SpaceX Dragon arrives at International Space Station, delivers vital cargo
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver its vital freight to the six astronauts living in the station.
The spacecraft reached ISS on Sunday, two days after it dashed towards space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida thanks to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. “It looks like we caught a Dragon,” said British astronaut Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, after he grappled the Dragon with the station’s robotic arm.
The unmanned Dragon carries more than 3,100 kilograms (7,000 pounds) of freight, including food supplies, laboratory experiments and an inflatable room, known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).
The room, now attached to the station, has been sent to test how it stands up to space debris and radiation. It should swell to the size of a small bedroom when filled with air, but it will not be open to use until the end of May.
The SpaceX aerospace company is still reveling in the success of Friday's booster historic landing on the platform of a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, after four previous attempts at water touchdown ended in failure.
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