Electronic enthusiasts eight o'clock: Xinhua News Agency, Washington, August 16 (Reporter Lin Xiaochun) Two days after the flight, the "Dragon" cargo spacecraft of the US Space Exploration Technology Company carried ice cream and supercomputers and arrived at the international market on the 16th. space station.
NASA issued a statement saying that on the morning of the 16th, US Eastern Time, when the space station flew over the Pacific Ocean in northern New Zealand, the US astronaut Fisher on the space station and the Italian astronaut Nespoli from the European Space Agency operated the space station manipulator. Grabbed the "Dragon" spacecraft that arrived. About two hours later, the spacecraft was installed on the space station "Harmony" node cabin.
This is the 12th time for the "Dragon" spacecraft to deliver for the space station, carrying a total of about 2.9 tons of materials. The statement said that the supplies include ice cream desserts with small cups of chocolate, vanilla and birthday cakes specially brought for astronauts. When the "Dragon" spacecraft returns to Earth in mid-September, the ice box containing the ice cream will be reused to hold the research sample.
In addition, these materials include a supercomputer from HP Enterprise. This will be the first supercomputer in space, designed to be in orbit for a year, designed to test the performance of supercomputers working in harsh environments for long periods of time in preparation for future Mars exploration missions.
The "Dragon" spacecraft was launched from Florida on the 14th. This is the last time Space Exploration Technologies has used the new first-generation "Dragon" spacecraft to carry out cargo missions. The remaining cargo missions will be completed by the refurbished second-hand "Dragon" spacecraft.
At present, in addition to the "Dragon" spacecraft, NASA also employs the "Swan seat" spacecraft of the US track ATK to transport materials for the space station. However, the "Dragon" spacecraft is the only cargo spacecraft capable of returning to Earth. The "Cygnus" and other cargo ships will be burned in the process of falling into the atmosphere.
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