SpaceX Dragon Prepares for Launch: New Solar Arrays and Spacewalks Await — A SpaceX Dragon cargo craf |
A pair of Extravehicular Mobility Units , or spacesuits, is pictured inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock where spacewalks are staged by astronauts wearing the EMUs. Credit: NASAon a Falcon 9 rocket from’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Monday, delivering essential supplies and two new solar arrays. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will install these arrays during a spacewalk scheduled for June 9.
A Dragon cargo craft is counting down to its liftoff to the International Space Station on Saturday as two NASA astronauts get ready for next week’s spacewalk. Meanwhile, theA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo craft atop has rolled out to its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is expected to lift off atcarrying Dragon to Earth orbit.
Dragon is carrying two new roll-out solar arrays that will be extracted from its unpressurized trunk about two days after its docking then staged on a pallet attached to the station’s starboard-side truss structure. Packed inside the U.S. cargo craft are several tons of new experiments, food, supplies, and hardware to replenish the crew members. NASA TV begins its live launch coverage at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday on the agency’s app and website. The live docking broadcast starts at 4 a.m.
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg are planning to go on a spacewalk on June 9 and install one of the new Dragon-delivered solar arrays on the starboard truss. The duo have been reviewing spacewalk procedures and configuring their Extravehicular Mobility Units , or spacesuits, they will use next week during their excursion. Another spacewalk is scheduled for June 15 to install the second roll-out solar array packed inside Dragon.
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