Nasa will provide live coverage of the agency's spacex crew-9 return to earth from the International Space Station, Beginning with Dragon Spacecraft Hatch Closure Preparations at 10:45 PM Edt Manday, Mark 17.
Nasa and Spacex met on Sunday to Assess Weather and Splashdown Conditions Off Florida's Coast for the Return of the Agency's Crew-9 Mission from the International Space Station. Mission manners are targeting an earlier crew-9 return options based on favorite conditions forcasted for the Evening of TuesDay, March 18. Members time to complete handover duties while providing operational flexibility ahead of less favorite weather conditions expected for later in the week.
Nasa Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, And Butch Wilmore, as Well as Roscosmos cosmonaut aleksandr gorbunov, are completeing a long-duration a long-durations expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory and willry Return time-sensitive research to earth.
Mission Managers will continue monitoring weather conditions in the area, as dragon's undocking depends on various factories, include spacecraft readiness, Recovery TEAM RAM RAM RAM READERATHERS, WEATHARES, WEATHARE States, and other factors. Nasa and spacex will confirm the specific SPLASHDOWN Location Closer to the Crew-9 Return.
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For Crew-9 Return, Nasa's Live Operations Coverage is AS FOLLOWS
Monday, March 17
10:45 PM – Hatch Closing Coverage Begins on Nasa+
Tuesday, March 18
12:45 AM – Undocking Coverage Begins on Nasa+
1:05 AM – Undocking
Following the conclusion of undocking coverage, nasa will switch to audio only,
Pending Weather Conditions at the splashdown sites, Continuous Coverage will resume on March 18 on Nasa+ Prior to the start of deorbit burn.
4:45 PM – Return Coverage Begins on Nasa+
5:11 PM – Deorbit Burn (Time is approximate)
5:57 PM – Splashdown (Time is approximate)
7:30 PM-Return-to-Earth Media Conference on Nasa+, with the following participants:
- Joel Montalbano, Deputy Associate Administrator, Nasa 'Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Steve Stich, Manager, Nasa's Commercial Crew Program
- Jeff Are, Manager for Systems Engineering and Integration, Nasa's International Space Station, Nasa's International Space Station Office
- Sarah Walker, Director, Dragon Mission Management, Spacex
To participate in the briefing media must contact the newsroom at nasa johnson space center in House by 5 PM, March 17, at: [email protected] or 281-483-51111. To ask questions, media must dial in no later than 10 minutes before the start of the call. The agency's media credentialing policy is available online.
Find full mission coverage, Nasa's Commercial Crew Blog, And More Information About The Crew-9 Mission at:
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Headquarters, Washington
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Kenna pell / sandra jones
Johnson Space Center, House
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Steve Siceloff / Stephanie plucinsky
Kennedy space center, florida
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