The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the ISS and will splashdown off Florida’s coast with 6,000 pounds of cargo.
On December 16 at 11:05 a.m. EST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward port of the Harmony module on the International Space Station (ISS) after receiving a command from SpaceX ground controllers.
After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft is scheduled to make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, December 17.
Carrying nearly 6,000 pounds of crew supplies, scientific experiments, and equipment, the Dragon spacecraft arrived at the space station on November 5. It launched a day earlier, on November 4, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, supporting SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply mission for NASA.
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon is an automated spacecraft designed to deliver supplies, scientific experiments, and equipment to the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program, Cargo Dragon supports essential missions that sustain the ISS and facilitate groundbreaking research in space.
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3 Comments
How about “stupendous” or “amazing”?
Brother lives in Pensacola and said the entire area was hit with a loud sonic boom when this hit the ocean. Caused a lot of confusion for the first few hours until finally hearing about this space capsule!
It wasnt that bad, I live next to the west end of NAS Pensacola, I didn’t hear or feel anything, my husband and neighbors didn’t either.