ORLANDO, Fla. — The shipment ran a little late, but SpaceX sent up its Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-25 resupply run to the International Space Station on Thursday night.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 8:44 p.m. with more than 5,800 pounds of cargo. The launch was delayed from June 10 after teams detected hydrazine vapor in the spacecraft, and ultimately decided to replace the vehicle’s parachutes.
The first stage booster flew for the fifth time having previously launched the CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B and Crew-4 missions. SpaceX once again recovered the booster on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. The Dragon capsule previously flew to the ISS on CRS-21 and CRS-23.
