SpaceX has successfully launched its 18th cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying a new docking adapter that will enable future commercial crew vehicles to dock to the station.
SpaceX has successfully launched its 18th cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station , carrying a new docking adapter that will enable future commercial crew vehicles to dock to the station – as it also prepares to launch a prototype of its Mars-bound spacecraft.
Dragon separated from the spacecraft nine minutes after the launch, on its way to arriving at the ISS on Saturday, July 27 when it will be captured by the station’s Canadarm2 and berthed to the orbiting outpost. A previous adapter, IDA-2, had been installed on the station in 2016, and was used earlier this year by SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on its
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