The International Space Station welcomed its second contracted cargo delivery flight Sunday with the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon.
Trent Perrotto
NASA Commercial Policy
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The International Space Station welcomed its second contracted cargo delivery flight Sunday with the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon.
SpaceX will launch its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket on the first operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
The successful mission of the SpaceX Dragon to the International Space Station sets the company course for regular cargo flights.
A suite of students' experiments were aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule when it docked with the station on May 25.
The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying a Dragon capsule lifted off May 22, 2012, to begin a historic flight to the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 aborted its May 19 launch attempt. The next launch attempt will be May 22 at 3:44 a.m. EDT.
Follow launch preparation of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft as they are readied for flights to the International Space Station.
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