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The mission will also deliver the next pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays). Once installed during upcoming spacewalks, the solar panels will expand the energy-production capabilities of the space station.
The CRS-28 Dragon (C208) previously flew on the CRS-21, CRS-23 and CRS-25 flights. It will return to Earth with research and cargo after spending about four weeks at the space station.
The Falcon 9 first stage (B1077) used to launch the CRS-28 Dragon is making its fifth flight into space. It previously supported the Crew-5, GPS III SV06 and Inmarsat 6-F2 missions, as well as the launch of 56 Starlink satellites. The stage will be recovered by the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean.
Robert Pearlman
NASA release
NASA, SpaceX launch solar arrays, cargo to station
Following a successful launch of NASA's SpaceX 28th commercial resupply services mission, two new solar arrays, science investigations, and supplies are on their way to the International Space Station.
Carrying more than 7,000 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, the uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched on the company's Falcon 9 rocket at 11:47 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 5, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The cargo spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock with the space-facing port on the station's Harmony module at approximately 5:50 a.m. and remain at the station for about 21 days.
The SpaceX Dragon will deliver a pair of IROSAs (International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays) that, once installed, will expand the energy-production capabilities of the microgravity complex.
Robert Pearlman
Dragon docks to space station
SpaceX's CRS-28 Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the International Space Station's Harmony module on Tuesday (June 6) at 5:54 a.m. EDT (0954 GMT), as the two spacecraft were traveling approximately 270 miles (435 kilometers) over the coast of Brazil.
NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg monitored the docking operations from inside the space station.
Robert Pearlman
NASA release
Dragon departs from space station
Following commands from ground controllers at SpaceX, the CRS-28 Dragon undocked from the space-facing port of the International Space Station's Harmony module and fired its thrusters to move a safe distance away at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT) on Thursday (June 29).
After re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at about 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) on Friday.
Robert Pearlman
Dragon splashes down from station
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) on Friday (June 30), off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, marking the return of the company's 28th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft carried approximately 3,600 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth.
Scientific hardware and samples returning on the mission include the GRIP – Dexterous Manipulation in Microgravity chair used in the ESA (European Space Agency)-sponsored neurology experiments GRIP and GRASP (Gravitational References for Sensimotor Performance: Reaching and Grasping). GRIP studied how microgravity affects the manipulation of objects, while GRASP provided further insight into how the central nervous system adapts to the space environment.
The experiments had been on the space station almost six years, and the final in-orbit tests were completed in early 2023.
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