NASA has opened media accreditation for SpaceX’s 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than October from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will use a Falcon 9 rocket to send a Dragon spacecraft carrying scientific investigations, supplies and equipment to the orbital laboratory. Accreditation is available to U.S. media covering prelaunch and launch activities. Applications must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1 through NASA’s media accreditation website. Approved applicants will receive confirmation by email. The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to deliver the final sets of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, which astronauts will install during future spacewalks. The arrays are expected to provide additional power for station operations, including preparations for its eventual controlled deorbit. The mission also will carry experiments involving artificial retinas, 3D heart-cell models, microgravity glass formation and brain organoids. NASA said the research could support advances in vision restoration, drug testing and treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. Post navigation Seven Arrested in Brazil Drug Crackdown