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.
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.
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.
Mission
To The Space Station
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
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