{"id":13869,"date":"2012-05-18T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T21:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:29:39","slug":"spacex-to-attempt-docking-with-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/13869-spacex-to-attempt-docking-with-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to Attempt Docking with ISS."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13870\" title=\"spacex-f9\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/spacex-f9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/spacex-f9.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/spacex-f9-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/spacex-f9-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/spacex-f9-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Early tomorrow morning (4:55 EDT), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\">SpaceX<\/a>\u2014the first private company to launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft\u2014is going to attempt another first: being the first private company to dock a spacecraft to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket will propel a cargo-laden Dragon capsule towards the ISS. While none of the cargo aboard is considered mission critical or irreplacable, SpaceX\u2019s mission is part of a comprehensive NASA evaluation of their capability to launch, rendezvous with the ISS and return to earth.<\/p>\n<p>While waiting to dock, astronauts will perform a number of tests on Dragon\u2019s automated controls, including a manual override by the ISS crew.\u00a0Their success will help land them a contract to become the first commercial carrier to deliver to the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"http:\/\/thelastshuttle.com\/index.aspx\">ending of the Space Shuttle program<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/3956-president-obama-aborts-nasas-constellation-program\">scuttling of its successor<\/a>, the United States is currently reliant on other countries like Russia to get our astronauts and supplies into space. 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