SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docks to International Space Station

The spacecraft delivers the first two of six new ISS Roll-out Solar Arrays (iROSA) to the space station which will be installed by the Expedition 65 astronauts during a series of spacewalks between June 16 and 20. The solar arrays are expected to augment the energy available for future research and space station activities.

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Updated: 05-06-2021 17:55 IST | Created: 05-06-2021 17:55 IST

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The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying more than 7,300 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies have successfully docked to the International Space Station. The uncrewed craft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the orbiting laboratory's Harmony module today at 5:09 a.m. EDT.

NASA Expedition 65 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur monitored the docking operations for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which lifted off on Thursday, June 3, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on SpaceX's 22nd contracted commercial resupply.

The spacecraft delivers the first two of six new ISS Roll-out Solar Arrays (iROSA) to the space station which will be installed by the Expedition 65 astronauts during a series of spacewalks between June 16 and 20. The solar arrays are expected to augment the energy available for future research and space station activities.

Apart from the solar arrays, the Dragon cargo spacecraft delivers other science experiments including:

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