As reported by USA Today: SpaceX is targeting a 6:10 p.m. ET launch on Sunday of the Deep Space
Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, NASA confirmed Friday.
The mission is a collaboration between NASA, the Air Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
After
launch, SpaceX again will try to land the Falcon 9 rocket booster an ocean platform. The first try last month resulted in the rocket hitting
the "autonomous spaceport drone ship" with a fiery crash that did not
cause extensive damage.
Though it hasn't landed a booster
successfully yet, SpaceX last week released a concept video showing all three boosters from a Falcon Heavy rocket, which has not yet launched,
flying back to a landing pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
SpaceX
last week also revealed a picture of the Dragon capsule it will use to
test a key system needed for future human missions to the International
Space Station, targeted for 2017.
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