July 13, 2017Witness the next SpaceX Cargo Launch to the Space StationSocial media users are invited to register to attend the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch, targeted for August, will be the next commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station.If your passion is to communicate and engage the world via social media, then this is the event for you! Seize the opportunity to be on the front line to blog, tweet or Instagram everything about SpaceX’s twelfth mission to the space station. In addition to supplies and equipment, Dragon will deliver several science investigations to the station.A maximum of 40 social media users will be selected to attend this two-day event, and will be given access similar to news media.NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to: View a launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket Tour NASA facilities at Kennedy Space Center Speak with representatives from NASA and SpaceX View and take photographs of the Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A Meet fellow space enthusiasts who are active on social mediaNASA Social registration for the CRS-12 launch opens on this page on July 13 and the deadline to apply is July 18. All social applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/889515336608907264Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 31m31 minutes agoMore Scimemi’s slide on upcoming SpX-12 states that it will be the last to use “new build” Dragon; rest of CRS missions will be reused capsules.
Aboard Dragon capsule on #CRS12 #CREAM Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass, from high alt ballooning experiments, is going to the ISS. NASA PHOTO
ISS National Lab SpaceX CRS-12 Payload Overview: Michael J. Fox FoundationCenter for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS)Published on 8 Aug 2017The Michael J. Fox Foundation is sending an experiment to the ISS National Lab to investigate the LRRK2 protein, a key target in identifying the makeup of Parkinson's disease.