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The first of three launches from the International Space Station

Jan. 1, 2018 by Catherine Pope

The first of three launches from the International Space Station on Tuesday will be used to test SpaceX's launch system. On Wednesday, they'll be used to test and validate a Falcon 9 rocket, which will test new landing techniques and launch tests for the new Dragon.

On Thursday, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will get used to test and validate the new Dragon spacecraft. The first stage will be used to test the Dragon spacecraft for safety tests, to assess the impact of the launch vehicle on its landing site. We've got everything in a video below that explains everything from the launch, to the mission, to the landing, and more.

I've posted about the Dragon here at Rocket News. And here it is in the comments, as well:

This is the second and final Dragon mission from SpaceX. On October 31, 2017, the company announced it had completed the initial flight of the Dragon spacecraft, which will be launched at a scheduled launch pad in Houston the day before Christmas. The Dragon spacecraft is a part of the Commercial Crew Launch Vehicle (CCLV) system, a system designed to allow for the first stage of a spacecraft on the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft comes on a mission to collect samples for a microbial-based analysis of Mars soil samples during a mission to Mars. The spacecraft also will be carrying an unmanned lander, which will help with the first stage landing attempt.

The Dragon mission is a joint project of SpaceX, the U.S. government and the United Science and Technology Directorate (USTC). The SpaceX team has been working with NASA's Ames Research Center for more than three decades on the mission to collect Martian samples for microbial analysis.

On Friday, the Dragon spacecraft will be put through its paces for some real action. As the mission progresses, the spacecraft will be deployed in a robotic arm to take the first steps into a long-duration, high-temperature descent to Mars. From there, the Dragon will land the spacecraft for its own safety tests.

The first stage will land the Dragon spacecraft on a pad in the California desert, where it will be loaded with soil samples for the microbial analysis and the human experiments that will ultimately be published in a journal, Space Science Reviews.

The first stage will also have a test pad to test its new technology and its payload. This test pad will be dedicated to testing Dragon's Falcon engines. The Dragon will also be fitted with a second stage that will test its reusable landing pads.

The Dragon's first stage rocket will