SpaceX launched a spacecraft carrying 2.9 tons of cargo onto ISS

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft made the 12th commercial supply flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

Falcon 9 boosters were launched in the state of Florida, USA.(Video: Reuters).

In the 11th mission this year, the Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA on August 14 at 12:31 local time, bringing 2.9 tons of research equipment, hardware and supplies. on Dragon board to ISS, according to Reuters.

This is the last flight of the Dragon ship developed by SpaceX under a contract signed in 2008 with NASA in the Trade Trajectory Relay Service project. SpaceX will continue to participate in the next phase of the program under the new contract.

This is the last flight of the Dragon ship developed by SpaceX under a contract signed in 2008 with NASA.

In addition to Russian-made Soyuz astronaut spacecraft, SpaceX's Dragon is the second spacecraft carrying out flights to ISS, a $ 100 billion project of 15 countries. Before 2019, NASA intended to use a four-seater vehicle developed by SpaceX and Boeing to bring astronauts to ISS.

NASA uses ISS to prepare missions to bring people to the Moon and Mars, develop commercial flights to space, research and produce drugs and many other purposes.