And liftoff... After a successful launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s ‪#‎Dragon‬ spacecraft is beginning its two-day orbital pursuit of the International Space Station (ISS). Tucked in the trunk of the the Dragon is an expandable structure that has the potential to revolutionize work and life on the space station. The cargo will allow investigators to use microgravity conditions to test the viability of expandable space habitats, assess the impact of antibodies on muscle wasting, use protein crystal growth to aid the design of new disease-fighting drugs and investigate how microbes could affect the health of the crew and their equipment over a long duration mission. Credit: NASA #nasa #space #spacex #launch #iss #spacestation #astronauts #falcon #dragon #isscargo #science