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SpaceX Dragon Approaching Station with New Science, Supplies

A white Dragon spacecraft approaches the station against the blackness of space. Its top hatch is open, revealing the docking ring, and jets of propulsion fuel are visible shooting from its top and bottom on the left side. A portion of the station is visible at the bottom left of the image.
Thrusters on the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fire automatically while adjusting the vehicle’s slow, methodical approach toward the International Space Station on Nov. 11, 2023.
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NASA’s coverage is underway for arrival of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms. 

At approximately 8:38 a.m. EDT, Dragon will dock autonomously to the zenith, space-facing port of the space station’s Harmony module. 

The spacecraft is carrying about 6,700 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo to the orbiting laboratory on SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The mission launched at 4:15 a.m. April 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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