SpaceX Dragon News
Astronauts use no-rinse shampoo and towels to wash hair in space.
Water from hair wash is recycled into drinking water on the ISS.
Loose hair floats freely in zero gravity, making it easier to clean and dry.
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Return: According to NASA, the Dragon spacecraft returned with more than 580 pounds of cargo, including NASA hardware and data from over 60 experiments conducted during the mission.
NASA is anticipated to make a final decision on Saturday regarding the return of Sunita Williams to Earth using Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Breaking News: Elon Musk's company SpaceX has sent four private astronauts to the International Space Station.
First US splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8's crew returned from the moon in 1968
Glover celebrated his 45th birthday in space Friday (April 30)
The US space agency retired its space shuttle program in 2011 and has relied on Russian vehicles since then to go to the ISS.
This is the second photo shared by Musk of the new spacesuit design created by the company, and the first to feature the suit’s full-body look.
Called the Spaceborne Computer, the system is designed to last for up to a year, which according to the company, is roughly the amount of time it will take to travel to Mars.
It will lift into orbit carrying crew supplies, equipment and scientific research to crewmembers aboard the ISS.
As per NASA, astronauts Takuya Onishi and Kate Rubins will command the release of the Dragon at 6:10 a.m EDT Friday.
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA are conducting the spacewalk to install equipment (adaptor) that was launched on a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and arrived at the station on July 20, 2016.
This will be the fourth spacewalk in Williams’ career, the first for Rubins, and the 194th for the space station.
The Dragon spaceship arrived at the space station on April 10 delivering almost 7,000 pounds of cargo to the astronauts.
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