Cargo Dragon Provides Space Station With First Boost | Aviation Week Network

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Mark Carreau
September 04, 2025

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HOUSTON—NASA’s 33rd SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has completed its first “boost kit” propulsion maneuver to help maintain the orbital laboratory’s altitude. The maneuver, conducted on Sept. 3, lasted 5 min. and 3 sec., raising the low point of the…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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