SpaceX Dragon Cargo Plane Successfully Docks to the International Space Station with New Experiments and Solar Panels

Latest News, International – SpaceX Dragon cargo plane mooring (docking) to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday (6/6/23) carrying more than 3,175 kg of new experiments, new solar panels and other cargo.

Reported from Xinhua NewsNASA said that the spacecraft made an autonomous docking to the Harmony ISS module on Tuesday at 05.54 Eastern Time or 16.54 WIB.

Previously, SpaceX Dragon was launched on Monday (5/6/23) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of a commercial supply replenishment service mission with SpaceX’s 28th contract for NASA.

The spacecraft will spend about three weeks on the ISS before returning to Earth with cargo and research.

The mission brought scientific research, crew supplies and hardware to the space station, including the ISS’s next Roll Out Solar Arrays array of flexible solar panels.

According to NASA, once installed, the solar panels will increase the energy production capabilities of the ISS.