NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Upcoming SpaceX ISS Resupply Mission

• NASA is accepting media accreditation applications for the 35th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
• The launch is targeted for no earlier than October from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, utilizing a Falcon 9 rocket.
• U.S.-based media must submit applications by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Mission Cargo and Objectives

• The mission will transport food, crew supplies, equipment, and scientific research investigations.
• Key equipment includes the final sets of the International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSA), which will complete the station’s power augmentation and support its future controlled deorbit.
• Scientific payloads on this mission include:
  • Hardware to manufacture artificial retinas in microgravity to help restore vision for patients.
  • 3D heart cell models for advanced drug testing.
  • Materials to study glass formation in microgravity.
  • Brain organoids aimed at identifying potential treatment targets for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.