The space station has caught a dragon. Specifically, in mid-April, the International Space Station captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule sent to
resupply the orbiting outpost. Pictured
above, the station's Canadarm2
had just grabbed the commercial spaceship. The Dragon capsule was filled
with over 5000 lbs (2260 kilos) of supplies and experiments to be used by the
current band of six ISS astronauts that compose Expedition 39, as well as the
six astronauts that compose Expedition 40. After docking with the ISS, the
Dragon capsule was unloaded and eventually released, splashing down> in the
Pacific Ocean on May
18. The current Expedition
40 crew, now complete, will apply themselves to many tasks including the
deployment of the Napor-mini
RSA experiment which will use phased array radar and a
small optical telescope to monitor possible emergency
situations on the Earth below.
June 02, 2014
Caught a dragon
The space station has caught a dragon. Specifically, in mid-April, the International Space Station captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule sent to
resupply the orbiting outpost. Pictured
above, the station's Canadarm2
had just grabbed the commercial spaceship. The Dragon capsule was filled
with over 5000 lbs (2260 kilos) of supplies and experiments to be used by the
current band of six ISS astronauts that compose Expedition 39, as well as the
six astronauts that compose Expedition 40. After docking with the ISS, the
Dragon capsule was unloaded and eventually released, splashing down> in the
Pacific Ocean on May
18. The current Expedition
40 crew, now complete, will apply themselves to many tasks including the
deployment of the Napor-mini
RSA experiment which will use phased array radar and a
small optical telescope to monitor possible emergency
situations on the Earth below.
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