2024-03-12 04:12:04
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft, with four Crew-7 crew members aboard, approaches the space station for docking on Sunday, August 27, 2023. Credit: NASA TV
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronaut Yasmin Limited, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov inside is released from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module in 11:20 a.m. EDT to complete a nearly six-month science mission.
NASA’s coverage of Crew-7’s return will continue with audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. Real-time audio between Crew-7 and flight controllers on NASA’s Mission Audio stream will remain available and include conversations with astronauts on aboard the space station and a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.
NASA television coverage will resume at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday until Dragon splashdown at about 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, off the coast of Florida and crew 7 members recover.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission was launched on August 26, 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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