lundi 5 juillet 2021

Weather Pushes Dragon Undocking to No Earlier than July 7

 







ISS - Expedition 65 Mission patch.


July 5, 2021


Image above: The SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship is pictured approaching the space station on June 5, 2021. Image Credit: NASA.

Due to forecasted extreme weather off the coast of Florida, SpaceX CRS-22 undocking is now planned for no earlier than July 7. NASA Television coverage will begin at 10:45 am EDT. NASA and SpaceX flight control teams continue to monitor the weather and splashdown locations. Certain parameters like wind speeds and wave heights must be within certain limits to ensure the safety of the recovery teams, the science, and the spacecraft.

Tropical Storm Elsa from the International Space Station


As tropical storm Elsa made its way through the Caribbean Sea, NASA astronaut Megan McArthur shared a series of four images of the storm taken from her vantage point aboard the International Space Station on July 4, 2021. She wrote, "Tropical Storm Elsa from the Space Station today. Stay safe everyone." Image Credit: NASA.

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Related links:

NASA TV: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

Expedition 65: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition65/index.html

Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html

International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Images (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/Sarah Loff.

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