The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft breaks the two major records of the number of space flights and the time in orbit of the United States.
Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen for the clue delivery of rain and snow! CTOnews.com SpaceX announced on June 8 that it has launched 20 flight-proven cargo resupply dragons to the International Space Station. After the successful launch and docking of CRS-28, SpaceX broke a series of U.S. space flight records.
SpaceXCTOnews.com notes that CRS-28 marks the 38th visit of the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (Dragon 1 + Dragon 2), a record previously held by the space shuttle. SpaceX is currently the only U.S. company to regularly visit the International Space Station for resupply and manned missions for NASA.
It is reported that the Dragon spacecraft carrying out CRS-28 mission is C208, which is the fourth flight of this type of spacecraft to the International Space Station.
C208 docked with the International Space Station at 5: 54am EDT on June 6, carrying a total payload of 3304kg (pressurized 1964kg + unpressurized 1340kg), including two iROSA flexible solar wings to power the International Space Station.
The rocket carrying out this mission is Falcon 9 B1077, which has been launched five times and has sent Crew-5 to the International Space Station.
In addition, on June 6, the Dragon 2 spacecraft broke another record-the total time spent in orbit by American aircraft, which has reached 1324 days.