A SpaceX Dragon freight spacecraft undocks from the station on June 29, 2023, to bring 3,600 pounds of science back to Earth. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
SpaceXs Dragon cargo spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station and is set to splashdown off the coast of Florida on June 30. The freight mission delivered research study examinations, supplies, and hardware, consisting of two International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs).
Following commands from ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, the businesss Dragon cargo spacecraft undocked on June 29 at 12:30 p.m. EDT from the space-facing port of the stations Harmony module. At the time of undocking the station was flying at an elevation about 260 miles northeast of the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia.
After returning to Earths atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida on Friday, June 30. NASA will not broadcast the splashdown.
By NASA
June 30, 2023
Dragon got to the station on June 6 as SpaceXs 28th Commercial Resupply Services objective for NASA, providing more than 7,000 pounds of research investigations, team materials, and station hardware, including two IROSAs, or International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays. The spacecraft was introduced on June 5 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.