The Falcon 9 launch vehicle went into space with the Dragon spacecraft, which is supposed to deliver cargo for the crew of the International Space Station. The broadcast is on the website of the American company SpaceX.
The rocket launched at 13: 29 East Coast time (20: 29 Moscow time) from the launch complex in Florida. The docking with the space station is scheduled to take place on June 5.
The ship will deliver two new solar panels to the station. Before that, NASA reported that the old solar antennas are working normally, but there are signs of wear and tear, writes TASS.
In addition, Dragon will bring food and materials for scientific research to the ISS.
Earlier it was reported that the astronauts on board the ISS for the first time this year went into outer space under the Russian program, Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrovu will prepare the old module “Pier” for undocking from the station.