Spaceship Dragon, built
by a private company SpaceX, safely reached the International Space Station - even
though a day later than expected.
After the launch of the
ship begin to experience serious problems: three of its four engines
orientation refused to work because of a failure in the fuel system, and the
operators had to spend several hours trying to revive them. It ended well, and
the "Dragon", though late, but made friends with the ISS was
successfully "caught" by the robot arm Canadair and docked to the
station.
On board the ship - about one ton of cargo for the current ISS crew.
Elon Musk, founder of
SpaceX, told reporters later that the problem with the vehicle was
"frightening", but he expressed confidence that this is a one-time
failure that will not have impact on long-distance flights, and thanked the
agency NASA for what it is "the best in world customer. "
Dragon return to Earth
is expected on March 25.
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