After a first successful return to Earth in December, the first stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle developed by the American company landed in the evening of April 8 to June barge in the middle of the ocean. It was the fifth attempt at landing, and occasionally pay Elon Musk, head of the space X, to prove not only the validity of this model, Which Allows the reuse of the launcher, but also the accuracy of the equipment.
The first task of this Objective Was FIRST Send A Dragon capsule to the space station resupply International (ISS), RECALLS the American magazine Popular Mechanics. A first pay SpaceX SINCE the spectacular failure last June and the explosion of this launcher. But this is historic flight For A Second reason: the Dragon capsule carried aussi A New equipment, site Recalls the MIT Technology Review. This equipment, Inflatable BEAM module, developed by Bigelow Aerospace, Jun company in Las Vegas, weighs "only" 1.4 tonnes to a space 4 meters Long three meters wide when air is COMPLETED. It Must Be Attached to the ISS and Deployed THIS Sunday, April 10. Its strengths, ACCORDING TO Designers: lightness and a better protection against cosmic radiation. It sera tested pendant Two years aim IF THESE Assumptions prove founded, IL Could be One Step Towards the Future Facilities for manned trips to Mars.
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