SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-7 : KSC LC-39A : 26 August 2023 (07:27 UTC)

[centaurinasa]

Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of
@NASA, Andreas Mogensen of @esa, Satoshi Furukawa of @jaxa_en, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov share farewell remarks ahead of their departure from the space station.

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1766862612816597348

[ChrisC]

Looks like this will be a descending node entry, so flying in across the continental US and approaching the Florida waters from the northwest? If so, a somewhat rare sighting / hearing opportunity for many of us, especially with the clear weather, although that 5:xx AM time is no fun

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=crew-7-return

UPCOMING RETURN
CREW-7 TO RETURN TO EARTH
WATCH

SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Monday, March 11 at 11:05 a.m. ET for Dragon to autonomously undock from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of Florida almost 19 hours later at approximately 5:50 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 12.

Live webcast coverage of Crew-7’s return to Earth will begin on X @SpaceX about 15 minutes prior to undocking. Watch live.

Aboard the spacecraft will be Crew-7 NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, who flew to the space station on Dragon when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, August 26.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[Ken the Bin]

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

101704Z MAR 24
NAVAREA IV 266/24(11).
GULF OF MEXICO.
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS:
   A. 130020Z TO 130050Z AND 200600Z TO 200630Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 140820Z TO 222055Z MAR 
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 28-50.98N 080-13.80W.
   B. 130840Z TO 130910Z AND 202120Z TO 202150Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 140815Z TO 222100Z MAR  
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-47.98N 080-40.01W.
   C. 130835Z TO 130905Z AND 200550Z TO 200620Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 140810Z TO 222105Z MAR 
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 30-54.83N 080-15.00W.
   D. 120930Z TO 121000Z AND 162315Z TO 162345Z MAR, 
      ALTERNATE 140020Z TO 220605Z MAR
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-42.85N 086-10.86W.
   E. 120935Z TO 121005Z AND 192210Z TO 192240Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 150005Z TO 220610Z MAR
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-47.98N 087-30.00W.
   F. 120920Z TO 120950Z AND 200615Z TO 200645Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 140835Z TO 222110Z MAR
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 29-16.54N 084-12.00W.
   G. 120925Z TO 120955Z AND 200620Z TO 200650Z MAR,
      ALTERNATE 140835Z TO 222105Z MAR 
      IN AREA WITHIN NINE MILES OF 28-05.98N 083-54.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 239/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 222210Z MAR 24.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spaceoffshore/status/1766908846910378276

SpaceX's Dragon Recovery ship Megan is well underway in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for Crew-7 splashdown

[Targeteer]

Undock now 1515Z per CAPCOM

[Targeteer]

Dragon crew go for forward hatch closure.

[Targeteer]

NASA TV coverage started.  Undock at 1520Z

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Farewell remarks yesterday:

[theonlyspace]

Nice picture of Dragon 7 docked ti ISS

[Targeteer]

Comm checks on the big loop are not going well.  Dragon could barely hear Houston and now Dragon is not responding to calls from Houston.  Re configurations fixed the issue.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1767179702995955995

Dragon's hatch is closed and the crew continues to prepare for undocking

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[Targeteer]

Start of undock sequence moved to 1515Z to avoid a possible debris conjunction.  GPS unit 2 showing anomalous readings and is disabled for the down hill trip.  Redundancy reduced but still go for undock.

[Targeteer]

ISS APAS hatch closed.  Vestibule depress in work.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1767205899762819577

Dragon is GO to undock from the @Space_Station

[centaurinasa]

Crew 7: Mission control tells the crew they are "go" for undocking at 11:20am EDT (1520 UTC); the undock command will be issued 5 minutes earlier, followed by umbilical retraction and the opening of two sets of hooks holding the Crew Dragon in place

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1767205852853784949

[centaurinasa]

Undocking sequence commanded
Demating and retraction of the 2 ombilicals umbilical lines

[centaurinasa]

12 hooks open (in 2 sets of 6 hooks)