NASA’s reside protection of undocking and departure of the company’s SpaceX thirty third Industrial Resupply Companies mission is underway on NASA+. Discover ways to watch NASA content material by way of a wide range of platforms.
The unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will undock at 12:05 p.m. EST from the forward-facing port of the Worldwide Area Station’s Concord module and fireplace its thrusters to maneuver safely away from the orbiting advanced. NASA won’t stream splashdown however will publish updates on its house station blog.
The Dragon spacecraft supporting the mission additionally launched a brand new functionality to reboost the house station, serving to keep its altitude and counter atmospheric drag, which is vital for protected operations and the long-term sustainability of the orbital advanced. Throughout its time docked to the station, Dragon carried out six reboosts — 5 in 2025 and a ultimate maneuver on Jan. 23 — earlier than preparations for its departure started.
Loaded with 1000’s of kilos of crew provides, science experiments, and gear, the spacecraft arrived on the station Aug. 25, 2025. It launched a day earlier on a Falcon 9 rocket from Area Launch Complicated 40 at Cape Canaveral Area Pressure Station in Florida for NASA’s thirty third SpaceX Industrial Resupply Companies mission.
Be taught extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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