A SpaceX Crew Dragon is doing a shuffle at the ISS — here’s how to watch

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov approaches nan International Space Station arsenic it orbits 259 miles supra Oregon. NASA

This week will spot a typical maneuver astatine nan International Space Station (ISS) arsenic a SpaceX Crew Dragon takes 1 of nan tiniest flights ever, hopping conscionable a fewer meters complete from 1 larboard of nan position to another. And NASA will unrecorded watercourse nan event, truthful you’ll beryllium capable to watch nan spacecraft return this short formation arsenic it happens.

The changeover is basal to make abstraction for different SpaceX trade that will get connected Monday, October 4. But this caller presence won’t transportation immoderate unit arsenic it is simply a cargo craft, portion of nan 31st commercialized resupply services ngo by SpaceX. This caller presence will dock astatine nan forward-facing larboard connected nan Space Station’s Harmony module, arsenic it is easiest for trade to dock location than connected nan space-facing side. But nan Crew Dragon is presently occupying this port, truthful it needs to undock, move to nan different space-facing port, and redock there.

To move nan Crew Dragon, it will beryllium loaded up pinch a unit consisting of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, arsenic good arsenic Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.

These 4 dress up a alternatively different Crew-9, arsenic only Hague and Gorbunov traveled to nan Space Station connected their Crew Dragon, which flew pinch conscionable 2 unit members for nan first clip successful its operational history. The different 2 members, Williams and Wilmore, had traveled to nan position connected nan first crewed trial formation of nan Boeing Starliner, but pursuing problems pinch nan Starliner’s thrusters, NASA officials opted not to person them recreation backmost connected nan Starliner but alternatively to stay connected nan ISS and go members of Crew-9 instead. Now, they will recreation backmost to Earth successful their Crew Dragon successful February adjacent year.

The unit are aiming to undock from nan ISS for their short formation astatine 6:35 a.m. ET connected Sunday, November 3, past will execute nan maneuver successful nether an hr pinch nan purpose to redock astatine 7:18 a.m. ET. To get an thought of what this looks for illustration successful practice, you tin spot a previous redocking of different Crew Dragon spacecraft that occurred successful May this year.

How to watch nan maneuver

You’ll beryllium capable to watch nan unrecorded watercourse connected NASA’s YouTube channel, wherever sum will statesman astatine 6:15 a.m. ET connected Sunday, November 3, and will tally continuously until nan redocking maneuver is complete.