SpaceX CRS-10

It was originally scheduled for November 2016, but after the Falcon 9 rocket exploded on September 1, 2016, the launch was delayed until the investigation was completed. First launch from the converted Launch Pad LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center ^[1] .

On February 18, 2017, the launch attempt was aborted 13 seconds before the launch of the launch vehicle due to a detected failure of the backup drive system for controlling the thrust vector of the second-stage engine. The rocket was returned to the horizontal position and the defective part was replaced ^{[2] [3] [4]} .

The launch took place on February 19, 2017 at 09:39 UTC , after 10 minutes Dragon was successfully put into orbit with parameters of 202 × 357 km, an inclination of 51.63 ° ^{[2] [5]} .

A successful landing of the first stage of the Falcon 9 on landing zone 1 ^[2] .

At 8:25 UTC on February 22, 2017, the approach of the ship to the station was automatically stopped 1200 m before the ISS , due to a technical malfunction of the comparative GPS navigation system. This system provides more accurate data on the relative position of objects approaching the ISS by comparing the performance of sensors installed at the station and the spacecraft ^[6] .

On the morning of February 23, a repeated rapprochement procedure was performed and at 10:44 UTC the ship was captured by the Kanadarm2 manipulator under the control of astronaut Thomas Peske . Then control of the manipulator was transferred to the operators of the control center in Houston and Dragon was docked to the Harmony module at 13:12 UTC ^[7] .

Dragon delivered 2,490 kg of payload to the ISS . 1530 kg were delivered in the pressurized compartment (including packaging), including ^[8] :

• Materials for scientific research - 732 kg
• Provisions and things for the crew - 296 kg
• Station equipment and details - 382 kg
• Equipment for EVA - 10 kg
• Computers and accessories - 11 kg
• Russian cargo - 22 kg

2 external research instruments of the station, SAGE III and STP-H5 LIS , with a total weight of 960 kg, were delivered in an unpressurized container ^[8] :

• The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III is a tool for measuring the concentration of ozone, aerosols, and other in the Earth's stratosphere . The temperature in the stratosphere and mesosphere of the planet will also be measured.
• Lightning Imaging Sensor (STP-H5 LIS) - a tool for measuring the quantity, frequency and energy of lightning ; will help improve understanding of this natural phenomenon, as well as the processes of weather change, climate change and the safety of air and space flights.

Back to Earth Dragon returned 1652 kilograms of payload ^[9] :

• Crew items - 126.8 kg
• Station equipment and details - 374.3 kg
• Research materials - 923 kg
• Computers and accessories - 4.1 kg
• Equipment for EVA - 103.7 kg

Also, the station’s external equipment, with a total weight of 811 kg, was no longer needed to be immersed in the leaky container for disposal at the entrance to the atmosphere ^{[9] [10]} :

• - equipment for the demonstration of satellite servicing technologies in space, delivered by the last Space Shuttle mission STS-135 in 2011;
• - a laser communication system for communication between the ISS and ground stations, delivered by the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in 2014;
• MISSE is the completed radiation resistance test of a new computer system for continuous space missions.

Just before undocking from the station, 2463 kg were loaded into the ship ^[9] .

The undocking of the ship from the station took place at 21:20 UTC on March 18, 2017. At 09:11 UTC on March 19, Dragon was released by the Kanadarm2 manipulator ^[10] . The leaky compartment was undocked from the landing capsule at about 14:12 UTC and burned out in the atmosphere. The ship successfully landed at 2:46 p.m. UTC on March 19, 2017, 400 km off the coast of California ^{[9] [11]} .

• SpaceX CRS-10 Dragon Resupply Mission (English) - the official press kit of the mission.