Posted on 12/08/2018 12:06:54 PM PST by Innovative
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship made a special delivery at the International Space Station Saturday (Dec. 8) just in time for the holidays. And yes, Virginia, there are Christmas treats on board.
The robotic Dragon spacecraft arrived at the space station Saturday morning to deliver more than 5,600 pounds (2,540 kilograms) of fresh supplies for the six Expedition 57 astronauts on the orbiting lab. SpaceX launched the Dragon ship Wednesday (Dec. 5) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (Dec. 5).
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My boss built the Space Shuttles.
It sounds odd to me when I say that, but true.
He would talk how the original Astronauts had the ladies.
Dragon Rendezvous (CRS-16) -- Dec 8 2018, 3 1/2 hrs, suggest you skip to about 2:05:00.
Just curious...why don’t the Falcon rockets produce a towering exhaust cloud like typical NASA rockets?
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