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I'm curious how Dragon carried a docking adapter to ISS. Such things generally don't fit through hatches.
by imglorp 10y ago
I'm curious how Dragon carried a docking adapter to ISS. Such things generally don't fit through hatches.
- mikeash 10y agoDragon has an unpressurized "trunk" which it can use to carry stuff like this. Here's a picture (a rendering, looks like, but it gets the point across) of the adapter being removed from Dragon's trunk: http://imgur.com/LAMS49w http://imgur.com/LAMS49w The rear part (with the solar panels) is discarded before the capsule at the top returns to Earth.
- hedgehog 10y agoHere are some photos of the trunk on the ground: http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/26/dragon-trunk http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/26/dragon-trunk Quite a lot of space in there.
- ygra 10y agoThe BEAM was transported in the trunk as well. That couldn't have fit through any hatch either.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThe NASA article[1] has a better write up and says: While the crew will be able to move the supplies out of the interior, pressurized compartment of the Dragon without leaving the station, the robotic arm will be called on to pull the IDA from the trunk and maneuver it near the port where it will be connected. NASA astronauts currently living aboard the station will perform a spacewalk later this summer to make the final connection of the IDA to the Harmony module. 1. http://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-crs-9-carrying-crucial-port-to-station http://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacex-crs-9-carrying-crucial-po...
- wolf550e 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pErRpkvtl-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pErRpkvtl-g Timelapse of IDA-2 Removal from SpaceX Dragon Trunk [94 seconds]