ISS Work Continues While Country Focuses on Election

Image (Credit): The 31st SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the ISS, seen here, lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, November 4, 2024. (NASA)

On Monday, another uncrewed capsule was launched towards the International Space Station (ISS) to keep its mission going. There was no time to pause , even with an election underway.

A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket launched the loaded Dragon capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Cargo Resupply Services (CRS)-31 mission successfully met up with the station earlier today so that the 6,089 pounds of cargo could be unloaded.

As far as the election, the busy astronauts had an opportunity to be part of today’s election, as noted in an earlier post.