debris environment around the space station; [*]Budweiser's Barley Germination and Malting in Microgravity experiment, which will explore the effects of spaceflight on the germination of strains of barley (Hordeum vulgare), including proprietary strains under development.[/list] Following separation, the Falcon 9's first stage will return to SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. CRS-13 is the first launch of a Dragon on a flight-proven Falcon 9 first stage. The booster previously launched SpaceX's CRS-11 mission in June 2017. The CRS-13 Dragon earlier flew on CRS-6 in 2015. The launch will be the first from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida since the pad was damaged by a failed static fire in September 2016.
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