NASA, Space X target Thursday for resupply mission to space station

NASA and SpaceX are targeting on Thursday to launch the 30thcommercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, the agency said on Monday.

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will deliver new scientific investigations, food, supplies, and equipment to the international crew. NASA and its partners will send studies aboard the mission on plant metabolism in space and a set of new sensors for free-flying Astrobee robots to provide 3D mapping capabilities.

The spacecraft is expected to spend about a month attached to the orbiting outpost before it returns to Earth with research and cargo, splashing down off the coast of Florida.