The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking less than a day after launching from NASAs Kennedy Space Center loaded with over 7,000 pounds of science experiments, station hardware, and crew products. The last rays of an orbital sunset illuminate the cloud tops as both spacecraft were orbiting 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. Credit: NASA
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is set to return from the ISS on June 29, rollovering 3,600 pounds of products and clinical experiments, including the ESAs GRIP chair and samples from numerous examinations. The spacecrafts splashdown off the Florida coast will facilitate a quick transfer to NASAs processing facility for analysis.
NASA is set to receive clinical research study samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft leaves the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, June 29.
The company will offer live coverage of Dragons undocking and departure beginning at 11:45 a.m. EDT on NASA Television, the NASA app, and online. See here:
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking less than a day after introducing from NASAs Kennedy Space Center filled with over 7,000 pounds of science experiments, station hardware, and crew supplies. Credit: NASA
Ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, will command Dragon to undock from the space-facing port of the stations Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the station. The experiments have been on the area station practically 6 years, and the final in-orbit tests were finished in early 2023.
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Ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, will command Dragon to undock from the space-facing port of the stations Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move a safe distance far from the station. Undock is arranged for 12:05 p.m
. After re-entering Earths environment, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, June 30, off the coast of Florida. NASA will not transmit the splashdown.
The International Space Station is imagined from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting laboratory that happened following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA
Dragon will return to Earth over 3,600 pounds of products and clinical experiments developed to benefit from the area stations microgravity environment. Splashing down off the coast of Florida makes it possible for quick transportation of the experiments to NASAs Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, enabling scientists to gather information with minimal sample exposure to Earths gravity.
Scientific hardware and samples returning on the mission consist of the GRIP– Dexterous Manipulation in Microgravity chair used in the ESA (European Space Agency)-sponsored neurology experiments GRIP and GRASP (Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance: Reaching and Grasping). GRIP studies how microgravity impacts the adjustment of items, while GRASP offers additional insight into how the main nervous system adapts to the microgravity environment. The experiments have been on the area station almost six years, and the final in-orbit tests were completed in early 2023.
Samples from BioNutrients-2, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Myotones investigations likewise are going back to Earth for clinical analysis.
Dragon arrived at the station on June 6 as SpaceXs 28th Commercial Resupply Services objective for NASA, providing more than 7,000 pounds of research investigations, team products, and station hardware, consisting of 2 IROSAs, or International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays. The spacecraft was launched on June 5 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy.