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SMS · « **on:** 04/24/2021 08:43 pm »

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NASA to Air Live Coverage of SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts’ Return to Earth

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from the International Space Station.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, is scheduled to undock from the space station to begin the journey home at 7:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 28. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 12:40 p.m. for the splashdown and conclusion of the Crew-1 mission. The return to Earth – and activities leading up to the return – will air live on NASA Television, the NASA App, and the agency’s website.

Crew-1 is the first of six crewed missions NASA and SpaceX will fly as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, which worked with the U.S. aerospace industry to return launches with astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil.

In advance of departure from the space station, Crew-1 astronaut and station Commander Shannon Walker of NASA will hand over command of the station to JAXA astronaut and Crew-2 member Akihiko Hoshide during a change of command and farewell event.

The Crew Dragon will autonomously undock, depart the space station, and splash down at one of seven targeted landing zones in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. Resilience also will return to Earth important and time-sensitive research. For normal crew rescue and recovery operations, the NASA and SpaceX teams select two primary splashdown locations from the seven possible locations about two weeks prior to return, with additional decision milestones taking place prior to crew boarding the spacecraft, during free flight, and before Crew Dragon performs a deorbit burn.

NASA and SpaceX closely coordinate with the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a 10-nautical-mile safety zone around the expected splashdown location to ensure safety for the public and for those involved in the recovery operations, as well as the crew aboard the returning spacecraft.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 return coverage is as follows (all times are Eastern):

Monday, April 26

12:30 p.m. – Crew-1 final news conference aboard the International Space Station

Tuesday, April 27

1:25 p.m. – Change of Command and Crew-1 farewell remarks aboard the International Space Station

Wednesday, April 28

4:45 a.m. – NASA TV coverage begins for 5 a.m. hatch closure

6:45 a.m. – NASA TV coverage begins for the 7:05 a.m. undocking

12:40 p.m. – Splashdown (NASA TV will provide continuous coverage from undocking to splashdown)

2:30 p.m. – Return to Earth news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, with the following participants:

Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center
Kenny Todd, deputy manager, International Space Station, Johnson
Hans Koenigsmann, Senior Advisor, Flight Reliability, SpaceX
Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate

Media wishing to participate in the Return to Earth news conference by telephone must call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 to RSVP no later than 12 p.m. Wednesday, April 28. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science, and more commercial opportunities. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in space exploration, including future missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.

SMS · « **Reply #1 on:** 04/25/2021 02:32 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1386067579912048645

Everything Space · « **Reply #2 on:** 04/25/2021 03:40 pm »

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1385960472441237507?

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #3 on:** 04/25/2021 04:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/spacexfleet/status/1386358513719521280

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With Crew-1 splashdown just a few days away, the US Coast Guard has released a short video message, seeking the support of the public to keep away from recovery zones.

Video via USCG Sector Jacksonville: fb.com/USCGSectorJack…

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #4 on:** 04/26/2021 03:49 pm »

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Hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts ahead of their return to Earth! At 12:30 p.m. EDT [17:30 UTC], join NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi for a Q&A about their six-month mission and upcoming departure from the International Space Station.

Thunderscreech · « **Reply #5 on:** 04/26/2021 06:05 pm »

This looks like a TFR for the re-entry and landing of Crew-1. I think it might be a bigger square than the Demo-1 TFR, if that's true it may be part of their strategy for reducing the chances of non-SpaceX boats being on-scene.

Edit: Added a pair of circular TFRs that may also correlate to Crew-1 recovery efforts but they're formatted differently (with a circular exclusion zone instead of the orbit-aligned rectangle we saw with Demo-1 and the first TFR below:

NOTE: Disregard the Starlink TFRs they're in response to, the bot thought they were related and I'm not sure how to tell the board software to not embed the parent tweets.

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1386709077540184071?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1386719648532553731

https://twitter.com/SpaceTfrs/status/1386747568307281922

Everything Space · « **Reply #6 on:** 04/27/2021 01:10 am »

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1386845950593937416?

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-updates-live-coverage-of-agency-s-spacex-crew-1-return-to-earth

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. EDT Saturday, May 1, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 5:55 p.m. Friday, April 30, to begin the journey home.

NASA and SpaceX agreed to move Crew-1’s undocking and splashdown from Wednesday, April 28, following a review of forecast weather conditions in the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida, which currently predict wind speeds above the recovery criteria. Teams will continue to monitor weather conditions for splashdown ahead of Friday’s planned undocking.

The return to Earth – and activities leading up to the return – will air live on NASA Television, the NASA App, and the agency’s website.

Crew-1 is the first of six crewed missions NASA and SpaceX will fly as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, which worked with the U.S. aerospace industry to return launches with astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil.

In advance of departure from the space station, Crew-1 astronaut and station Commander Shannon Walker of NASA will hand over command of the station to JAXA astronaut and Crew-2 member Akihiko Hoshide during a change of command and farewell event.

The Crew Dragon will undock autonomously and depart from the space station with the capability to splashdown at one of seven targeted landing zones in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. Resilience also will return to Earth important and time-sensitive research. For normal crew rescue and recovery operations, the NASA and SpaceX teams select two primary splashdown locations from the seven possible locations about two weeks prior to return, with additional decision milestones taking place prior to crew boarding the spacecraft, during free flight, and before Crew Dragon performs a deorbit burn.

NASA and SpaceX closely coordinate with the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a 10-nautical-mile safety zone around the expected splashdown location to ensure safety for the public and for those involved in the recovery operations, as well as the crew aboard the returning spacecraft.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 return coverage is as follows (all times are Eastern):

Tuesday, April 27

1:25 p.m. – Change of Command and Crew-1 farewell remarks aboard the International Space Station

Friday, April 30

3:30 p.m. – NASA TV coverage begins for 3:50 p.m. hatch closure

5:30 p.m. – NASA TV coverage begins for 5:55 p.m. undocking

Saturday, May 1

11:36 a.m. – Splashdown (NASA TV will provide continuous coverage from undocking to splashdown)

1:30 p.m. – Return to Earth news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, with the following participants:

Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center
Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson
Holly Ridings, chief flight director, Johnson
Hans Koenigsmann, senior advisor, Flight Reliability, SpaceX
Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate

Media wishing to participate in the Return to Earth news conference by telephone must call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 to RSVP no later than 12 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science, and more commercial opportunities. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in space exploration, including future missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.

SMS · « **Reply #7 on:** 04/27/2021 03:31 pm »

https://twitter.com/KathyLueders/status/1387066513820114955

eeergo · « **Reply #8 on:** 04/27/2021 04:12 pm »

https://twitter.com/Ian_Benecken/status/1387067281939836930

Everything Space · « **Reply #9 on:** 04/27/2021 09:35 pm »

https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1387154571185856517?

SMS · « **Reply #10 on:** 04/28/2021 07:42 pm »

Crew-1 before departing

We hit the ground running on the Space Station ! We’ve been here for 48 hours and the whole crew is full at work on research. This is what will be a frequent work location for me: the European Columbus laboratory, early in the morning with no one inside, and super busy with 3 experiments and 5 people inside today! Looks like rush hour metro in London. Exciting times for space research!!! As we are 11 on the International Space Station and there are only 6 sleeping stations (soon we will have 7), the departing crew is camping out. Yesterday Commander Shannon Walker handed over the keys to Aki Hoshide who is now the commander of the second part of Expedition 65. The departing crew wore matching shirts. Crew-1 picked blue, we’re more going with the black and orange kind of vibe… The 11 people up here required spacecraft to got here so for the first time, we have 2 SpaceX Crew Dragons docked to the Space Station at the same time, one on the forward docking port (ours), and one on the zenith docking port (Crew-1’s). The good thing is that from their windows, you get an absolutely beautiful view of our vehicle… but not vice-versa (our windows face downwards, toward Earth. Our capsule is more beautiful anyway (yes, there is a slight change in the paint job).

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #11 on:** 04/29/2021 02:29 pm »

https://twitter.com/uscgheartland/status/1387467358445375494

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#BreakingNews @USCG Sector Mobile will activate a 2-mile #safetyzone in #GulfofMexico this weekend w/ @NASA, @FAANews & @SpaceX for #Capsule return for the safety of all the responders and spacecraft.

Boaters should #STAYBACK & monitor #VHFCH16 for updates.

#Ready, #Relevant

Citabria · « **Reply #12 on:** 04/29/2021 05:38 pm »

Updated entry NOTAMs:
https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr_map_ims/html/cc/scale3/tile_4_4.html

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #13 on:** 04/29/2021 06:08 pm »

NASA livestream for departure

cohberg · « **Reply #14 on:** 04/30/2021 04:43 am »

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-1/2021/04/29/crew-1-splashdown-waved-off-as-station-teems-with-science/

Saturday undocking has been waved off due to weather.

Rondaz · « **Reply #15 on:** 04/30/2021 10:41 am »

NASA, SpaceX Reviewing Crew-1 Return Date Due to Weather

Dan Huot Posted on April 29, 2021

NASA and SpaceX have decided to move Crew-1’s undocking and splashdown from Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1, respectively, following a review of the forecast weather conditions in the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida, which continue to predict wind speeds above the return criteria. Mission teams from NASA and SpaceX will meet again on Friday to further review opportunities for the safe return of Crew-1. Crew Dragon is in great health on the space station, and teams will continue to look for the optimal conditions for both splashdown and recovery.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will return to Earth off the coast of Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will remain docked to the International Space Station until a new return date is set.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2021/04/29/nasa-spacex-reviewing-crew-1-return-date-due-to-weather/

Rondaz · « **Reply #16 on:** 04/30/2021 10:42 am »

Crew-1 Splashdown Waved Off as Station Teems With Science

Mark Garcia Posted on April 29, 2021

NASA and SpaceX have decided to move Crew-1’s undocking and splashdown from Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1, respectively, following a review of the forecast weather conditions in the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida, which continue to predict wind speeds above the return criteria. Mission teams from NASA and SpaceX will meet again on Friday to further review opportunities for the safe return of Crew-1. Crew Dragon is in great health on the space station, and teams will continue to look for the optimal conditions for both splashdown and recovery.

Commander Akihiko Hoshide is leading the Expedition 65 crew and will stay in space until October with his Crew-2 crewmates Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and Thomas Pesquet. Also staying behind on the orbital lab are Soyuz MS-18 crewmates Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.

All 11 of the orbital residents stayed busy today with human research studies, lab maintenance, and emergency gear training as the Crew Dragon departure activities were under way.

The station was teeming with science on Thursday with the crew collecting and stowing urine samples, conducting behavioral research, and exploring how affects grip and movement. Fuel bottles supporting combustion experiments were swapped out while new hardware was installed to activate a high-performance space computer study.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-1/2021/04/29/crew-1-splashdown-waved-off-as-station-teems-with-science/

Rondaz · « **Reply #17 on:** 04/30/2021 10:51 am »

.@NASA and @SpaceX have moved Crew-1’s undocking and splashdown due to unfavorable weather conditions. Meanwhile, the station teemed with science on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1387966513747947520

Thunderscreech · « **Reply #18 on:** 04/30/2021 02:08 pm »

New landing TFRs posted for May 2nd:

https://twitter.com/spacetfrs/status/1388121625594318849?s=21

Rondaz · « **Reply #19 on:** 04/30/2021 02:24 pm »

@NASA and @SpaceX have decided to move Crew-1's undocking and splashdown following a review of the forecast weather conditions in the splashdown zones.

Teams will meet again today to review opportunities for the safe return of Crew-1:

https://twitter.com/Commercial_Crew/status/1388103909961502727