NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts completed the first undocking and relocation of a capsule Monday at the International Space Station in preparation for the arrival of the next crew.
The space station program has had a record two launches and two landings this month, where it ferried seven new crew members to the station and brought seven back to Earth, according to CBS News.
Dragon has re-docked with the @Space_Station, completing its first-ever port relocation flight and making way for arrival of the Crew-2 Dragon in a few weeks, as well as the CRS-22 Dragon this summer https://t.co/au9pr9Wf3z
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 5, 2021
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The second SpaceX Dragon crew is scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on April 22. Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a European Space Agency crew member, CBS News reports.
Crew-1 is set to undock and return to earth April 28 with a splashdown in the Atlantic to close out its 164-day mission.