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Cargo Dragon carries out commercial missions to deliver cargo to the ISS. NASA is also developing a USDV vehicle for future station deorbiting.
The Cargo Dragon cargo ship, as part of the 35th commercial mission to deliver cargo into low-Earth orbit, will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than October 13, NASA said.
“NASA and SpaceX plan to launch scientific research, cargo and equipment to the International Space Station no earlier than Thursday, October 13,” the agency said.
In total, the Cargo Dragon spacecraft will deliver 2.8 tons of cargo to the ISS.
Previously, NASA launched the Crew-13 mission with Russian cosmonaut Sergei Teteryatnikov to the ISS.
Also in October, Dana Weigel, who oversees low-Earth orbit programs at NASA, announced that the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) for flooding the ISS will be ready in the second half of 2028.
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The launch of the Cargo Dragon cargo ship will take place no earlier than October 13.
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On the night of October 9, Russians will be able to watch the Draconid meteor shower, known as the most unpredictable meteor shower. Its intensity varies from several tens to 700 meteors per hour, and the flow speed is 20 km/s, which makes it more visible due to the reddish tint of the meteors.

An M6.7 class flare was recorded on the Sun - the strongest since the end of summer, occurring close to the center of the solar disk and potentially affecting the Earth, reports the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-12, including Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, successfully completed its mission and splashed down off the coast of California after an eight-month stay on the ISS.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to resume launches of the New Glenn heavy rocket in December after the consequences of the May accident are resolved.

NASA announced that the launch of the US Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of the 35th commercial cargo resupply mission will occur no earlier than October 13 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying over 2.8 tons of supplies including materials for microgravity heart tissue research and set to return the malfunctioning Canadarm2 wrist joint for analysis.

The best time to watch the Draconid meteor shower is the evening of October 8th and the night of October 9th. Expected activity is from 5 to 15 meteors per hour, with possible bursts of up to 400 meteors per hour. The peak of activity will occur at 4:00 Moscow time on October 9.