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> How can it then after the docking, reconnect and then succesfully land back at earth? Or does it do that for some other mission and on the ISS docking, the Dragon just goes down by itself and lands in the sea?
Yes, as /u/Kang_54 explains, Dragon is the spacecraft that is launched towards the ISS by the Falcon rocket. Once it separates from stage 2, Dragon spends a day or so catching up with ISS, gradually adjusting to get closer and closer and matching the speed until "grabbed" by a robotic arm on the ISS.
After the mission, Dragon separates from ISS, the thrusters pushing it gently away, back towards the earth. Remember that because there are no other forces acting on it, once it starts moving, it keeps moving until a thruster in the opposite direction fires. It's reoriented so that the heatshield is facing in the direction of reentry, and eventually the atmosphere (even though it's very thin near the ISS) will start to slow Dragon down more and more.
The mobile game "Space Agency" is great for demonstrating all these principles. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooleus.android.spaceagency&hl=en_GB
I've played simplier version Space Agency - it's not as realistic and big as SimpleRockets, but it was one of the best Android games I've played.
I'd like to promote one of my favorite time wasting games. It doesn't cost a penny, and will explain why fuel is so important in space. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooleus.android.spaceagency
It's not like Amazon's The Expanse where they make artificial gravity by acceleration 1/2 way there and decel the other 1/2. There is limited fuel so they set a course and make fine adjustments, the earlier the better.
Picture is from Space Agency, essentially mobile KSP, if you will.
File for you to screw around with
Station is a 170 module structure. Good luck.
Space Agency on mobile for me...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooleus.android.spaceagency
It may be Android only, I'm not sure https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooleus.android.spaceagency
Space Agency is pretty fun IMHO.
training has been around forever, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooleus.android.spaceagency
Space Agency. Its a mobile game that I can only describe as Kerbal Space Program Lite.
Well you can still try thiese two cool apps that kinda have the feel of KSP:
It was this one that i played: Space Agency
It's not 8-bit, but Space Agency for android is basically 2d KSP.