Tuesday, January 10, 2012

An artist's concept of the Dragon vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS).
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Dragon C2 Update... Less than a month from now, the Dragon vehicle will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on its maiden flight to the International Space Station. The first two photos below show the capsule undergoing processing at CCAFS prior to Dragon being mated to its service module (which had its twin solar panels attached shortly thereafter). The last two images show the now-assembled Falcon 9 launch vehicle that will send Dragon into low-Earth orbit on February 7. Lookin' forward to next month!

Visible in this pic is the grapple fixture (located below the gray hatch at the middle of the capsule) that the ISS' robotic arm will connect to before berthing Dragon to the orbital outpost.
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One of two solar panels is about to be attached to the Dragon spacecraft's service module at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Now assembled: The Falcon 9 launch vehicle that will send Dragon on its first flight to the ISS.
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Now assembled: The Falcon 9 launch vehicle that will send Dragon on its first flight to the ISS.
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Posted by Richard Par at 12:01 AM
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