NASA will provide coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission 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.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:02 p.m. Saturday for a splashdown that will wrap up a nearly six-month science mission for NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
Saturday, March 11
12 a.m. – NASA TV hatch closure coverage begins for ingress and 12:15 a.m. hatch closing
1:45 a.m. – NASA TV coverage resumes for 2:05 a.m. undocking
8 p.m. – NASA TV splashdown coverage begins
8:11 p.m. – Deorbit burn
9:02 p.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida
