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[b]SpaceX CRS-17 Mission Overview[/b] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the CRS-17 Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The 17th flight under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with SpaceX, the Dragon will deliver more than 5,500 pounds (2,495 kg) of research, logistics and spare hardware for the Expedition 59/60 crew including: [list][*]NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3), which will be installed robotically on the exterior of the space station's Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility Unit, where it will measure and map carbon dioxide from space to increase our understanding of the relationship between carbon and climate. [*]NASA's Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6), an X-ray communication investigation that will be used to perform a space-based demonstration of a new technology for generating beams of modulated X-rays. This technology may be useful for providing efficient communication to deep space probes, or communicating with hypersonic vehicles where plasma sheaths prevent traditional radio communications. [*]Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is launching the first of multiple experiments to advance a drug delivery technology that uses nanoparticles as drug carriers to provide targeted and controlled-release therapies. Characteristics such as particle size distribution and morphology are key to effective nanoparticle drug delivery systems, and microgravity allows researchers to study these properties in a new way. [*]The National Cancer Institute's protein crystal growth investigation to grow high-quality crystals of the Taspase1 enzyme. Results could help researchers develop drugs to treat cancers such as leukemia, certain types of breast cancer, and glioblastoma (an aggressive brain cancer). [*]Four tissue chip investigations, including studies aimed at better understanding the blood-brain barrier, which could help reveal the mechanisms behind neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease, and exploring pathways that could lead to new treatments for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, which affects millions of people.[/list] The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-17 mission previously supported the CRS-12 mission in August 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover the Falcon 9's first stage on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRS-17 Dragon will return to Earth with more than 4,200 pounds (1,905 kg) of cargo after spending about four weeks at the space station.
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