Dragon cargo ship launched to the station ISS – Virtual Poland

The ship towartowy Dragon, which belongs to a private corporation SpaceX, launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) – NASA announced the agency. Dragon will provide, inter alia, an unusual coffee maker, for the Italian astronaut.
 

Dragon will deliver six astronauts on board the ISS more than 1810 kg supplies, including food and scientific equipment. The ship is to dock with the ISS on Friday. The cargo was m. In. Coffee specifically designed to operate in conditions of weightlessness. It is intended for the Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetii. She gave it to understand that the US has had enough coffee, I must drink from the time they arrive at the station in late autumn last year. R.

It will be – as commentators note – the first natural brewing coffee maker, which will be in orbit . Italian manufacturer of espresso has announced that it will revolutionize drinking coffee in space.
 

SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, intended to recover the first part of the Falcon 9 rocket that brought the ship into orbit in order to use it again, and thus reduce the cost of the next start. However, according to a published statement of the company, member dropped to prepared a special platform floating on the waters of the Atlantic off the coast of Florida, but was largely destroyed and is only suitable for appeal.

This is the seventh flight of the supply mission to

the station ISS performed by SpaceX. Urgently needs to supply the ISS since last October. R. Failed with the cargo ship’s flight Orbital Sciences Corp. The carrier rocket exploded during launch.
 

See also: Progress docked to the ISS