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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Saying Farewell, Closing Dragon Hatch Soon
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Saying Farewell, Closing Dragon Hatch Soon
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 members pose for official portraits in their pressure suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will close the hatch at approximately 6:20 a.m. EDT between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station.
The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the station at 8:05 a.m. as the crew begins its roughly 27-hour journey home. NASA will provide live undocking coverage beginning at 7:45 a.m.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting splashdown at about 11:34 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, off the coast of California. NASA will provide coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and splashdown starting at 10:20 a.m.
Crew-12 launched at 5:15 a.m. EST Feb. 13 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The crew's SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbital outpost at 3:15 p.m. the following day. This was the second mission for Meir and Fedyaev and the first for Hathaway and Adenot.
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