Step 1: LaunchCredit: SpaceXCommercial
space firm SpaceX plans to launch the first non-governmental spaceship
to dock with the International Space Station May 19.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule is due to deliver food, supplies and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory as a test mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, aimed at spurring development of replacement cargo ferries for the retired space shuttles.
Here's how the robotic mission will play out:
The Dragon capsule is set to lift off aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX has use of the facility's Space Launch Complex 40. The initial ascent is powered by Falcon 9's first stage, consisting of nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule is due to deliver food, supplies and science experiments to the orbiting laboratory as a test mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, aimed at spurring development of replacement cargo ferries for the retired space shuttles.
Here's how the robotic mission will play out:
The Dragon capsule is set to lift off aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX has use of the facility's Space Launch Complex 40. The initial ascent is powered by Falcon 9's first stage, consisting of nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines.
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