The capsule was sent to supply with 2.2 tons of supplies at 6 astronauts currently living on the International Space Station
January 10, 2015 – 8:19 a.m.
The private firm SpaceX launched today for the fifth time the Dragon capsule to supply with 2.2 tons of supplies at 6 astronauts currently living on the International Space Station (ISS) and perform for the first time with an essay splashdown of the rocket Falcon 9.
capsule was launched into orbit at 4:47 AM from Cape Canaveral (Florida) as planned, after the last attempt, which took place last Tuesday, the takeoff just one minute and 21 seconds of the scheduled time is canceled technical problems in the rocket.
This is the fifth such mission after the success of the previous four, but this time, when Dragon is in orbit and routed to the ISS, SpaceX intends that the first phase of the Falcon 9 discards and land in a controlled manner on a floating platform over the Atlantic, about 320 kilometers east of the city of Jacksonville, also in Florida.
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