SpaceX docks at Space Station – One America News Network

November 28, 2022 Geri Berry US 0

A Crew Dragon spacecraft flight simulator is seen during a media tour of SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on August 13, 2018 in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX plans to use the spaceship Crew Dragon, a passenger version of the robotic Dragon cargo ship, to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time since the Space Shuttle program was retired in 2011. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) — A Crew Dragon spacecraft flight simulator is seen during a media tour of SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on August 13, 2018 in Hawthorne, California.(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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SpaceX has arrived at the International Space Station.

The Dragon Spacecraft docked on Sunday. It was carrying roughly 7,500 pounds of cargo, supplies and experiments.

Dragon separation. The unpiloted Cargo Dragon capsule has deployed from the Falcon 9 rocket to begin its pursuit of the International Space Station. SpaceX’s 26th cargo mission to the station is set to dock there at 7:30am EST (1230 GMT) tomorrow. https://t.co/uZfRHzcKHt pic.twitter.com/xbnGVVTxoT

— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) November 26, 2022

SpaceX is the first private spacecraft that can carry seven people to and from the International Space Station.

“And we do have a confirmed soft capture at 6:39 a.m. Central, 7:39 a.m. Eastern, while the International Space Station was flying over the Pacific Ocean,” a NASA launch official said.

The International Space Station will eventually carry six rollout solar arrays which will give the station a 20% energy supply boost.

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