NASA highlights science, the new airlock in the next space station refueling mission

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 flight engineer Jessica Meir conducts heart research in the life sciences glove box located in the module of the Japanese Kibo laboratory. The Engineered Heart Tissues investigation could promote a better understanding of heart function under microgravity conditions, which would be useful for drug development and other applications related to heart conditions on Earth.

Credits: NASA

NASA will host a media conference call on Friday November 20 at 1 p.m. EST to discuss scientific investigations and a new privately funded airlock that will be launched on SpaceX’s 21st commercial cargo refueling mission for the agency to the International Space Station. It is SpaceX’s first launch with its second commercial refueling services contract with NASA, and the company will be using the upgraded version of the Dragon cargo spacecraft.

The audio of the conference call will be broadcast live online on:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

SpaceX is targeting 12:50 pm Wednesday, December 2 to launch the Dragon on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.