Space X resumes deliveries to help the cause of astronauts in the tough conditions of the space
After a nine months delay due to a rocket failure, on April 8, 2016, CEO Musk’s space company, SpaceX , is to recommence its cargo delivery services for NASA. The recent haul of freight aboard a Falcon 9 rocket includes an inflatable module, which is to be made a part of the International Space Station (ISS), a tech test that could offer enough living space to help astronauts complete their deep-space journeys in future.
As per schedule, the rocket has to be launched on 4:43 pm from the Florida Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. NASA Television will broadcast the event on the internet, starting at 3:30pm. According to weather forecasts, there is a 90% chance of favorable climate. In June 2015, the recent cargo delivery of the space company failed, with the disintegration of rocket in 2 minutes and 19 seconds following its launch.
An inquiry revealed that a strut that was holding a helium bottle in the second phase snapped, beginning a chain reaction, which led to the rocket destruction in just a second. Elon Musk revamped the strut design and its production process, which now tests every strut individually to make sure that each fulfills strength requirements.
CEO Elon Musk’s organization recommenced launching in December 2015 with its Falcon 9 transporting the commercial payload of eleven minor communications satellites to the space.
That rocket launch also proved to be first time the space organization recovered the booster phase of Falcon 9 in a single piece by landing it at Cape Canaveral. For the launch on April 8, 2016, the company will re-try to ensure that the booster is landed on a floating site rather than on a piece of land.
Up till now, out of four landing attempts made at sea, the company has not even succeeded once. Whenever the booster has landed on the landing platform, it has exploded and toppled.
On April 7, 2016, the Dragon Capsule found on the top of the Falcon 9 will reach the ISS on April 9, 2016. It is planned to stay at the ISS until May 2016, and then return to the planet with experimental samples including Scott Kelly’s blood samples.
Scott Kelly is the first astronaut of NASA who returned to Earth in March after approximately 12 months in space. Amongst the approximately 7000 pounds of equipment, experiments and supplies loaded in the capsule are those seeds, which will be produced on the ISS.
In 2015, it was the first time that astronauts at the station didn't only ate the grown red romaine but also harvested in the space. At that time, Chinese cabbage, selected as the most tasty and best growing tested vegetables, was included in the mix.
Other tests include a measure taken to catalog and track the various types of microbes surviving on the ISS, including a study of fungi, as it was being expected that space could grow them to develop new compounds possibly useful as medication.
The payload of the rocket also includes the experiments of 25 students that had been lost on the previous SpaceX flight.
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