Pre-Launch Status of Next SpaceX Mission to the ISS

A press briefing was held on July 16 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to provide a prelaunch status update on the next SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is targeting liftoff on the company's Falcon 9 rocket on July 18 at 12:45 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida, carrying science research, crew supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory in support of the Expedition 48 and 49 crew members.