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Astronauts on the space station just flew SpaceX s Crew Dragon to a new port - a first for the spaceship
Astronauts on the space station just flew SpaceX s Crew Dragon to a new port - a first for the spaceship
Morgan McFall-JohnsenApr 6, 2021, 04:20 IST
The Crew Dragon Resilience undocks from the forward port of the International Space Station on April 5, 2021.NASA TV
SpaceX s Crew Dragon spaceship moved on Monday to make way for the next Dragon capsule.
The spaceship undocked from the
International Space Station and maneuvered to a different port.
It s the first time Crew Dragon has conducted this port relocation, but likely won t be the last.
NASA TV
The spaceship undocked from the International Space Station and maneuvered to a different port.
It s the first time Crew Dragon has conducted this port relocation, but likely won t be the last.
SpaceX s first full astronaut crew successfully maneuvered its Crew Dragon spaceship to a new port on the International Space Station on Monday. It was the first time the vehicle had attempted the maneuver.
Called a port relocation, the process required the spaceship to back away from the ISS port where it had been since it arrived at the orbiting laboratory in November, then fly to a different, space-facing port, and dock there instead. Russian Soyuz vehicles have conducted port-relocation maneuvers 15 times in the past, but no astronauts had ever done it in a commercial spacecraft before.