SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 24 for launch of its eighteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-18) at 6:24 p.m. EDT, or 22:24 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about nine minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on Friday, July 26. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, July 25 at 6:01 p.m. EDT, or 22:01 UTC.

The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-18 mission previously supported the CRS-6 mission in April 2015 and the CRS-13 mission in December 2017, as indicated by the two International Space Station decals shown below. In addition, this Dragon spacecraft bears the Apollo 50th anniversary logo in honor of NASA's historic Moon landing on July 20, 1969.

Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover Falcon 9's first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's live launch coverage will begin about 15 minutes before liftoff. To watch SpaceX's live launch webcast or to learn more about the mission, visit SPACEX

Thanks for the heads up.

Wow, I still find all that amazing.

Thanks yet again for another heads up on a cool event. If it weren't for Rocky I'd never see any of that stuff.

Blast off!!!

Webcast will go live in about five minutes.

I get these threads now.

Watching the booster come down and land itself, sometimes on a robot barge, never ceases to amaze.

No go today. Weather was the issue. They'll try again tomorrow at 6:01 pm Eastern.

See you then!

Well that sucked. Here's a fill in.

Try number two...

About 45 minutes to scheduled liftoff now. My amateur eye says the weather is much improved and should be acceptable for launch and the booster's return to land. Here's the webcast LINK again for your convenience.

Thank you Rocky for the heads up. That was awesome to watch.

Watching the cameras on the booster as it returns and lands never ceases to astound me. I distinctly recall hearing senior engineers at NASA saying all that was impossible. Ha!

That’s so cool!!

They might have been right, then. Today, enough advances in material science, computer and software steering, it is IS no longer impossible.

True enough, Dutch. They used to say moving at over 30 mph would be fatal to humans. Then they said that going supersonic was impossible.

I have seen a bunch of launches, but the video selection on this one was great! Got to see the engine articulation as the booster landed as well! Looked like it moved the 1st stage quite a ways laterally on landing....right in the center of the "X"! I got a feeling that they will be able to "save" the 2nd stage before long.