SpaceX F9/Crew Dragon : Crew-8 : KSC LC-39A : 3/4 March 2024 (03:53 UTC)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1842381727198540046

Do we know yet when landing would be with that undocking time?

Looking at this the opportunities listed for the 8th are around ~14:00 UTC (10 am EDT).

Cancel-and-replace NGA Space Debris notice for splashdown.

Schedule changes plus additional locations added.

042105Z OCT 24
NAVAREA IV 1214/24(11,12).
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   A. 081320Z TO 081350Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081345Z TO 171840Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-51.00N 080-13.80W.
   B. 081325Z TO 081355Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081355Z TO 171840Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 080-40.02W.
   C. 081330Z TO 081400Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081355Z TO 171835Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 30-54.95N 080-15.00W.
   D. 081330Z TO 081400Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081355Z TO 181725Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 35-22.80N 074-51.00W.
   E. 081330Z TO 081400Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081355Z TO 181745Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 33-34.50N 077-18.78W.
   F. 072230Z TO 072300Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      091320Z TO 181835Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-42.95N 086-10.97W.
   G. 072235Z TO 072305Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      091325Z TO 181840Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 087-30.00W.
   H. 072225Z TO 072255Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081340Z TO 181830Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-16.97N 084-12.00W.
   I. 072225Z TO 072255Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081330Z TO 181835Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-06.00N 083-54.00W.
   J. 072225Z TO 072305Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      081315Z TO 181845Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 25-08.10N 083-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1195/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 181945Z OCT 24.

[Ken the Bin]

FWIW, the FAA ATCSCC COPA now has the Crew-8 splashdown.

https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp

NASA CREW 8 RE-ENTRY, FLORIDA COAST
PRIMARY:        10/08/24        1320Z-2215Z
BACKUP:         10/09/24        1310Z-2215Z
                10/10/24        1230Z-2150Z
                10/11/24        1210Z-2125Z

[Targeteer]

https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1842951902885015604

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 10, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 8.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1842978562326036535

Departures across both sides of Florida this afternoon for recovery ships from SpaceX and Blue Origin, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton.

Shannon and Megan were staged in preparation for Crew-8 splashdown, which the storm will presumably delay.

[rdale]

Crew 8 undocking moved to Friday per ISS.

[DanClemmensen]

Crew 8 undocking moved to Friday per ISS.

This will bring the mission duration to about 220 days. The longest previous Crew Dragon mission was about 200 days. Will Crew-8 become the longest crewed mission globally?

[Joachim]

Crew 8 undocking moved to Friday per ISS.

Really Friday?

NASA Commercial Crew wrote on October 06 at 05:35 PM:
"NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 10, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida."

[rdale]

Crew 8 undocking moved to Friday per ISS.

Really Friday?

That's how I interpret it - what do you think?

[Salo]

https://www.nasa.gov/live/

Thursday, Oct. 10

9:15 a.m.—NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 farewell remarks from the International Space Station. Stream on NASA+

Friday, Oct, 11

11:35 a.m.—ISS Expedition 72 in-flight interview for WBZ-TV, Boston, with NASA ISS commander Suni Williams. Stream on NASA+

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/dominickmatthew/status/1843426012777890186

Peering out a Dragon Endeavor window that frames red and green aurora streaming by Dragon Freedom docked to the front of the International Space Station.

When Crew-9 arrived I moved out of my crew quarters on the ISS to make room for @AstroHague. I now sleep in Dragon Endeavor while we wait to undock. We take most of our images from the cupola, but sleeping here has been amazing. This is the view out the window this evening . . . I miss my family and friends but we would have missed today’s insane aurora if we had undocked today. I watched the aurora with @astro_Pettit today from the cupola and on a later pass I watched it from Endeavor with @AstroHague. 

0.8s, 14mm, f1.4, ISO 3200

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/commercial_crew/status/1843428287927767118

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 13, for the undocking of the #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station due to weather conditions and potential impacts from Hurricane #Milton across the Florida peninsula.

Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 11.

[vp.]

When do all these postponements become problems?

[Ken the Bin]

A cancel-and-replace NGA Space Debris notice for splashdown. Despite NASA's postponement to NET October 13, the primary day in the notice is October 11 for all locations except one, which is October 10.

080830Z OCT 24
NAVAREA IV 1233/24(11,12).
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   A. 111210Z TO 111240Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112035Z TO 211710Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-51.00N 080-13.80W.
   B. 111215Z TO 111245Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112030Z TO 211710Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 080-40.02W.
   C. 111220Z TO 111250Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112025Z TO 211700Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 30-54.95N 080-15.00W.
   D. 102005Z TO 102035Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      111220Z TO 211615Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 35-22.80N 074-51.00W.
   E. 111220Z TO 111250Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112000Z TO 211635Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 33-34.50N 077-18.78W.
   F. 111235Z TO 111305Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112055Z TO 201755Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-42.95N 086-10.97W.
   G. 111245Z TO 111315Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112100Z TO 201800Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 087-30.00W.
   H. 112050Z TO 112120Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      121205Z TO 211725Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-16.97N 084-12.00W.
   I. 111220Z TO 111250Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      112055Z TO 210900Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-06.00N 083-54.00W.
   J. 112105Z TO 112135Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      121140Z TO 210840Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 25-08.10N 083-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1214/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 211825Z OCT 24.//

[DanClemmensen]

When do all these postponements become problems?

Don't know. Nominal max mission time for Crew Dragon is 210 days. That happened on 1 October. NASA extended this max to 240 days. That will happen on 30 October. The longest earlier mission was 200 days. I infer that there are no actual problems for Crew-8 itself, probably even if it extends even further.

However, There are potential problems for ISS operations in general, because ISS only has two IDSS ports. This means the CRS-31 cargo mission may be delayed. My guess is that this must affect operations.

[Ken the Bin]

Another cancel-and-replace NGA Space Debris notice for splashdown.

Unless they are going for location E this seems to imply undocking on October 14 rather than October 13.

082357Z OCT 24
NAVAREA IV 1243/24(11,12).
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   A. 141925Z TO 141955Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151035Z TO 241600Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-51.00N 080-13.80W.
   B. 141920Z TO 141950Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151040Z TO 241600Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 080-40.02W.
   C. 141915Z TO 141945Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241550Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 30-54.95N 080-15.00W.
   D. 141830Z TO 141900Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241505Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 35-22.80N 074-51.00W.
   E. 131915Z TO 131945Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241525Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 33-34.50N 077-18.78W.
   F. 141945Z TO 142015Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151105Z TO 241620Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN  
      NINE MILES OF 29-42.95N 086-10.97W.
   G. 141950Z TO 142020Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151110Z TO 241625Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 087-30.00W.
   H. 141935Z TO 142005Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      141940Z TO 241615Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-16.97N 084-12.00W.
   I. 141940Z TO 142010Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      141945Z TO 241620Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-06.00N 083-54.00W.
   J. 151030Z TO 151100Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151925Z TO 241625Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 25-08.10N 083-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1233/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 241725Z OCT 24.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Another cancel-and-replace NGA Space Debris notice for splashdown.

Unless they are going for location E this seems to imply undocking on October 14 rather than October 13.

082357Z OCT 24
NAVAREA IV 1243/24(11,12).
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   A. 141925Z TO 141955Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151035Z TO 241600Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-51.00N 080-13.80W.
   B. 141920Z TO 141950Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151040Z TO 241600Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 080-40.02W.
   C. 141915Z TO 141945Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241550Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 30-54.95N 080-15.00W.
   D. 141830Z TO 141900Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241505Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 35-22.80N 074-51.00W.
   E. 131915Z TO 131945Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151045Z TO 241525Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 33-34.50N 077-18.78W.
   F. 141945Z TO 142015Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151105Z TO 241620Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN  
      NINE MILES OF 29-42.95N 086-10.97W.
   G. 141950Z TO 142020Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151110Z TO 241625Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-48.00N 087-30.00W.
   H. 141935Z TO 142005Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      141940Z TO 241615Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 29-16.97N 084-12.00W.
   I. 141940Z TO 142010Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      141945Z TO 241620Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 28-06.00N 083-54.00W.
   J. 151030Z TO 151100Z OCT, ALTERNATE
      151925Z TO 241625Z OCT IN AREA WITHIN
      NINE MILES OF 25-08.10N 083-00.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1233/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 241725Z OCT 24.

I guess it's Hurricane Milton related - location E is way off the usual splashdown locations, just off-shore of Wilmington, North Carolina, as far as it could be from the high seas.

[ddspaceman]

ISS Research
@ISS_Research
#Crew8 Research:
✅Sequencing microbial DNA
✅Studying brain cells
✅Bioprinting heart tissues

Time well spent aboard @Space_Station! After months in space, Crew-8 is preparing to undock on Oct 13 at 3:05 am ET. Read about experiments they conducted: http://go.nasa.gov/3Bmlkv2

Watch crew undocking on Oct 13 at 3:05am ET on NASA+:  https://plus.nasa.gov/

https://twitter.com/ISS_Research/status/1844051993859637598

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/space_station/status/1844467160074330176

.@SpaceX #Crew8 said farewell to the Exp 72 crew today before its targeted Sunday undocking. Meanwhile, the @ISS_Research schedule was packed with exercise and space botany studies. More...

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/10/10/station-keeps-up-biology-studies-as-crew-8-nears-departure/

[catdlr]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceops/status/1844836388509773887

.@NASA and @SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the @Space_Station. Pending weather conditions, the earliest splashdown time is targeted for 3:38 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at one of the multiple zones available off the coast of Florida.

@NASA_Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, are completing a seven-month science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory and will return important and time-sensitive research to Earth.

Learn more:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-crew-8-return-splashdown/

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown

Roxana Bardan
OCT 11, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
M24-136
Kennedy Space Center
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the International Space Station. Pending weather conditions, the earliest splashdown time is targeted for 3:38 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at one of the multiple zones available off the coast of Florida.

NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, are completing a seven-month science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory and will return important and time-sensitive research to Earth.

Mission managers continue monitoring weather conditions in the area, as Dragon’s undocking depends on various factors, including spacecraft readiness, recovery team readiness, weather, sea states, and other factors. NASA will select a specific splashdown time and location closer to the Crew-8 spacecraft undocking.

Watch Crew-8 return activities on NASA+. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of additional platforms, including social media. For schedule information, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

For the planned Oct. 13 undocking, NASA’s live return operations coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):

Sunday, Oct. 13

5 a.m. – Hatch closure coverage begins on NASA+

5:30 a.m. – Hatch closing

6:45 a.m. – Undocking coverage begins on NASA+

7:05 a.m. – Undocking

Following the conclusion of undocking, NASA coverage will switch to audio only.

Pending weather conditions at the splashdown sites, continuous coverage will resume Oct. 14, on NASA+ prior to the start of deorbit burn.

Monday, Oct. 14

2:30 p.m. – Return coverage begins on NASA+

2:53 p.m. – Deorbit burn (time is approximate)

3:38 p.m. – Splashdown (time is approximate)

5:15 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference with the following participants:

Richard Jones, deputy manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
Bill Spetch, operations and integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build & Flight Reliability, SpaceX

To participate in the teleconference, media must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom by 3 p.m. Oct. 14 at: [email protected] or 281-483-5111. 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-8 mission at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

-end-

Caption:

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
SpaceX