SpaceX & # 39; s Dragon spacecraft successfully docked at the ISS. The device automatically arrived at the station half an hour earlier than expected.
It took about 15 minutes to rigidly couple the vessel with the station using special handles. The operation was monitored by US astronauts Shane Kimbrow and Megan MacArthur, the broadcast was conducted on the NASA website.
Dragon delivered 2.2 tons of cargo to the station, including fresh fruit and vegetables, new scientific equipment and experiments. The device will stay in the orbital station for about a month and then come back with the results of the scientific work.
The Dragon freighter was launched on August 29 from the Florida Cosmodrome using a Falcon 9 rocket.
The previous ship sent by the States -United on June 3, the docking at the ISS was made two days later, and a month later the Dragon splashed off the coast of Florida.