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SpaceX launches reused rocket and spacecraft to International Space Station
http://www.dw.com/en/spacex-launches-reused-rocket-and-spacecraft-to-international-space-station/a-43229169SpaceX launches reused rocket and spacecraft to International Space Station
Date 03.04.2018
Author Alexander Pearson
The private company's Falcon 9 rocket fitted with a Dragon capsule blasted off from Cape Canaveral in the southern US state of Florida on Monday at 4:30 p.m. local time (2030 UTC), as part of a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon separated from the Falcon 10 minutes after take-off and is set to dock with the ISS on Wednesday.
The US space agency NASA, which contracted the launch, said the spacecraft was carrying more than 2,600 kilograms (5,800 pounds) of supplies and equipment for the ISS. The cargo included materials that ISS astronauts would use to conduct experiments on how human beings and plants behave in space, the agency said.
SpaceX, which is owned by engineering mogul Elon Musk, had previously used part of the Falcon 9 in an August 2017 launch and the Dragon in an April 2016 launch.
This was the 14th resupply mission that SpaceX has carried out for NASA under its contract and its second combining recycled Dragon and Falcon parts.
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