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The Cargo Dragon will depart the International Space Station on Thursday, according to SpaceX

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The Cargo Dragon will depart the International Space Station on Thursday, according to SpaceX


By TechThop Team

Posted on: 18 Aug, 2022

The SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station on Thursday, August 18, and NASA will be streaming the whole process in real-time.

The Dragon will return to Earth more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments that ISS astronauts conducted in microgravity. The spacecraft will land in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida at the end of its journey.

“As the samples splash down off the coast of Florida, NASA's Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida can quickly receive them, allowing researchers to collect data with minimal exposure to Earth's gravity,” NASA said.

As part of SpaceX's 25th commercial resupply mission to the orbital outpost on July 16, the Cargo Dragon delivered with it a total of more than 5,800 pounds of research investigations, crew supplies, and hardware for the station as part of its 25th commercial resupply mission.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14th, successfully placed the spacecraft into orbit 134 miles above the earth.

The Cargo Dragon is expected to move away from the ISS around 250 miles above the surface of the planet, but in reality, both spacecraft and orbital laboratory will move at around 17kmph.

The Dragon's departure will be controlled by astronauts and SpaceX controllers aboard the International Space Station. If previous broadcasts are any indication, the space agency will explain the steps required to bring home the Dragon in addition to its commentary.

A couple of minutes later, SpaceX controllers in Hawthorne, California, will instruct Dragon to disconnect from the forward port of the Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move away from the station.

NASA's YouTube channel will feature the same footage, as will the video player at the top of this page. The Livestream will be available on NASA's mobile app as well. 

As the Dragon prepares to land in the ocean off Florida, it will deploy parachutes to slow its descent. Despite its promise to provide updates via its blog, NASA will not be streaming the splashdown.

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