![]() ![]() The Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the International Space Station on 17 December 2017 the vehicle was captured by the Canadarm2 at 10:57 UTC and was berthed to the Harmony module's nadir docking port at 13:26 UTC. The CRS-13 mission launched aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket on 15 December 2017 at 15:36:09 UTC from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. SpaceX pushed off the launch to 15 December due to the detection of particulates in the second stage fuel system, taking the time to completely flush out the fuel and liquid oxygen tanks on the first and second stages as a precautionary measure. The flight was then delayed from 13 September, 1 November, 4 December, 12 December, and 13 December 2017. In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for September 2017. In early 2015, NASA awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for three CRS additional missions (CRS-13 to CRS-15). Mission overview Launch of the CRS-13 mission The first stage returned to land at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 after separation of the first and second stage. The first stage of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket was the previously flown, "flight-proven" core from CRS-11. It was the second mission to successfully reuse a Dragon capsule, previously flown on CRS-6. ![]() The mission was contracted by NASA and is flown by SpaceX. SpaceX CRS-13, also known as SpX-13, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 15 December 2017. ![]()
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