Weather permitting, Crew Dragon Freedom and SpaceX Crew-4 will undock from the ISS at 15:35 UTC today. Teams are evaluating landing sites in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean for a splashdown around 20:50 UTC.By Anthony Iemole (@SpaceXFan97):
LIVE: NASA's @SpaceX #Crew4 is set for return to Earth, completing a nearly six-month science mission. Watch as the hatches close on the @Space_Station and Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
Recovery ship Megan is on station at the Jacksonville splashdown location in the Atlantic Ocean.Meanwhile, identical ship Shannon is at the Panama City splashdown site in the Gulf of Mexico
Let’s do this! See y’all soon!!!
ISS/Crew 4: After reseating an out-of-place O-ring seal, astronauts Jessica Watkins and Samantha Cristoforetti closed the Crew Dragon's hatch while Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines, already in their seats, continued undocking preps; controllers are working to verify hatch status
Hatches Closed, SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Prepare to UndockAt 10:20 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, the hatch closed between the Dragon Freedom spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.NASA Television will air live coverage beginning at 11:15 a.m., for undocking scheduled at 11:35 a.m. and continue coverage through their splashdown off the coast of Florida at about 4:55 p.m.More details about the mission and NASA’s commercial crew program can be found by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew and commercial crew on Facebook.
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port where it been parked since April 27, 2022. Credit: NASA TV
Dragon and Crew-4 are now targeted to undock from the @space_station at approximately 12:05 p.m. ET
Crew-4: Hatch seal inspection complete, no anomalies.
Crew-4 undocking sequence to begin at the top of the hour. Splashdown targeting Jacksonville zone.
Dragon is GO to undock from the @space_station
Crew-4: Go for undock at 5 mins past the hour.Visors Down. Thumbs Up.SpaceX/NASA Livestream:youtube.com/watch?v=th7DeO…
UNDOCK: Dragon Freedom departs the ISS with the Crew-4 astronauts.Overview:nasaspaceflight.com/2022/10/crew-4…Livestream:youtube.com/watch?v=th7DeO…
Heh! Great views departing the Station. Time to get out the iPad (with your launch vehicle as screensaver).Burn 0 nominal.
