Dragon's first private spacecraft connected to ISS

On October 10, NASA announced that the Dragon cargo ship launched by the Space Technology Expedition Group (SpaceX) on October 7 successfully connected to the Station. International cosmos (ISS).

According to NASA, two of the six crew members used a robotic arm to support the connection between the Dragon and ISS around 6 am (local time), 10:56 pm (GMT), 30 minutes faster than planned.

Before completing the "attachment" to the ISS, astronauts on ISS took about two hours to check out Dragon's current status with the help of camcorders.

This is the first time a private company 's cargo spacecraft has assembled with ISS under a $ 1.6 billion four - year agreement between NASA and SpaceX to "fill the gap" for capital roles. made by NASA's "retirement" fleet.

Dragon brought up ISS 400kg of equipment and materials for the scientific research work of the astronauts on this station, in addition to carrying food, clothes and many other necessities for the crew including two Americans, one Japanese and three Russians.

Dragon is currently the only spacecraft that can carry items from ISS to Earth and during the return scheduled for October 28, the ship will carry over 500kg of equipment and materials.