Cargo spacecraft "Dragon CRS-7"

Spacecraft nº:

SpaceX spacecraft nº: 8

Description:

• DRAGON CRS-6 is a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA. It is the ninght flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, and the seven SpaceX operational mission contracted to NASA under a Commercial Resupply Services contract. The mission brings equipment and supplies to the space station.
• After the retirement of the space shuttle, the Dragon spacecraft is the only vehicle capable of returning large amounts of cargo from the space station to Earth. Russia's crewed Soyuz capsule can only accommodate limited cargo when landing with a three-person crew.

Mission details:

• Dragon CRS-7 was launched on Jun 28, 2015 but the Falcon 9 failed close to the end of stage 1 burn and was destroyed. Initial indications are that an overpressure in the second stage during second stage initialization 2 min 19s after launch, at 45 km altitude, caused it to blow apart.
• CRS-7 was lost in the Atlantic, with its cargo which included 8 Flock 1f cubesats, the IDA-1 docking adapter, spacesuit EMU 3017, and the second NORS oyxgen recharge tank (the first one fried on Orb-3 last year).

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Houston. Credit: #401

Complete Vehicle breakup, cancel CC. Credit: #401