SpaceX Dragon Endeavour Spacecraft Relocation | International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon Endeavour Spacecraft Relocation | International Space Station

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, with four crew members, backs away from the International Space Station. Dragon switched ports moving from the Harmony module's forward port to its space-facing port during the relocation maneuver.

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Expedition 71 crew members NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, entered the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and relocated it to another port to make room for the upcoming arrival of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft. Dragon undocked from the Harmony module’s forward-facing port at 8:57 a.m. EDT and autonomously redocked to the module’s space-facing port at 9:46 a.m. 

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia)

NASA: Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: May 2, 2024

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