Astronauts take delivered 3D-printer: docked to the ISS, “truck” Dragon – NEWSru.com

On Tuesday, September 23 cargo ship Dragon, developed by a private company SpaceX, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 14:52 Moscow time, the official website NASA . The ship was run September 21, live broadcast of the launch was carried out on the site NASA.

Dragon delivered to the ISS nearly 2.5 tons of food, personal items, computers and equipment for experiments, and EVA, including – the first 3D-printer. It is expected that with the help of the inhabitants of the station will be able to print directly on the orbit of plastic they need spare parts and tools.

In addition, NASA has sent to the ISS microsatellite, two dozen mice to study the effects of microgravity on mammalian and scatterometer (ISS-RapidScat) – a device that will be used to monitor the air flow over the surface of the oceans. It should be replaced with a non-working satellite QuickScat similar functionality, but, unlike him, will work directly with the ISS.

Dragon will stay on the ISS for four weeks and will return to Earth in mid-October with a load of computer equipment with the results of scientific experiments. It should splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.

Recall, Dragon, developed by Elon Musk SpaceX, launched from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral by a rocket Falcon-9. Under an agreement between the space agency and the United States SpaceX ship three times already performed docking with the ISS, today became the fourth. He will go to the station eight times. The contract is valued at $ 1.6 billion.

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