Where is Dragon cargo now?

Where is Dragon cargo now?

Time-sensitive cargo, such as biological research samples, will be flown back to Kennedy Space Center by helicopter, where NASA researchers will receive and catalog the materials for analysis and distribution to scientists around the world.

Did the Dragon undock today?

Update for 11 am ET: SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has successfully undocked itself from the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 10:40 a.m. EST today and will return to Earth on Monday, Jan.

Did the cargo Dragon splashdown?

The Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship splashed down today (Jan. 24) in the Gulf of Mexico at 4:05 p.m. EST (2105 GMT), off the coast of Florida near Panama City. “Splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s 24th resupply mission to the space station,” SpaceX wrote in a Twitter update.

Why is SpaceX ship called Dragon?

Name. SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, named the spacecraft after the 1963 song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary, reportedly as a response to critics who considered his spaceflight projects impossible.

How big is the Dragon space capsule?

Dragon is 4.4 meters (14.4 feet) tall and 3.66 meters (12 feet) in diameter. The trunk is 2.8 meters (9.2 feet) tall and 3.66 meters (12 feet) wide. With solar panels fully extended, the vehicle measures 16.5 meters (54 feet) wide.

What’s on board the SpaceX Dragon when it leaves the ISS?

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will depart space station today with a ‘cytoskeleton’ on board. Here’s how to watch. Undocking is set for 10:40 a.m. ET. The capsule carries nearly 5,000 pounds of science ready to come back to our planet. A SpaceX Dragon capsule seen against Earth’s surface. (Image credit: NASA Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-NC)

What time does the SpaceX Dragon Return to Earth?

The Dragon cargo ship will undock about 25 minutes later at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT) and return to Earth on Monday.

What time is the SpaceX Dragon splashdown in Florida?

While there will be no live coverage of the splashdown, the current target calls for Dragon to arrive somewhere off the coast of Florida around 4:25 p.m. EST (2125 GMT) on Sunday (Jan. 23). Updates on splashdown will come through the space station blog.

What are the upcoming milestones for the SpaceX Crew Dragon?

Here are the upcoming milestones (all times Eastern): 1:57 a.m. – Crew Dragon performs claw separation. The claw is located on Crew Dragon’s trunk, connecting thermal control, power, and avionics system components located on the trunk to the capsule.