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Cargo mission to ISS

May 6 , 2019 2031 days 966 0
  • SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft on a cargo mission for NASA to International Space Station (ISS).
  • It was launched on a ‘Falcon 9’ rocket, from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It is being used for first time.
  • It carries of research, supplies and hardware for astronauts living and working on ISS as part of the CRS-17 mission (17th resupply mission).
  • It will remain at ISS for about four weeks before coming back to Earth with more than 1,900 kg of research and return cargo.

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