NASA astronaut captures SpaceX Cargo Dragon departing the ISS in sunlight
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Chelsea Gohd
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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a striking photo of SpaceX's Cargo Dragon capsule departing from the International Space Station after delivering supplies and science equipment. The image shows the spacecraft bathed in sunlight with sunbeams reflecting off its hull as it backs away from the station.
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· 2 pulledPeering through the window of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Jessica Meir snapped a striking photo as she watched a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule depart from the station.
With sunbeams gleaming downward, reflecting off of the spacecraft's hull, the Dragon can be seen backing away.
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