SpaceX Dragon Brings Groceries to Astronauts
On board is the first-ever espresso maker in space.
— -- How appropriate that the SpaceX Dragon would arrive during the morning hours with the first ever espresso machine in space.
Now the astronauts just have to unpack the cargo to find it.
More than 4,000 pounds of groceries, supplies and science experiments are on board the capsule, which blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station.
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The capsule was captured with the International Space Station's robotic arm at 6:55 am EDT as the station orbited 257 miles over the Pacific Ocean just east of Japan. Astronauts live on Greenwich Mean Time, meaning Dragon arrived just before noon.
After the cargo is unloaded, Dragon will remain berthed at the International Space Station until around May 21, at which point it will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean and will be recovered for use in future runs to the International Space Station.