Dragon Spacecraft to Fly to International Space Station on Friday

© East News / AP Photo/Terry RennaA Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft - Sputnik International
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The US SpaceX aerospace manufacturer will carry out the first Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in nearly a year on Friday, also attempting yet another drone ship landing.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft - Sputnik International
Launch of Dragon Spacecraft to ISS Postponed Until April
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The launch of the Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled for 20:43 GMT, April 8, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The robotic spacecraft will be launched using the Falcon 9 carrier rocket.

In June 2015, A Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo ship carrying supplies to the ISS exploded 3 minutes after it had been launched from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX has since modified the Falcon 9 rocket and the Friday launch, which is the first Dragon mission since last year’s accident, will be carried out using the upgraded model.

SpaceX will also try to get the first stage of the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket to land on a drone ship.

In December 2015, SpaceX succeeded in making Falcon’s reusable first stage land upright about 6 miles from where it was launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rest of the company’s attempts to have rocket boosters land on a drone ship have failed.

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