Overview
- Dragon docked at 7:05 a.m. EDT on August 25 to the Harmony forward port after a 2:45 a.m. EDT August 24 launch from Cape Canaveral.
- NASA’s Mike Fincke opened the hatch about 90 minutes after docking as Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman and Kimiya Yui transferred time-sensitive samples to station freezers.
- The payload features studies on 3D metal printing, bioprinted vascularized liver tissue (MVP Cell-07), bone-forming stem cells and materials for nerve-repair implants.
- A series of ISS reboosts using Dragon’s trunk-mounted Draco engines is scheduled to begin in September and continue through the fall of 2025.
- The capsule is on its third flight, its Falcon 9 booster achieved a seventh landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas, and Sen’s SpaceTV-1 released docking footage from the station.