2015-01-12 14:10 [Photo: sxc / cc / gilderm] 
Capsule Dragon cargo, including belated Christmas presents, arrived on Monday to the International Space Station (ISS), two days after launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The capsule was captured by the arm of the station, which control the ISS Commander Butch Wilmore.
The load, weighing 2.3 thousand. pounds, was the first American to orbit delivery of four months.
Originally start private rocket Falcon 9 with Dragon boat was to take place December 19, 2014 year. Then it was postponed due to the irregularities detected during the test rocket engines are turned on at the spaceport at Cape Canaveral. Start postponed by about three weeks also due to the upcoming Christmas and New Year.
Another start dates – 6 and 9 January – they were not met due to technical problems. Finally, there was a start Jan. 10.
The Dragon ships and their launchers Falcon 9 SpaceX company produces. The use by the Americans for this purpose unmanned craft became necessary after the withdrawal in 2011 of all the shuttle service. Dragon has directed four supply missions to the ISS, and by 2016 has yet to visit her eight times. (PAP)
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