Some of you readers may have forgotten – or been unaware –
that the United States relies upon Russia to deliver crew to the International
Space Station (ISS). Today is an
important day because a launch occurred early this morning that will hopefully
eliminate that dependence.
NASA
At 1:49 AM
CST a SpaceX vehicle called Crew Dragon was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space
Flight Center in Florida. Within 10 minutes the capsule began its orbit around
the earth and a planned rendezvous with the ISS tomorrow.
NASA
This is an unmanned mission and if successful
will likely keep SpaceX on schedule for a manned mission in June. Following the Dragon’s docking the ISS crew
will off-load 400 pounds of supplies.
Check your local listings for a live broadcast tomorrow - March 3rd at 9:30 CST.
Complete coverage of today's events - including video - can be found here.
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