May 20, 2018
Orbital ATK CRS-9 on the Pad (NHQ201805200003) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/24ASfhA
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Orbital ATK CRS-9 on the Pad (NHQ201805200003) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/24ASfhA
Orbital ATK CRS-9 on the Pad (NHQ201805200002) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/27mB6JV
Orbital ATK CRS-9 Raising on the Pad (NHQ201805180002) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/KakrKj
Orbital ATK CRS-9 Rollout (NHQ201805170047) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/K8RDqq
Orbital ATK CRS-9 Rollout (NHQ201805170050) by NASA HQ PHOTO https://flic.kr/p/25U8bfn
Dragon CRS-9 on the deck of its recovery ship earlier today. At 11:47am EDT, the capsule splashed down more than 300 miles off the coast of Baja California, bringing over 3,100 pounds of experiments and equipment back to Earth from the International Space Station.
Once the capsule is back in port, SpaceX will remove time-sensitive experiments for NASA. The capsule will then travel to the company’s facility at McGregor, where it will undergo further cargo unloading and further safing.
P/c: SpaceX
After more than five weeks berthed at the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon capsule is set to return to Earth tomorrow, August 26. More than 3,000 pounds of cargo and experiments are set to return to Earth tomorrow, with Dragon splashing down at 11:47am EDT. The CRS-9 mission launched July 18.
IDA-2 was removed from the SpaceX Dragon CRS-9 External Trunk late Wednesday evening, August 17, in preparation for tomorrow morning’s spacewalk. Beginning at 8:05am EDT and ending around 2:30pm, Expedition 48 crewmembers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will install the docking adapter on PMA-2 at the front of the space station. They will connect wires and cables between the IDA and the space station, allowing for robotic checkout and testing from the ground. The International Docking Adapter will enable visiting commercial crew vehicles to dock and transfer astronauts to the ISS. A second docking adapter, IDA-3, will launch in 2018 and will be installed on PMA-3.
P/c: NASA.