SpaceX has firmly established itself as the clear frontrunner in the global move toward the privatization of the space industry over the past few years. Fortunate enough to work with NASA and other national space agencies, SpaceX managed to send a pack of supplies to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX named the module that contained cargo Dragon. It successfully linked up with the rest of the International Space Station early in the morning on Monday, May 6, 2019. The module was launched from Florida on Saturday.
A controllable robot arm was used to help haul in the batch of supplies from SpaceX. The cargo, not counting the shell that was used to transport the items to the astronauts, weighed roughly 5,500 pounds.
The arm helped haul in supplies such as food and materials to fix the International Space Station, hardware to do research with, and much more.
SpaceX made news of the successful completion of its transfer of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on its official Twitter page two days ago.
So far, SpaceX has successfully completed 17 missions to commercially resupply the International Space Station. SpaceX is contracted by NASA and other national space agencies around the globe to send such supplies to the figure.
Right now, the International Space Station has five other modules to which they are docked. The other five crafts were launched by Russia over the past few months. These spacecraft include Progress 71, Progress 72, Soyuz MS-11, Soyuz MS-12, and a space freight container from Northrop Grumman Cygnus.
One of the newest technologies that was passed on to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station is popularly known as that of tissue chips. These chips are biologic detectors of concentrations of compounds that are of particular interest in humans, which test for such compounds by pulling body fluids into its evaluation center.
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will remain joined with the International Space Station for about for weeks. After the four-week period, the cargo will finally be unloaded by astronauts aboard the low-Earth-orbit-based structure. The Dragon capsule will be swapped out with supplies and hardware that are currently aboard the International Space Station.
NASA recently shared that it has included the Hermes Facility, a new tool that would give people researching asteroids a way to conduct experiments as long as they were on board the International Space Station. NASA’s technology is the first of its kind.
