CRS-21 Cargo & Crew-1 Dragon Docked To ISS
Taken by Philip Smith on December 7, 2020 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Date Taken: 2020:12:07 21:35:11
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On 12-07-20 17:50:09 UT I had an 82° Max ISS pass from my Manorville, NY USA backyard with 2 SpaceX Dragons now docked to the ISS. I can see in my image, a small part of the trunk section of CRS-21 Cargo Dragon in part shadow that now has the Nanoracks Bishop Airlock in its payload bay. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock will finally rest in place on the Tranquility Node 3. Bishop’s unique bell-jar design allows this airlock to function in a multitude of ways, expanding the services to provide customers every day in space. Bishop was designed to function on the International Space Station, and tomorrow, detached and moved onto a Nanoracks Outpost. SpaceX launched their 21st contracted Cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first flight of Cargo Dragon 2, the company’s new and upgraded un-crewed cargo spacecraft. You can also see the Crew-1 Dragon in some sunlight. The ISS large solar arrays were in earth's shadow and can not be seen in this image. This is because the Sun altitude is lower to the horizon in the winter months. My imaging setup was an Edge HD 14" OTA telescope with an Astrodon Red filter on a ZWO ASI174MM (mono) camera and a TeleVue 2X barlow lens. To see more of my images you can go to my FB page https://www.facebook.com/philip.smith.5686 Kind regards to all.
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