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SPACEX S cargo Dragon is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow with the spaceship carrying precious science experiments which will help the likes of NASA learn more about humans in space.
CRS-21 Dragon completes mission with splashdown off Tampa
January 11, 2021
The CRS-21 automated cargo Dragon v2, the first-of-its-kind for the v2 class designed and developed by SpaceX, has completed its mission after undocked from the International Space Station and conducting a 35 hour homecoming that culminated with a splashdown off the coast of Tampa, Florida on Wednesday, 13 January at 20:27 EST (14 January at 01:27 UTC).
Undocking and splashdown had originally been planned for Monday, 11 January. However, a confusing series of messages about the weather that first gave approval and clearance to undock resulted just minutes later, and less than two minutes before the undocking process was to begin, in NASA calling up to the Station announcing a stop to undocking operations.
Jan 11, 2021
By capsule, helicopter, boat, plane, and car, space station science experiments are about to make a first of a kind journey back to researchers on Earth.
Today (11 January), the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft carrying out the company’s 21
st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission for NASA undocks from the International Space Station, heading for splashdown off the coast of Florida about 12 hours later.
This upgraded Dragon transports significantly more science back to Earth than possible in previous Dragon capsules and is the first space station cargo capsule to splash down off the coast of Florida.
The upgraded version of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft, Dragon 2, is seen atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 2, 2020, as they prepare to be rolled out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the company’s 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-21) launch.