Amazing VIews Of SpaceX Cargo Dragon Drifting Away From Space Station
Amazing views of SpaceX CRS-25 Crew Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
Transcript
00:00 All hooks are open.
00:07 Station Houston, all hooks open.
00:11 Dragon separation confirmed.
00:14 Station Houston, copies.
00:18 Dragon separation confirmed.
00:21 Station Houston, copies.
00:24 Station Houston, copies.
00:34 And Dragon is currently drifting away from the station,
00:37 and you can see some burns here from their thrusters pushing them back,
00:41 slowly away from the International Space Station.
00:44 Dragon departure was confirmed at 10:05 a.m.
00:48 Dragon and the International Space Station was flying 259 statute miles above the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii.
01:16 Station Houston, Dragon departure burn zero complete.
01:24 Copies.
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01:53 And Dragon is currently about 34 meters away from the International Space Station.
01:58 We'll look for some milestones as Dragon continues to depart.
02:02 The first of those milestones is about 200 meters away, and we call that the keepout sphere.
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02:17 And then the next milestone we'll look for is Dragon exiting the approach ellipsoid.
02:22 That 4 kilometer by 2 kilometer by 2 kilometer ellipsoid around the International Space Station.
02:31 These are invisible lines around the station monitored by the flight controllers using rules to govern approaching and departing vehicles from the station.
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04:12 If you're just joining us, you're watching live coverage of the departure of Dragon cargo craft for the SpaceX CRS-25 mission.
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04:25 Cargo Dragon had a successful undocking at 10.05 a.m. Central Time, 11.05 a.m. Eastern.
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04:37 Dragon is currently about 94 meters away from the International Space Station.
04:42 We'll be looking for two milestones this morning.
04:47 The first being the keepout sphere 200 meters away from the International Space Station.
04:53 The second being the approach ellipsoid.
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06:02 We're currently seeing camera views of depart burn one.
06:06 You can see those thrusters firing.
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06:16 Station Houston, depart burn one complete.
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06:25 Station copies.
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07:23 And Dragon has exited the keepout sphere.
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07:48 Station Houston, Dragon has exited the keepout sphere.
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07:55 Station copies.
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