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Elon Musk's SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship carrying a supercomputer to the International Space Station (ISS) today.
The supercomputer is hoped to help direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.
The goal is to test the computer for one year to see if it can operate in the harsh conditions of space - about the same amount of time as it would take for astronauts to arrive at Mars.
The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31pm ET (5:31pm BST) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Dragon is packed with 6,400lbs (2,900 kg) of supplies, including a sophisticated supercomputer made by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), called The Spaceborne Computer.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2304.html
About 10 minutes after launch, the rocket will attempt to make a controlled landing back on solid ground at Cape Canaveral, as part of SpaceX's ongoing effort to re-use rocket components after each take-off.
The weather forecast is 70 per cent favourable for launch, but if the launch is delayed for any reason, the next attempt would have to wait until next week.
This is due to a spacewalk planned for Thursday by Russian cosmonauts, who will deploy a series of satellites from the ISS
Another experiment on board is designed to help scientists study Parkinson's disease in greater detail in the hopes of finding better treatments.
Un-impeded by gravity, protein crystals can grow larger in space.
Scientists hope to use this environment to help them understand an important protein in Parkinson´s disease, known as Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2).
webcast which starts 2 hours from now
The supercomputer is hoped to help direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.
The goal is to test the computer for one year to see if it can operate in the harsh conditions of space - about the same amount of time as it would take for astronauts to arrive at Mars.
The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31pm ET (5:31pm BST) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Dragon is packed with 6,400lbs (2,900 kg) of supplies, including a sophisticated supercomputer made by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), called The Spaceborne Computer.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2304.html
About 10 minutes after launch, the rocket will attempt to make a controlled landing back on solid ground at Cape Canaveral, as part of SpaceX's ongoing effort to re-use rocket components after each take-off.
The weather forecast is 70 per cent favourable for launch, but if the launch is delayed for any reason, the next attempt would have to wait until next week.
This is due to a spacewalk planned for Thursday by Russian cosmonauts, who will deploy a series of satellites from the ISS
Another experiment on board is designed to help scientists study Parkinson's disease in greater detail in the hopes of finding better treatments.
Un-impeded by gravity, protein crystals can grow larger in space.
Scientists hope to use this environment to help them understand an important protein in Parkinson´s disease, known as Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2).
webcast which starts 2 hours from now