By NASA
January 10, 2023
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is envisioned departing the vicinity of the spaceport station following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port. Credit: NASA
After receiving commands from flight controllers on the ground, the uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the zenith port of the International Space Stations Harmony module at 5:05 p.m. on January 9, 2023. At the time of undocking, the station was flying about 259 miles over the Pacific Ocean.
The Dragon spacecraft successfully departed the space station after reaching the orbiting laboratory a little over one month earlier to deliver about 4,400 pounds of clinical investigations and supplies.
The SpaceX Dragon freight craft, filled with over 7,700 pounds of science, supplies, and freight, approaches the International Space Station on November 27, 2022, while orbiting 259 miles above the African continent. Credit: NASA
After returning to Earths atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida on Wednesday, January 11. NASA will not broadcast the splashdown.
Dragon got to the area station on November 27, 2022, following a launch one day prior on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the companys 26th commercial resupply services objective to the spaceport station for NASA.