WATCH ABOVE: SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday (April 20), bearing supplies and equipment for the station’s crew. This is the Dragon attaching to the station itself, it occurred over Brazil.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space station astronauts have received a special Easter treat: a cargo ship full of supplies.
The shipment arrived Sunday morning via a Dragon, versus a bunny.
The SpaceX company’s cargo ship, Dragon, spent two days chasing the International Space Station following its launch from Cape Canaveral. Astronauts used a robot arm to capture the capsule about 420 kilometres up.
More than 2 tons of food, spacewalking gear and experiments fill the Dragon, including mating fruit flies, a little veggie hothouse and legs for the resident robot. NASA also packed family care packages for the six spacemen.
On Wednesday, the stakes will be even higher when the crew conducts a spacewalk to replace a dead computer. NASA wants a reliable backup in place as soon as possible. This one failed April 11.
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