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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. ....