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Line 73: }} '''SpaceX CRS-18''', also known as '''SpX-18''', was [[SpaceX]]'s 18th flight to the [[International Space Station]] under the [[Commercial Resupply Services]] program for [[NASA]]. It was launched on 25 July 2019 aboard a [[Falcon 9]] rocket.<ref name="sfn-schedule">{{cite web \|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ \|title=Launch Schedule \|work=Spaceflight Now \|date=July 19, 2019 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|last=SpaceX\|title=CRS-18 Mission\|date=July 25, 2019\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlgrxVuP5jk\|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref> The same [[SpaceX Dragon\|Dragon]] capsule has previously flown to the ISS in [[SpaceX CRS-6\|April 2015]] and [[SpaceX CRS-13\|December 2017]].<ref>{{Cite tweet\|number=1152361282982465536\|user=SpaceX\|title=The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously visited the @space_station in April 2015 and December 2017\|date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> This was the first time a capsule was used for a third flight. Line 90: * External payloads: IDA-3 {{convert\|534\|kg\|lb\|0\|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=SpaceX's Cargo Dragon to Deliver New Space Station Docking Adapter for Commercial Crew Spacecraft\|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2019/07/12/spacexs-cargo-dragon-to-deliver-new-space-station-docking-adapter-for-commercial-crew-spacecraft/\|website=NASA\|date=July 12, 2019\|language=en}}</ref> The Dragon spacecraft also featured a handful of ceramic heat shield tiles, meant to flight-test a critical component of the [[SpaceX Starship]] spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ralph \|first1=Eric \|title=SpaceX testing ceramic Starship heat shield tiles on flight-proven CRS-18 Cargo Dragon \|url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-heat-shield-cargo-dragon-testing/ \|website=Teslarati \|~~accessdate~~access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref> ==See also== Line 97: ==References== {{Reflist\|30em\|refs= <ref name=sn-20160224spxwinsaddlcrs1>{{cite web \|url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-wins-5-new-space-station-cargo-missions-in-nasa-contract-estimated-at-700-million/ \|title=SpaceX wins 5 new space station cargo missions in NASA contract estimated at $700 million \|last1=de Selding \|first1=Peter B. \|publisher=Space News \|date=February 24, 2016 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> }}

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