Aircraft SpaceX Dragon Successfully Launched

Aircraft SpaceX Dragon cargo unmanned gliding on time at 8:35 the night of Cape Canaveral Florida on Sunday (7/10). The drone's mission is to bring new supplies for delivery International Space Station.

"Really exciting and amazing night," said SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell after the launch event, as quoted by CNN.

As reported on VOA News, the mission is the first mission under a contract worth 1.6 billion dollars between SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) And NASA (American Space Agency). Both are 12 times flight plans that will bring supplies in the future.

In this latest launch, the aircraft will be coupled with the SpaceX Dragon Space Station in the majority of the month of October, when the astronauts were in the Space Station include blood and urine samples (urine) and the results of other experiments in the SpaceX Dragon to be brought back down to earth .

Meanwhile, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said that the launch on Sunday is as an example of the ability of private industry. With the hiring of private industry to supply the mission, NASA can focus on the exploration of the solar system, including missions to asteroids and Mars.

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