![]() ![]() Including today’s spectacular launch, this brings to nine the total number of Dragons lofted towards the ISS in a little less than four years. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace ![]() Dragon CRS-8 atop Falcon-9, hours before liftoff. As with SpaceX’s previous ISS-bound missions, the launch window was an “instantaneous” one, imposing additional restrictions and leaving little margin for last-minute technical issues or changeable weather conditions.Ībout ten minutes after leaving the Cape, Dragon separated from the second stage of its Upgraded Falcon 9 booster and was in the process of deploying its solar arrays and other hardware, ahead of a robotic capture and berthing by Expedition 47 crew member Tim Peake on Sunday morning. EDT Friday, 8 April, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff of the CRS-8 mission-flown under the language of the initial $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract, signed between NASA and SpaceX in December 2008-took place at 4:43 p.m. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpaceĪlmost a year since the launch of its last fully-successful Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX has delivered another of its venerable cargo ships toward the orbiting outpost. The flight marked the first successful offshore barge landing for the company as well, marking the second time SpaceX has achieved a landing after launching from the Cape. SpaceX’s Falcon-9 flew into clear blue skies over Cape Canaveral AFS this afternoon, taking aim with Dragon for the CRS-8 mission to the ISS. ![]()
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