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18/07/22 06:38 AM IST

Dragon capsule docks with space station

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  • CRS-25 SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft was launched, recently. It was launched from “launch complex 39A” of the Kennedy Space Centre towards International Space Station.
CRS-25 SpaceX Cargo 
  • It was scheduled to be launched in June 2022, but the launch got delayed by over a month due to a hydrazine leak on the spacecraft.
  • Spacecraft was lifted off on Falcon 9, which deployed the CRS-25 into low Earth orbit after 12 minutes.
  • It will dock with the International Space Station on July 16.
  • This was the 30th launch for SpaceX, so far in 2021, as compared to 31 in 2021.
Dragon Spacecraft 
  • The Dragon spacecraft is carrying a mission called CRS-25.
  • It is carrying 2,668 kilograms of cargo, apart from science investigations, spacewalk equipment, hardware and crew supplies.
  • It is also carrying 544 kilograms of equipment located in unpressurized trunk section the Dragon.
Source- The Hindu 

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