The CRS-24 cargo ship successfully exited the space station’s “space out of field” at 10:40 a.m. after a previously scheduled attempt was delayed due to inclement weather at the launch site off the coast of Florida, according to data from SpaceX. The protected sphere has a diameter of 200 meters around the International Space Station.
NASA broadcast the disconnection process live on NASA TV and on its social media platforms.
Experiments aboard the Dragon will be transported to NASA’s Space Station processing facility at Kennedy Space Center after landing.
NASA’s mission controller said as it was being moved that the freighter was returning medical supplies along with more than 4,900 pounds of valuable “cargo and research.”
This includes a retired optical imaging microscope, which has supported much scientific research for 12 years, as well as samples from colloid studies.
The cytoskeleton, a probe that analyzes the effect of microgravity on cellular signaling molecules, is also on board the dragon.
The Dragon was launched on December 21 to deliver equipment, research and crew supplies to the International Space Station. It marks the return of the 24th freighter from “NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services mission,” according to the Space Research Agency.
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