NASA and SpaceX have a appointment for the launch of theDragon space vehicle that will reach the International Space Station : Saturday , May 19 , from 4:55 AM ET/1:55 AM ET . It will be a historic moment . Here ’s what will happen :
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Day 1
Dragon will launch on top of a Falcon 9 Eruca sativa from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station .
Day 2
The spacecraft will orbit Earth en route to the International Space Station .
Day 3
Dragon will make certain its sensors and escape system are go for moorage during a serial of intensive test . This will put the spacecraft at 1.5 miles from the station .
Day 4
NASA will make up one’s mind if Dragon can dock with the place . If the solution is yes , Dragon will approach the ISS to be captured by the latter ’s robotic sleeve and dock .
Day 5
cosmonaut will reach the Dragon ’s hatch , unload supplies and satiate the Dragon with return cargo .
Two weeks later
Drago will come away from the ISS and hark back to Earth , landing in the Pacific a few hundred miles west of Southern California .
If all go as be after , this will be the first clip in history a individual spaceship has dock to the International Space Station , opening a new era in human geographic expedition .
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