The removal of the cargo space shuttle Cargo Dragon from the International Space Station (ISS) will occur no earlier than December 19, Moscow time. This was reported by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA).
Originally, SpaceX’s spacecraft was supposed to leave the ISS last week, but the operation had to be postponed six times due to bad weather in the Atlantic, where the landing was planned.
The space agency stated that if the weather improves off the coast of Florida, Cargo Dragon will leave the ISS at 17:05 US East Coast time on Wednesday (01:05 Moscow time on Thursday).
December 11, Cargo Dragon, the cargo ship of the American company SpaceX locked with the International Space Station as part of the 29th commercial mission to deliver cargo into orbit. He delivered approximately three tons of food to the station, as well as instruments and materials needed to conduct scientific experiments.
Previously general designer Vladimir Solovyov explained A small number of Russian experiments on the ISS.