Expedition 61 – SpaceX Dragon CRS19 Release – January 7, 2010

0

0

Expedition 61 – SpaceX Dragon CRS19 Release – January 7, 2010 –

U.S. COMMERCIAL CARGO SHIP DEPARTS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

After a month attached to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was released from the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm Jan. 7, headed for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach, California. Loaded with valuable scientific experiments and station hardware earmarked for repair or refurbishment, the Dragon was released on command by flight controllers in Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Dragon moved to a safe distance away from the orbital outpost before firing its engine to drop out of orbit and splashdown in the Pacific Tuesday morning.

Seen on Youtube!

John Jason Fallows

See author's posts