SpaceX’s latest cargo delivery showed up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after a day in transit. NASA released pictures of the automated docking, overseen by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was celebrating her 50th birthday onboard the space station. Launched on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, the capsule contains lemons, cherry tomatoes, avocados, and ice cream for McArthur and her six crewmates, along with a couple tons of research and other gear. “No one’s ever sent me a spaceship for my birthday before. I appreciate it,” she radioed after the capsule arrived. The shipment arrived just a few days ahead of the first of three spacewalks. Starting on Friday, the two Russians on board will perform back-to-back spacewalks to outfit a new laboratory that arrived in July. Then a Japanese-French spacewalking duo will venture out September 12 to install a bracket for new solar panels due …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta