SpaceX cargo ship primed for first operational station flight
An unmanned cargo capsule built by SpaceX under a $1.6 billion commercial contract with NASA was prepared for launch Sunday on its first operational flight to the International Space Station, a milestone mission intended to restore the agency’s ability to deliver critical components and supplies to the lab complex and to bring hardware and experiment samples back to Earth.
The Dragon capsule, perched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was scheduled for liftoff from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:35 p.m. EDT, roughly the moment Earth’s rotation carries the pad…
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