WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — NASA will present reside protection of the upcoming return actions for the company’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.
NASA and SpaceX are concentrating on 5:41 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13, for the splashdown and conclusion of the Crew-4 flight, wrapping up an almost six-month science mission for NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as nicely as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the area station at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, to start the journey residence.
Weather stays a watch merchandise as groups monitor the progress of a chilly entrance forecast to cross over the splashdown areas off the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida. Mission groups will proceed to monitor splashdown and restoration situations with one other climate overview at six hours prior to undocking. Additional undocking alternatives additionally can be found Thursday, Oct. 13.
The Crew-4 farewell remarks, change of command, hatch closing, undocking, and splashdown protection will air reside on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the company’s web site. NASA additionally will host an audio solely post-splashdown information teleconference. Follow all reside occasions at:
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the Crew-4 astronauts will share farewell remarks, and station Commander Samantha Cristoforetti will hand over command of the station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev. The Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom by the crew, will autonomously undock, depart the area station, and splash down Thursday, Oct. 13, at one among seven focused touchdown zones within the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. Freedom additionally will return necessary and time-sensitive research to Earth.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 return protection is as follows (all occasions Eastern):
Wednesday, Oct. 12
10:05 a.m. – Crew-4 farewell remarks and alter of command ceremony aboard the area station.
5 p.m. – Hatch closure protection begins for 5:20 p.m. hatch closing
6:45 p.m. – Undocking protection begins for 7:05 p.m. undocking with a Thursday splashdown
Thursday, Oct. 13
5:41 p.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida
7 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference name from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston with:
- Steve Stich, supervisor, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Joel Montalbano, manger, International Space Station, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- SpaceX Representative
Media might ask questions through cellphone solely. For the dial-in quantity and passcode, media should contact the NASA Johnson newsroom at: [email protected] or 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13.
See full mission protection, NASA’s business crew weblog, and extra details about the mission at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
SOURCE NASA
