The International Space Station (ISS), 400 kilometers above the surface, is a place where vehicles regularly fly back and forth. Thanks to the footage recorded by an astronaut named Don Pettit, who worked at the station, we were able to witness one of these moments.
The video shared by Pettit is from a recent moment when SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft left the ISS. We can say that this time-lapse video is really impressive.
The moments when the Dragon capsule left the ISS
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Normally a spacecraft, of course It’s taking too long to detach from the ISS. However, Pettit managed to speed up this video and fit it into 13 seconds. The images show the departure of the capsule, which completed its 1-month mission on the ISS, with a view of Earth in the background.
The successfully completed mission was SpaceX’s 31st resupply mission for NASA. On duty, crew About 2,700 kilograms of cargo, including materials and scientific experiments He was taken to the ISS.
The vehicle left the station bringing with it samples from experiments, including those related to human health and biology December 17, that’s yesterday, Florida, USA to the banks It landed.
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