NASA and Boeing are making progress toward crew certification of the company’s CST-100 Starliner system following the Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Joint teams are working to resolve Starliner’s in-flight anomalies and preparing for propulsion system testing in the months ahead as NASA plans for Starliner’s next flight. “NASA’s strategy for crew […]
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT. Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on June 6. This […]
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 p.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of Florida. Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members are moments away from a deorbit burn on their journey from the International Space Station to Earth. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the space station at 1:05 a.m. EDT March 18. The deorbit burn, […]
Live NASA+ coverage is underway as agency astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are about one hour away from splashing down aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The deorbit burn is scheduled to begin […]
At 1:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
NASA’s live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 undocking now is underway on NASA+. At 11:05 p.m. EDT on March 17, the crew closed the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, to Earth.
At 11:05 p.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ ahead of hatch closure and undocking preparations for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.
There are 11 crewmates aboard the International Space Station today but that will end soon when four SpaceX Crew-9 members depart for a return to Earth on Tuesday, weather permitting.
