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

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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.

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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

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. NASA will select a specific splashdown time and location closer to the Crew-8 spacecraft undocking.

Watch Crew-8 return activities on

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through a variety of additional platforms, including social media. For schedule information, visit:

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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

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5:30 a.m. – Hatch closing

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

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7:05 a.m. – Undocking

Following the conclusion of undocking, NASA coverage will switch to

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

Monday, Oct. 14

2:30 p.m. – Return coverage begins on

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2:53 p.m. – Deorbit ***** (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: *****@*****.tld 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

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is available online.

Find full mission coverage, NASA’s commercial crew blog, and more information about the Crew-8 mission at:

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