On Sunday, August 24 at 2:45 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-33) mission to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After an approximate 28-hour flight, Dragon will autonomously dock with the orbiting laboratory on Monday, August 25 at approximately 7:30 a.m. ET. Photos captured by Satnews.
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Cargo Dragon 2 brings supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support science and research investigations that occur onboard the orbiting laboratory. The mission will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
CRS-33 is the third flight for the Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission, which previously flew CRS-26 and CRS-29 to and from the space station. The CRS SpX-33 Mission will be the first mission including a boost module inside the Dragon’s trunk for ISS orbit raising.
This was the seventh flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, O3b mPOWER-D, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.