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NASA Invites Media to SpaceX's 35th Resupply Mission to ISS

NASA is opening media accreditation for the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), targeting an October launch from Florida. U.S. media must apply online by October 1st.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission will deliver approximately 6,500 pounds of science, supplies, and equipment.

Cargo includes the final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA) to augment the station's power. It will also carry experiments for manufacturing artificial retinas in microgravity, 3D heart cell models for drug testing, studies on glass formation in space, and brain organoids to research neurodegenerative diseases.

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