Mission accomplished! SpaceX Dragon Pushes ISS That Almost Falls! NASA Reacts

Mission accomplished! SpaceX Dragon Pushes ISS That Almost Falls! NASA Reacts
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Dragon, during its time at the station,
executed a reboot of the ISS for the inaugural occasion as the company gears up to ultimately decommission the
orbiting complex. The reboot began with the activation of Dragon’s thrusters at around 12:50 p.m.
E.T. The burn is expected to last about 12.5 minutes to raise the station’s orbit.
The test
is the first step in planning the careful destruction of the space station and a time for SpaceX to prove
that it has the necessary capabilities. The test also serves to control the ISS’s altitude.
Like any other human object in space, the ISS needs to be periodically
rebooted to offset atmospheric drag and maintain the proper altitude. Traditionally, Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft have fulfilled that reboot capability,
but the situation is changing rapidly. Russia remains a partner on the ISS even after its unauthorized invasion of Ukraine in 2022,
even though most other international space treaties have been severed.
The ISS is a policy project and cannot operate as stand-alone units, NASA has stressed.
In 2018, Northrop Grumman also conducted a repeat test using Cygnus, but it wasn’t until 2022, when Russia threatened to invade Ukraine and questions arose about Russia’s commitment to the ISS, that NASA began using it operationally.
Cygnus’s refueling capabilities are still limited compared to Progress and Zvezda. However, Russia has continued most of its refueling operations. Cargo Dragon may not be extraordinary, but it holds significance for Bill Spetch, NASA ISS Operations Integration Manager. This is an important flight test objective for this mission, as we continue to improve the capabilities of all vehicles on the ISS. What is clear is that NASA’s selection of SpaceX for this mission was a smart decision.
The $843 million contract seems to be in line with NASA’s expectations for the program.

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[antman]

Oh My God
think of the photography of
Re Entry as it burns, Colors, plasma, melting metal, They should be able to tune in C.G. and should make future sci Fi movies great.
Space Shuttle spit out a few good flick's in the Day

[robertbrander]

Marvellous Musk needs to make his BF Starship habitable , and get it into LEO ! ... Then, he can work on it ! ... So it can manoeuvre around and Dock with the ISS and other spacecraft ... Then they can save all the valuable and important stuff ! 🙂

[WatZ-In-Ur-Head]

The ISS project should feel privileged that Russia held the program together as a result of NASA's failure.