The International Space Station will receive 5,800 pounds of supplies and other cargo, including science experiments, when it launches from the Kennedy Space Center on November 6.

Approximately 100 million tons of dust will be lifted into the atmosphere each year by the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT).

The Sahara dust brought brilliant sunsets last summer, fertilizing the Amazon soil and providing nutrients to coral in the Caribbean. It also affects air quality, and snow melt rate, and poses health risks to asthmatics.

As dust blows across the planet, it can impact climate, weather, vegetation, and more. The atmosphere is heated by dark-colored minerals, while the atmosphere is cooled by light-colored mineral dust. EMIT helps scientists better understand dust impacts in the atmosphere by mapping it.

A second experiment is being conducted by Procter & Gamble to explore ways of cleaning clothes in space, using a product that you may already have in your household laundry room.

International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is conducting a study on how Tide To Go's stain-removing ingredients would perform in microgravity.

To test the new stains, astronauts will also analyze stains that were applied to fabric swatches before launch to determine if they were 'fresh stains' from the orbiting laboratory.

“Sriracha hot sauce will be one of the things we'll test,” said Jennifer Ahoni, director of scientific communications at P&G. “We're going to use that to see how it stands up to microgravity when astronauts use it.”

Combined with what was learned from using a fully degradable detergent during the last cargo flight, this study may be able to help solve the longstanding problem of laundry in space. They hope to gain insights that could improve the production of products for consumers, particularly in areas with scarce water.

Project BeaverCube, a collaboration between MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is among the total CubeSats measuring about the size of a loaf of bread. We will use this mission to measure cloud tops and the ocean surface to gain a better understanding of phytoplankton concentrations, which affect climate and weather significantly.

Using the Landsat 8 satellite seen above, BeaverCube's proposal provides insight into water pollution following Hurricane Florence in 2018. The CubeSat uses low-cost, off-the-shelf components to see in the visible spectrum (top) and infrared spectrum (bottom).

A tiled ionic liquid electrospray (TILE) propulsion system will also be demonstrated on this mission. They rotate the spacecraft into position for cameras and other sensors to perform their work, which is about the size of two packs of playing cards and weighs just over a pound.

The rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday at 8:44 p.m. EDT. You can watch live on NASA TV below or SpaceX's website. Depending on the weather, eastern North Carolinians might be able to see the rocket as it rises from right to left.

It is estimated that 70% of launch conditions will be favorable, according to the 45th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Space Force.