Spectacular Time-lapse of Dragon on approach to the International Space Station

Spectacular Time-lapse of Dragon on approach to the International Space Station

In reality, the International Space Station (ISS) is moving around the Earth at about 25 times the speed of sound or about 10 times faster than a rifle bullet , so SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship docked autonomously. to the side looking out into space from the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module on Monday at 18:40 UTC. in a way difficult to imagine.

Fortunately, Space X has released images of the cargo Dragon’s approach to an orbital complex moving vertiginously around the Earth, as the spacecraft approaches its docking station . You can see the video below.

Time-lapse

Space X has released a video with spectacular images of the International Space Station taken from an approaching Dragon spacecraft that docked this week in the orbital complex. 28,000 km / h is a speed is difficult to understand. We can’t really even imagine that kind of speed . And in the video it is not appreciated, of course.

So, when you see it, try to repeat that number endlessly: 28,000 km / h.

It is the first time that there have been two Dragon ships docked to the Station: the other is a crew capsule .

The Dragon capsule consists of a cone-shaped front cap, the traditional ballistic capsule, and a non-pressurized charging module with two solar panels. The capsule uses a shield that protects the capsule during reentry even at speeds encountered on lunar or Martian missions.