Dragon Capsule Successfully Retrieved, Docked with Space Station Arm
Dragon has docked at the space station Sunday morning at 4:56 am Alaska Time. The capsule is scheduled to spend the next 22 days docked to the Harmony module of the spacecraft.
Dragon has docked at the space station Sunday morning at 4:56 am Alaska Time. The capsule is scheduled to spend the next 22 days docked to the Harmony module of the spacecraft.
Although now delayed by malfunctions concerning thrusters which slowed down the deployment of solar panels, SpaceX's Dragon capsule will continue to its rendezvous with the space station.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon resupply capsule launched successfully from Cape Canaveral this morning on its mission to re-supply the orbiting space station complex.
Using new technology at the telescope and in laboratories, researchers have discovered an important pair of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space. The discoveries indicate that some basic chemicals that are key steps on the way to life may have formed on dusty ice grains floating between the stars.