A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fires its Draco engines
iss074e0103137 (Dec. 29, 2025) --- A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fires its Draco engines, an independent propellant system located in the spacecraft’s trunk, for a regularly scheduled orbital reboost of the International Space Station. The orbital outpost was soaring into a sunset 259 miles above the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania on the African continent at approximately 9:09 p.m. local time.
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- 2025-12-29
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- NASA Image and Video Library
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