MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Dragon spacecraft is carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Success! @SpaceX #Dragon installed to @Space_Station at 9:57am ET with ~7,000 lbs of cargo. https://t.co/ZpU8qIR8Y3 https://t.co/PTEDOYMdHX
— NASA (@NASA) April 10, 2016
The space freighter was launched on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, atop the private SpaceX company's own Falcon 9 rocket.
It was eighth California-based aerospace manufacturer's cargo mission to the ISS and the first flight of Dragon to the space station since last June, when the Falcon 9 rocket exploded three minutes after it had been launched.