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The SpaceX Dragon load car is grappled by a International Space Station’s robotic arm Sunday morning.
NASA TV
The SpaceX Dragon load car is grappled by a International Space Station’s robotic arm Sunday morning.
NASA TV
The Dragon has been captured. The SpaceX unmanned qualification connected with a International Space Station during 5:31 a.m. ET, NASA tweeted. The booster arrived a day late due to automatic problems after Friday’s launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
“As they say, it’s not where we start, though where we finish that counts, and we guys unequivocally finished this one on a mark,†space hire commander Kevin Ford said, according to The Associated Press.
NASA open affairs officer Trent Perrotto tells a Newscast Desk a Dragon’s induce should be non-stop Monday.
“This Dragon spacecraft’s delivering about 1,200 pounds of reserve that will continue to support space hire investigate experiments,†he says.
The AP lists some of a apparatus on board: “640 seeds of a flowering weed used for research, rodent branch cells, food and garments for a 6 group on house a space station, rabble bags, mechanism equipment, atmosphere purifiers, spacewalking collection and batteries.â€
The Dragon will stay hitched to a space hire until it earnings during a finish of March. At that point, NASA says, it will conduct behind with some-more than 2,600 pounds of investigate samples and equipment.
Friday night, SpaceX owner Elon Musk tweeted his appreciation to NASA.
