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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9: Crew Preparing for Splashdown

Live NASA+ coverage is underway as agency astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are about one hour away from splashing down aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

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The deorbit burn is scheduled to begin at 5:11 p.m. EDT. Splashdown remains on schedule for approximately 5:57 p.m. Weather conditions remain within the splashdown weather criteria and are “go” at the primary targeted site in the Gulf of America, near Tallahassee, Florida.

Learn more about the mission by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on X, and commercial crew on Facebook.  

Learn more about station activities by following @space_station and @ISS_Research on X and the International Space Station’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

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Dragon Undocks With SpaceX Crew-9 Members for Return to Earth

At 1:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

NASA’s return coverage continues with real-time audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. The audio feed will remain available, including astronaut conversations with mission control, in addition to a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.

NASA’s Crew-9 return coverage will resume at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on NASA+ until Dragon splashes down at approximately 5:57 p.m. off the coast of Florida, and crew members are safely recovered. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

Learn more about the mission by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on X, and commercial crew on Facebook.  

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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Live on NASA+: Dragon Prepares to Undock With Four SpaceX Crew-9 Members

NASA’s live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 undocking now is underway on NASA+. At 11:05 p.m. EDT on March 17, the crew closed the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, to Earth. 

 The spacecraft will undock from the orbiting laboratory about 1:05 a.m. on Tuesday, heading for a targeted splashdown at 5:57 p.m. off the coast of Florida. 

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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SpaceX Crew-9 Quartet Enters Dragon and Closes Hatch

At 11:05 p.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

NASA’s undocking coverage begins at 12:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, on NASA+. The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the orbiting laboratory at approximately 1:05 a.m. to begin the return to Earth. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

At the conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA will switch to real-time audio-only until live Crew-9 return coverage resumes at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on NASA+.

Learn more about the mission by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on X, and commercial crew on Facebook.  

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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NASA+ is Live as SpaceX Crew-9 Prepares for Undocking

NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ ahead of hatch closure and undocking preparations for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will close the hatch at approximately 11:15 p.m. EDT Monday between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station.

NASA will provide live undocking coverage at 12:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, on NASA+. The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the space station at 1:05 a.m. to begin the roughly 17-hour return to Earth.

The Crew-9 mission is targeting a splashdown at approximately 5:57 p.m. March 18 off the coast of Florida. NASA will provide coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and landing beginning at 4:45 p.m. on NASA+.

As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the Crew-9 mission will return important and time-sensitive research to Earth after completing a long-duration science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. Hague and Gorbunov lifted off at 1:17 p.m. Sept. 28, 2024, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The next day, Dragon docked to the forward-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. Williams and Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on June 5, 2024, from Space Launch Complex 41 as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. The duo arrived at the space station on June 6. In August, NASA announced the uncrewed return of Starliner to Earth and integrated Wilmore and Williams as part of the space station’s Expedition 71/72 for a return on Crew-9.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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