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<\/a>Watch live coverage now on\u00a0NASA TV and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0as undocking preparations are underway\u00a0for the return of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with Michael Hopkins<\/a>,\u00a0Victor Glover<\/a>, and\u00a0Shannon Walker<\/a> of NASA, and\u00a0Soichi Noguchi<\/a>\u00a0of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)\u00a0from the International Space Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:35 p.m. EDT for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from the\u00a0space\u00a0station, with four international crew members aboard the spacecraft, and return to Earth.<\/p>\n Almost six-and-a-half hours later, after jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth\u2019s atmosphere, Crew Dragon will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida about 2:57 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 2.\u00a0The primary splashdown target is Panama City, Florida.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-1 return coverage is as follows (all times are Eastern):<\/p>\n Saturday, May 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, May 2<\/strong><\/p>\n NASA\u2019s SpaceX\u00a0Crew-1<\/a> mission launched Nov. 15, 2020<\/a>, on a Falcon 9 rocket from the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a six-month science mission<\/a> aboard the orbiting laboratory. The astronauts named the spacecraft Resilience, in honor of their families, colleagues, and fellow citizens and highlighting the dedication displayed by the teams involved with the mission and demonstrating that there is no limit to what humans can achieve when they work together. Crew Dragon Resilience docked to the Harmony module\u2019s forward port of the space station Nov. 16, nearly 27 hours after liftoff.<\/p>\n More details about the mission and\u00a0NASA\u2019s commercial crew program can be found by following the\u00a0commercial crew blog<\/a>, @commercial_crew<\/a> and\u00a0commercial crew on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following\u202f@space_station<\/a>\u202fand\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a> Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Watch live coverage now on\u00a0NASA TV and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website\u00a0as undocking preparations are underway\u00a0for the return of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with Michael Hopkins,\u00a0Victor Glover, and\u00a0Shannon Walker of NASA, and\u00a0Soichi Noguchi\u00a0of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)\u00a0from the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:35 p.m. EDT for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from \u2026 Continue reading \n
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