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22 am, the United States Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Dragon spacecraft launched to the ISS, which is the human ships first commercial launch spacecraft to the station.
Carrying nearly 500 kg of cargoCoach Outlet
U.S. Space Agency's live television show, local time, 3:44, equipped with the "Dragon" spacecraft "Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. The launch, originally planned for February, due to technical failures several times postponed.
If all goes well, the "Dragon" spacecraft visit is the first time by the private sector spacecraft to space station resupply. However, the U.S. Space Agency and the Space Exploration Technologies on the "Dragon" spacecraft this trip cautious.
McAllister, Acting Director of the Space Agency commercial flight R & D projects, said: "This is just a test flight, the Space Agency this as a learning opportunity." Space Exploration Technologies 21, said: "The demonstration flight with a high risk, its purpose is identify and resolve potential problems. "Dragon" spacecraft is about 6.1 m, a diameter of about 3.7 meters, this line to carry 500 kg of cargo, mainly food and clothing, etc., once the task fails, the loss will not have too much.
Close to the space station "examination"Coach Factory Outlet
As planned, the "dragon" on the 24th from about 2.5 km below the space station flew over and a series of orbital maneuvers and equipment testing to confirm its communications and navigation systems in a controlled state. European and Japanese cargo ship before docking for the first time have to experience a similar program.
If you pass the test, the U.S. space agency issued a docking instructions. "Dragon" will "stick" about 10 meters below the space station flight, two space station astronauts to manipulate the robotic arm to capture the "Dragon" spacecraft and the implementation of the docking. "Dragon" will be docked about two weeks, then will host more than 600 kilograms of payload return to Earth. After the success of this mission, the Space Exploration Technologies is expected from the Space Agency contract worth $ 1.6 billion, 12 launches cargo spacecraft to the station.
Space Exploration Technologies successfully test-fired in 2010 "Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft model sent to the corresponding track, which became the first experimental spacecraft into low Earth orbit and control its return to private enterprises.
Intends to three years after the launch manned spacecraft
By design, the "dragon" or adapted to also transport astronauts. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation intends to launch a manned spacecraft in 2015. Coach Outlet Online
After retiring last year, the U.S. space shuttle, to transport personnel and cargo to the International Space Station, "the burden of" fell on Russia's shoulders. Currently, NASA encourages private businesses to develop "space bus" and from the International Space Station (ISS), space exploration technology companies, four companies in the competition this project.
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