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<\/a>NASA\u2019s live coverage is underway on NASA+<\/a> and the agency\u2019s website<\/a> ahead of hatch closure and undocking preparations for the return of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Learn how to stream NASA content<\/a> through a variety of platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will close the hatch at 3:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 23, between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the\u00a0International Space Station.<\/a><\/p>\n NASA will provide live undocking coverage beginning at 4:45 p.m. on NASA+<\/a> and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the space station at 5:05 p.m. to begin the 34-hour return to Earth. NASA and SpaceX are targeting splashdown at approximately 3:29 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 off the coast of Florida.<\/p>\n As part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, the Crew-8 mission will return important and time-sensitive research to Earth. The crew launched March 3 on the Dragon spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will have completed a seven-month science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on X, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA\u2019s live coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency\u2019s website ahead of hatch closure and undocking preparations for the return of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin \u2026 Continue reading
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