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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Return Continues, Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 p.m. EDT.  

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of Florida. 

Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude while Dragon is moving approximately 350 miles per hour. Less than a minute later, the main parachutes will deploy at about 6,000 feet in altitude while the spacecraft is moving approximately 119 miles per hour. 

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Elyna Niles-Carnes

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Prepares for Deorbit Burn

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members are moments away from a deorbit burn on their journey from the International Space Station to Earth. 

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the space station at 1:05 a.m. EDT March 18. 

The deorbit burn, which is expected to last 7.5 minutes, places the Dragon spacecraft on a precise trajectory to return to the splashdown zone in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at approximately 5:57 p.m. 

Live coverage of the Crew-9 broadcast undocking continues on NASA+. Learn  how to watch  NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. 

Also check back for updates on the mission blog, @commercial_crew on X, or commercial crew on Facebook. 

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Elyna Niles-Carnes

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.

Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

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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Elyna Niles-Carnes

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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Mark A. Garcia

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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Mark A. Garcia