The unpaid Dragon resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT) as both spacecraft sailed 259 miles over the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The spacecraft will return on Saturday (August 20), NASA officials said. “Goodbye Dragon, thank you for all the supplies and science,” NASA spacecraft communicator Michael Ellsworth radioed to the station crew from Mission Control in Houston. “We look forward to your return to Earth.” “Congratulations to the team on a successful SpaceX-25 mission,” NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins responded from the space station. Dragon’s release video showed a stunning view of the spacecraft pulling away from the ISS during an orbital sunrise. Image 1 of 3 The SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station during orbital sunrise. (Image: NASA TV) Image 1 of 3
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Dragon launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 14 and arrived at the ISS two days later with about 5,800 pounds (2,630 kg) of supplies and science equipment for the orbiting lab’s occupants. NASA and SpaceX originally hoped to release the Dragon cargo ship on Thursday, but called off the departure due to bad weather at its crash site off the coast of Florida.
The truck is scheduled to return Earth in an ocean dive off the coast of Florida on Saturday at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), NASA officials said. It is packed for the return trip with about 4,000 pounds (1,815 kg) of experiments and other equipment for researchers to analyze. NASA and SpaceX are not expected to live stream the landing, but will likely share updates on social media.
Dragon’s current mission is called Commercial Resupply Services 25, or CRS-25 and SpaceX-25 for short. As that name suggests, it is the 25th conventional cargo flight that SpaceX has flown to the ISS for NASA.
SpaceX also has a separate NASA agreement to fly astronaut missions to and from the orbiting lab, which it does with the crewed version of Dragon. SpaceX is in the midst of the fourth of these astronaut missions, called Crew-4and is scheduled to launch Crew-5 towards the end of September.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Aug. 19 with confirmation of the successful undocking of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship from the space station.
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The unpaid Dragon resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT) as both spacecraft sailed 259 miles over the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The spacecraft will return on Saturday (August 20), NASA officials said. “Goodbye Dragon, thank you for all the supplies and science,” NASA spacecraft communicator Michael Ellsworth radioed to the station crew from Mission Control in Houston. “We look forward to your return to Earth.” “Congratulations to the team on a successful SpaceX-25 mission,” NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins responded from the space station. Dragon’s release video showed a stunning view of the spacecraft pulling away from the ISS during an orbital sunrise. Image 1 of 3 The SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station during orbital sunrise. (Image: NASA TV) Image 1 of 3
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Dragon launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 14 and arrived at the ISS two days later with about 5,800 pounds (2,630 kg) of supplies and science equipment for the orbiting lab’s occupants. NASA and SpaceX originally hoped to release the Dragon cargo ship on Thursday, but called off the departure due to bad weather at its crash site off the coast of Florida.
The truck is scheduled to return Earth in an ocean dive off the coast of Florida on Saturday at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), NASA officials said. It is packed for the return trip with about 4,000 pounds (1,815 kg) of experiments and other equipment for researchers to analyze. NASA and SpaceX are not expected to live stream the landing, but will likely share updates on social media.
Dragon’s current mission is called Commercial Resupply Services 25, or CRS-25 and SpaceX-25 for short. As that name suggests, it is the 25th conventional cargo flight that SpaceX has flown to the ISS for NASA.
SpaceX also has a separate NASA agreement to fly astronaut missions to and from the orbiting lab, which it does with the crewed version of Dragon. SpaceX is in the midst of the fourth of these astronaut missions, called Crew-4and is scheduled to launch Crew-5 towards the end of September.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Aug. 19 with confirmation of the successful undocking of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship from the space station.
Mike Wall is the author of “Out there (opens in new tab)” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018, illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for extraterrestrial life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall (opens in a new tab). Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or enabled Facebook (opens in a new tab).
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The unpaid Dragon resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT) as both spacecraft sailed 259 miles over the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The spacecraft will return on Saturday (August 20), NASA officials said. “Goodbye Dragon, thank you for all the supplies and science,” NASA spacecraft communicator Michael Ellsworth radioed to the station crew from Mission Control in Houston. “We look forward to your return to Earth.” “Congratulations to the team on a successful SpaceX-25 mission,” NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins responded from the space station. Dragon’s release video showed a stunning view of the spacecraft pulling away from the ISS during an orbital sunrise. Image 1 of 3 The SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station during orbital sunrise. (Image: NASA TV) Image 1 of 3
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Dragon launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 14 and arrived at the ISS two days later with about 5,800 pounds (2,630 kg) of supplies and science equipment for the orbiting lab’s occupants. NASA and SpaceX originally hoped to release the Dragon cargo ship on Thursday, but called off the departure due to bad weather at its crash site off the coast of Florida.
The truck is scheduled to return Earth in an ocean dive off the coast of Florida on Saturday at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), NASA officials said. It is packed for the return trip with about 4,000 pounds (1,815 kg) of experiments and other equipment for researchers to analyze. NASA and SpaceX are not expected to live stream the landing, but will likely share updates on social media.
Dragon’s current mission is called Commercial Resupply Services 25, or CRS-25 and SpaceX-25 for short. As that name suggests, it is the 25th conventional cargo flight that SpaceX has flown to the ISS for NASA.
SpaceX also has a separate NASA agreement to fly astronaut missions to and from the orbiting lab, which it does with the crewed version of Dragon. SpaceX is in the midst of the fourth of these astronaut missions, called Crew-4and is scheduled to launch Crew-5 towards the end of September.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Aug. 19 with confirmation of the successful undocking of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship from the space station.
Mike Wall is the author of “Out there (opens in new tab)” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018, illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for extraterrestrial life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall (opens in a new tab). Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or enabled Facebook (opens in a new tab).
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The unpaid Dragon resupply ship undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT) as both spacecraft sailed 259 miles over the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The spacecraft will return on Saturday (August 20), NASA officials said. “Goodbye Dragon, thank you for all the supplies and science,” NASA spacecraft communicator Michael Ellsworth radioed to the station crew from Mission Control in Houston. “We look forward to your return to Earth.” “Congratulations to the team on a successful SpaceX-25 mission,” NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins responded from the space station. Dragon’s release video showed a stunning view of the spacecraft pulling away from the ISS during an orbital sunrise. Image 1 of 3 The SpaceX Dragon CRS-25 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station during orbital sunrise. (Image: NASA TV) Image 1 of 3
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Dragon launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 14 and arrived at the ISS two days later with about 5,800 pounds (2,630 kg) of supplies and science equipment for the orbiting lab’s occupants. NASA and SpaceX originally hoped to release the Dragon cargo ship on Thursday, but called off the departure due to bad weather at its crash site off the coast of Florida.
The truck is scheduled to return Earth in an ocean dive off the coast of Florida on Saturday at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), NASA officials said. It is packed for the return trip with about 4,000 pounds (1,815 kg) of experiments and other equipment for researchers to analyze. NASA and SpaceX are not expected to live stream the landing, but will likely share updates on social media.
Dragon’s current mission is called Commercial Resupply Services 25, or CRS-25 and SpaceX-25 for short. As that name suggests, it is the 25th conventional cargo flight that SpaceX has flown to the ISS for NASA.
SpaceX also has a separate NASA agreement to fly astronaut missions to and from the orbiting lab, which it does with the crewed version of Dragon. SpaceX is in the midst of the fourth of these astronaut missions, called Crew-4and is scheduled to launch Crew-5 towards the end of September.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Aug. 19 with confirmation of the successful undocking of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship from the space station.
Mike Wall is the author of “Out there (opens in new tab)” (Grand Central Publishing, 2018, illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for extraterrestrial life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall (opens in a new tab). Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or enabled Facebook (opens in a new tab).
