SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robotic to International Space Station
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All aboard Falcon
On Sunday, SpaceX sent a shipment of ants, avocados and a robotic arm to the International Space Station aboard a Falcon rocket. This was the company's 23rd delivery for NASA in the last 10 years.
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Dragon
The recycled rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule booster landed successfully on SpaceX's newest ocean platform called 'A Shortfall of Gravitas'.
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Ice Cream
The shipment includes more than 4,800 pounds of supplies for the astronauts, including avocados, lemons, ice cream. The Girl Scouts are sending ants, shrimp and plants for the 7 astronauts to do experiments on.
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Robotic arm
The robotic arm was manufactured by a Japanese start-up and will be used to perform mundane chores around the Station in a one of it's kind experiment. Future models of the arm will try to do repair jobs in the vacuum of space soon, and hopefully, work on building a base for humans on the Moon.
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2nd attempt
Some experiments have been postponed due to coronavirus. The shipment was delayed from Saturday to Sunday due to stormy weather.