CRS-12
Success
AUG 14201716:31:00 UTCFirst flight of Falcon 9 Block 4 — an interim uprating with higher Merlin thrust that bridged the gap between Block 3 and the final Block 5 configuration. The Dragon capsule, C113, was the last newly built Dragon in the original cargo fleet; from then on, every cargo Dragon to fly was a refurbished capsule. The mission also delivered the CREAM cosmic-ray detector for external installation on Kibo.
LIFTOFF
AUG 14 201716:31:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39AKennedy
aboardFalcon 9 B4F9-039intoLEO
Booster
B1039.1
Landed on ground pad · LZ-1
Payloads · 5
- 01
SpaceX CRS-12 (Dragon C113.1)
ISS logistics
- 02
OSIRIS-3U
Space weather
- 03
Kestrel Eye 2M
Reconnaissance
- 04
Dellingr/RBLE
Technology demonstration / Heliophysics
- 05
ASTERIA
Technology demonstration
