The US space modernized truck Cygnus CRS-4 successfully docked with the International Space Station and delivered more than three tons of cargo. See pictures from space.
Space truck Cygnus CRS-4 with three tons of cargo on board docked with the ISS on December 9.
The cargo ship delivered to the ISS foods for astronauts, supplies for experiments and research, some equipment, special jetpack for use in outer space, as well as multiple devices augmented reality Microsoft HoloLens. Total useful load weight of 3.2 tons, according to the official NASA website.
The truck left the ISS at approximately the end of January. He will take to the ISS more than 1 ton of used consumables and burn up during re-entry.
Originally the launch of a space truck was appointed on December 4, but was eventually postponed due to bad weather conditions, the agency Ruptly.
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