SpaceX Launches biological printer and Nickelodeon slime aboard Falcon 9 Rocket
By Bloomberg
28 July 2019 |
5:46 pm
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carried aloft cargo including a 3D biological printer and Nickelodeon’s iconic slime from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shortly after 6 p.m. local time in Florida. It’s the 18th delivery mission that closely held Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has performed for NASA to resupply the orbiting lab.
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