SPACEBAR — SpaceX abruptly delayed the departure of the cargo ship Dragon from the International Space Station (ISS). Dragon was supposed to take off from the ISS on Saturday, January 22, 2022. In fact, astronomy lovers around the world are ready to watch the live broadcast.
SpaceX said the delay was at least one day due to bad weather at its landing site. According to NASA, the public will still be able to witness the Dragon’s release attempt live on Sunday, January 23.
“The cargo ship Dragon CRS-24 is scheduled to take off from the space station at 10:40 a.m. EST (approximately 10:30 p.m. EST) on Saturday and return to Earth on Monday (24/1) morning. But bad weather at a potential location in the Gulf of Mexico at off the coast of Florida prevented departures,” SpaceX said on its website Space.com, Saturday night.
“SpaceX and NASA have abandoned the planned departure of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft today due to strong winds in the splashdown zone in the Gulf,” said NASA spokeswoman Sandra Jones.
Speak at NASA TV, Sandra said anyone could watch SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 spacecraft leave the space station live on the TV on Sunday starting at 10.15 EST or around 22.00 WIB. “The demolition is scheduled for 10:40 a.m. EST, weather permitting,” he said.
Meanwhile at the landing site there will be no direct coverage. The SpaceX Dragon is expected to dive into the ocean on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, weather permitting. Information about the landing will be continuously updated on the NASA space station homepage and SpaceX’s Twitter page.
Important trip
The cargo ship belonging to Elon Musk’s company will return nearly 2,267 kilograms of research results to Earth. Including sitoskeleton which uses cell signals to understand how the human body changes in microgravity. A 12-year-old light-imaging microscope that is being retired after more than a decade of being used to study the structure of matter and plants in orbit is also inside Dragon.
It was the second time the capsule trip was postponed due to weather. Originally, Dragon was due to unload on Friday, but the procedure was delayed by a day due to worsening weather conditions again.
The Dragon spacecraft blasted off on its cargo mission, called CRS-24 on December 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It sent a science kit to the Earth-orbiting complex. He arrived at the ISS two days later.
Dragon is claimed to be the only cargo ship that can fly scientific experiments back to Earth for research. This is because all other spacecraft burn up in the atmosphere on their return to Earth. .
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