The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fires its Draco engines fine-tuning its automated approach and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Dragon would dock a few moments later to the Harmony module's forward port delivering over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware to the Expedition 73 crew.
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fires its Draco engines fine-tuning its automated approach and rendezvous with the International Space Station on Aug. 25, 2025.
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At approximately 6:38 a.m. EDT, Dragon will dock autonomously to the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module.

The spacecraft is carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory aboard SpaceX’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The mission launched at 6:05 p.m. on May 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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