Cargo ship Space X Dragon successfully returned to the ISS – BBC Russian

• October 25, 2014

Post

In 2012, the Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the ISS

Cargo Spaceship Space X Dragon splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after spending a month on the International Space Station.

It is delivered to the ISS food printer for three-dimensional printing, and 20 live mice for experiments aimed at understanding the processes of bone and muscle atrophy during prolonged stay in weightlessness.

Back to the truck brought the completion of the experiment materials and obsolete equipment, but the mice did not bring – they were killed , dissected and frozen astronauts.

In 2012, the Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the space station and safely returned to Earth.

The creators of the device is calculated to make the first manned flight of a commercial the next three years.

ship a new generation of SpaceX

Earlier, the US space agency NASA has selected SpaceX and Boeing Company for the construction of a new generation of spacecraft that will deliver American astronauts to the International Space Station.

After the space shuttle program “Shuttle” in 2011. The United States used to fly into orbit, Russian rocket “Soyuz”. Sending one astronaut on board the “Union” NASA manages more than $ 70 million.

The launch of the first American spacecraft of the new generation is planned for 2017. NASA will continue to use the spaceport at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

In December 2013 the company SpaceX put into orbit the first commercial satellite. Space industry argued then that the appearance of SpaceX in the commercial market is changing the rules of the game.

The assurances of SpaceX, the cost of launching satellites into orbit will now fall substantially.