Washington (Sputnik) – a rocket spacex’s Falcon 9 carrying Dragon spacecraft x uploaded for 5800 pounds of scientific experiments, materials and equipment, the crew headed to the International space station on Monday Afternoon.
The launch from the space center NASA Kennedy in Florida was held at 4:30 PM EDT (8:30 GMT). The spacecraft “Dragon” x is scheduled to Dock with the International space station on April 4, according to spacex.
Starting 14th recruiting mission space x to the International space station. A space x is a supplier of commercial cargo for NASA.
Recently, the company spacex launched another Falcon 9 rocket to deliver satellites under contract to direct the next 75 Iridium satellites on lower earth orbit.
The launch included an attempt of spacex to catch the cone of the rocket nose, which is divided into two parts after the rocket in space, with his own boat.Previous attempt reportedly failed as spacex missed the contents of a few hundred yards.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
