{"id":319781,"date":"2026-02-27T08:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/319781\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:36:10","slug":"cargo-filled-dragon-departs-station-soon-on-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/319781\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo-Filled Dragon Departs Station Soon on NASA+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s live coverage of undocking and departure of the agency\u2019s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is underway on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/nasas-spacex-32nd-commercial-resupply-services-undocking\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NASA+<\/a>. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch NASA content<\/a> through a variety of platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will undock at 12:05 p.m. EST from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station\u2019s Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move safely away from the orbiting complex. NASA will not stream\u00a0splashdown\u00a0but will post updates on its space station\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dragon spacecraft supporting the mission also introduced a new capability to reboost the space station, helping maintain its altitude and counter atmospheric drag, which is critical for safe operations and the long-term sustainability of the orbital complex. During its time docked to the station, Dragon performed six reboosts \u2014 five in 2025 and a final maneuver on Jan. 23 \u2014 before preparations for its departure began.<\/p>\n<p>Loaded with thousands of pounds of crew supplies, science experiments, and equipment, the spacecraft arrived at the station Aug. 25, 2025. It\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-science-cargo-launch-on-33rd-spacex-resupply-mission-to-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a>\u00a0a day earlier on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for NASA\u2019s 33rd SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">space station blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/space_station\" rel=\"nofollow\">@space_station<\/a> on X, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISS\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/G246xLa\/nasanews\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/953024efdc924c6f64f63936007555957934d147d0248bbbc9670e69e388705a.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>February 26, 2026 11:47AM<\/p>\n<p>More from International Space Station<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s live coverage of undocking and departure of the agency\u2019s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission is underway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1656,118998,61,1658,60,1659,82,247,129133],"class_list":{"0":"post-319781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-commercial-resupply","9":"tag-expedition-74","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-international-space-station-iss","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-iss-research","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-space","16":"tag-spacex-commercial-resupply"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}