Astronauts moved the International Station Dragon capsule

Four astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) moved their Dragon capsule to a new location on the station on Sunday, November 3. This move was made to prepare the station to receive a new cargo ship.

According to Tekna Technology Media Astronomy News Service, the Crew-9 astronauts, including two who had previously flown with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, transferred their Dragon capsule, named “Freedom,” to an empty compartment on top of the space station. This was done to make room for an unmanned Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to launch on Monday, Nov. 4, with a cargo of more than three tons of equipment for the space station.

During this operation, the Dragon capsule was detached from the station’s coordination module and attached to a new location. At the time of this maneuver, the space station was above Brazil.

It should be mentioned that two of the Crew-9 astronauts, Nick Haug and Alexander Gorbunov, were originally supposed to travel to space with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. But due to technical problems in the Starliner spacecraft, NASA decided to transfer them to the Crew-9 mission. The Dragon capsule and its astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025.