SpaceX - Dragon CRS-27 Mission patch.
April 15, 2023
Image above: A SpaceX cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station at 11:05 a.m. EDT on April 15, 2023, as the station was flying over the Indian Ocean. It will return nearly 4,300 pounds of scientific samples and hardware for NASA. Image Credit: NASA TV.
Following commands from ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, Dragon undocked at 11:05 a.m. from the forward port of the station’s Harmony module. At the time of undocking the station was flying over the Indian Ocean.
SpaceX CRS-27 Dragon undocking and departure
After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida on Saturday, April 15. NASA will not broadcast the splashdown.
Dragon cargo splashdown (Illustration). Animation Credits: NASA TV/SpaceX
Dragon arrived at the space station March 16 as SpaceX’s 27th Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA, delivering more than 6,000 pounds of research investigations, crew supplies, and station hardware. It was launched March 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.
Related article:
NASA, SpaceX's 27th Resupply Mission Returns Science Samples for Study
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/04/nasa-spacexs-27th-resupply-mission.html
Related links:
Commercial Resupply Services: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Animation (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Heidi Lavelle/NASA TV/SciNews.
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