SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to ISS - Breaking The News

SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to ISS

21 April

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SpaceX and NASA launched their 32nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-32) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.

A Falcon 9 rocket carried an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft loaded with 3,040 kilograms of cargo from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is set to dock at the ISS in about 28 hours.

The same Dragon spacecraft previously flew missions CRS-22, CRS-24, CRS-27, and CRS-30 to the ISS.

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