{"id":908,"date":"2023-03-09T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/?p=908"},"modified":"2023-03-09T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:46:36","slug":"coverage-set-as-nasas-spacex-crew-5-prepares-to-splashdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/general-dereum\/coverage-set-as-nasas-spacex-crew-5-prepares-to-splashdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Coverage Set as NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-5 Prepares to Splashdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NASA will provide coverage of the agency\u2019s SpaceX\u00a0Crew-5\u00a0mission return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with undocking coverage live at 12 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 11. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 2:05 a.m., to begin the journey home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The return and related activities will air live on NASA Television, the\u00a0NASA app, and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:19 p.m. Saturday for a\u00a0splashdown\u00a0that will wrap up a nearly six-month science mission for NASA\u00a0astronauts\u00a0Josh Cassada\u00a0and\u00a0Nicole Mann, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut\u00a0Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA coverage of Crew-5\u2019s return will continue with audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. Real-time audio between Crew-5 and flight controllers at\u00a0NASA\u2019s Mission Audio stream\u00a0will remain available and includes conversations with astronauts aboard the space station and a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance by the agency\u2019s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts on its maiden voyage, will autonomously undock, depart the space station, and splash down Saturday at one of seven targeted landing zones in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The spacecraft also will return time-sensitive research to Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-5 return coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, March 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 a.m. \u2013 NASA TV hatch closure coverage begins for ingress and 12:15 a.m. hatch closing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:45 a.m. \u2013 NASA TV coverage resumes for 2:05 a.m. undocking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:15 p.m. \u2013 NASA TV splashdown coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:25 p.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:19 p.m. \u2013 Splashdown off the coast of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 p.m. \u2013 Return to Earth media teleconference from NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n