The company SpaceX, owned by Ilona Mask, re-launched into space the space truck Dragon that had already been there. The ship started aboard the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from a platform located on Cape Canaveral on June 4 at 00:07 Moscow time.
The space truck Dragon successfully separated from the rocket ten minutes after launch, and after another five deployed solar panels and headed for the International Space Station. In the Dragon's hold, there are almost three tons of cargo: food for astronauts and various equipment intended for carrying out experiments. The docking of the ship with the ISS is scheduled for June 5th.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket returned to Earth without incident - this is already the tenth stage that SpaceX specialists managed to land.
Repeated launches of launch vehicles and spacecraft are one of the priority tasks for SpaceX, because the use of ships and missiles that have flown into space can significantly save on subsequent launches.
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