The SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft undocked from the ISS and will complete its mission with a splashdown near Panama City after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. The spacecraft had previously delivered significant cargo to the ISS following its launch from Florida.
A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Docking Adapter on the station’s space-facing port of the Harmony module at 10:40 a.m. EST.
Dragon will now fire its thrusters to move a safe distance from the space station. Controllers will command a deorbit burn on Monday, January 24. After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown at about 4:05 p.m., off the coast of Florida near Panama City. NASA TV will not broadcast the splashdown.
Dragon launched on December 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, arriving at the station less than 24 hours later. The spacecraft delivered more than 6,500 pounds of hardware, research investigations, and crew supplies.
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