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04/30/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2024 00:13

Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down Completing Resupply Mission

The SpaceX Dragon Cargo spacecraft approaches the International Space Station's Harmony module for a docking on March 23, 2024. Credit: NASA TV

The uncrewed SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 1:38 a.m. EDT on Tuesday off the coast of Tampa, Florida to complete its cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station.

Next, four SpaceX Crew-8 members will board the Dragon crew spacecraft on Thursday and undock the vehicle from the forward port of the station's Harmony module and redock to Harmony's zenith port. NASA TV coverage will begin on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. Undocking is scheduled at 7:45 a.m. with redocking scheduled at 8:28 a.m.

That will clear the forward port of Harmony for the arrival of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission. They are scheduled to launch at 10:34 pm on Monday, May 6, night atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla..

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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