SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon Adjusts Space Station’s Orbit

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is pictured by an external camera attached to the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—The SpaceX Dragon space freighter and its thrusters have performed a 12 1/2-min. preplanned maneuver to adjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA says. The Nov. 8 operation had already been set when the resupply mission docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS earlier this...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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