NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with a change-of-command ceremony at 11:55 a.m. EDT on Sunday, March 10.
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli , ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen , JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa , and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are preparing to wrap up their nearly six-month science mission, and bring home time-sensitive research to Earth.
Pending weather conditions off the coast of Florida, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 11:05 a.m. Monday, March 11, to begin the journey home, with NASA coverage beginning at 10:45 a.m. NASA and SpaceX are targeting as early as 5:35 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, for splashdown off the Florida coast.
The return and related activities will air live on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency’s website . Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.
NASA’s coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):
Sunday, March 10
11:55 a.m.: Crew-7 farewell remarks and change of command ceremony aboard the space station
Monday, March 11
9 a.m.: Hatch closure coverage begins
9:15 a.m.: Hatch closing
10:45 a.m.: Undocking coverage begins
11:05 a.m.: Undocking
Following conclusion of Dragon departure from station, NASA coverage will continue with audio only , with full coverage resuming ahead of the deorbit burn and splashdown.
Tuesday, March 12
4:30 a.m.: Coverage begins as the spacecraft leaves low Earth orbit, completes re-entry, and prepares for splashdown
5:35 a.m.: Splashdown
7 a.m.: Return to Earth media teleconference call with the following participants:
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Jeff Arend, manager for systems engineering and integration, NASA’s International Space Station Office
- SpaceX representative
- Eric Van Der Wal, Houston office team leader, ESA
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president for human space flight and space exploration, JAXA
Media may ask questions via phone. For the dial-in number and passcode, media should contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
See full mission coverage, NASA’s commercial crew blog, and more information about the mission at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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Joshua Finch
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Steve Siceloff
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
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Leah Cheshier
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov
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