SpaceX's 22nd ISS resupply mission on behalf of NASA and the first under the CRS-2 contract, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using the cargo variant of SpaceX's new Dragon 2 spacecraft. Cargo includes several science experiments, and the external payload is the first two ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA). [...]
SpaceX has started flying their new Dragon 2 capsule for both their Crew Dragon missions as well as their new Cargo Dragon missions as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 contract. In this #TwoMinuteTuesday episode, we talk about the differences between the Dragon 1 and Dragon 2 capsules from SpaceX and how their [...]
SpaceX's 21st ISS resupply mission on behalf of NASA and the first under the CRS-2 contract, this mission brings essential supplies to the International Space Station using the cargo variant of SpaceX's new Dragon 2 spacecraft. Cargo includes several science experiments, and the external payload is the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock. Although the boosters for most [...]
After a beautiful and successful late night launch on Friday, the SpaceX Dragon 1 cargo capsule arrived to the International Space Station on Monday, March 9, 2020 after performing on orbit maneuvers to catch up to the station over the course of two days.
SpaceX launched their Dragon 1 cargo capsule full of supplies and bound for the International Space Station for the final time on March 6, 2020 at approximately 11:50pm EST from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of their CRS-20 mission supporting NASA's Commercial Resupply Services Phase 1 contract.
