Coverage Set as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Prepares for Splashdown

Four Expedition 69 flight engineers aboard the International Space Station pose for a portrait within the pressure fits they may put on after they relocate the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship from the Harmony module’s space-dealing with port to Harmony’s forward port on Saturday May 6, 2023.

NASA will provide coverage of the organisation’s SpaceX Crew-6 assignment go back to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with hatch closure insurance live at 5 a.M. EDT on Sunday, Sept. 3.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station no earlier than 7:05 a.M., to begin the adventure home.

The go back and associated activities will movement live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the organisation’s internet site at:

NASA and SpaceX are focused on 12:17 a.M.

on Monday, Sept. 4, for a splashdown in an effort to wrap up a nearly six-month science challenge for NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Following the realization of Dragon’s departure from the station, NASA coverage of Crew-6’s return will continue audio only, and complete insurance on NASA TV will resume at the begin of the splashdown broadcast. Real-time audio among Crew-6 and flight controllers on NASA’s Mission Audio movement will stay to be had.

The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, will undock, go away the distance station, and return important and time-sensitive studies to Earth. The spacecraft will splash down at one of seven focused touchdown zones within the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 go back insurance is as follows (all instances Eastern and issue to trade due to climate and station operations):

Sunday, Sept. Three

five a.M. – Hatch closure insurance starts offevolved for 5:20 a.M. Hatch final

6:forty five a.M. – Undocking coverage begins for 7:05 a.M. Undocking

11 p.M. – Coverage starts offevolved for deorbit burn, access, and splashdown off the coast of Florida

Monday, Sept. Four

12:17 a.M. – Splashdown

2 a.M. – Return to Earth media teleconference from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the subsequent individuals:

Steve Stich, supervisor, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy
Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Programs, SpaceX
Adnan Alrais, assistant director general space operations and exploration zone, Mission Manager, UAE Astronaut Programme

To participate, media ought to RSVP through 1 a.M., Sept. Four, to the NASA Kennedy newsroom at: ksc-newsroom@mail.Nasa.Gov.