NASA / Bill Ingalls
SpaceX update... Earlier today, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden paid a visit to the Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas to congratulate SpaceX founder Elon Musk and his employees on Dragon C2+'s successful mission...which concluded on May 31. While SpaceX's headquarter is located in Hawthorne, California, Dragon C2+ was transported to Texas (after it arrived via barge at the Port of Los Angeles several days after splashing down in the Pacific) so that cargo that was placed inside it by International Space Station (ISS) crew members prior to Dragon's departure from the outpost could be offloaded. The cargo would then be handed over to NASA.
The next Dragon flight, dubbed Dragon C3, will be the first of 12 official cargo delivery missions that NASA authorized SpaceX to launch to the ISS. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket that will send Dragon C3 to the orbiting laboratory is currently targeted for September 24.
NASA / Bill Ingalls
NASA / Bill Ingalls
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