Overview

• Dragon launched at 2:45 a.m. EDT on August 24 and docked at 7:05 a.m. EDT on August 25 to the Harmony module’s forward port.
• The Falcon 9 first stage completed a droneship landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas, with the capsule on its third mission and the booster on its seventh.
• The shipment includes studies on bone-forming stem cells, bioprinted liver tissue vascularization, in-orbit 3D metal printing, and materials for nerve-repair implants.
• NASA reported the crew opened Dragon’s hatch about 90 minutes after docking and transferred time-sensitive samples to station freezers as teams reviewed reboost plans.
• Arrival coverage streamed on NASA+ and other platforms, and the spacecraft is slated to undock in December for a Pacific splashdown off California with returned research.