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SpaceX launched on Sunday from Cape Canveral in Florida Mission Commercial reserves replenishment services (CRS-33) to the International Space Station (ISS), noting the 50th space flight DragonField
After the stages are divided, the first rocket was successfully landed on a floating platform Gravity deficiencyIn the Atlantic Ocean. According to SpaceX, it is expected that Dragon will be autonomously connected to the ISS on Monday, after a flight for about 28 hours.
The shipment will be carried 2.268 kg of food, consumables and scientific experimentsNevertheless, NASA and SpaceX officials note that the CRS-33 also conducts strong studies. As part of the mission, they will be completed approximately 50 scientific research Critical for the future study of space by people.
“Our research group considers the assumption that the exclusion of a particular protein that is associated with the loss of bone mass can help reduce the total loss of bone mass experienced by astronauts in space,” said Heidi Paris, deputy employee of the program.
Sunday launch Landmark for SpaceXSince it was the 50th Dragon’s visit to the station from the first gas station in 2012. It was also the seventh flight of the first stage and the third for a particular spaceship within the framework of reference missions.
According to Bill Sparts, a business integration employee in the ISS program, in September Dragon will be used for Route adjustment of the space stationSince its height gradually decreases from the atmosphere. “NASA signed a contract with SpaceX several years ago to ensure this possibility of reunion,” he explained.
It is expected that the Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth in December in December, the leading samples and the results of the experiments.
Modern • Jerry Fisayo-Bamby
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