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Judi Lynn

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Sat Mar 11, 2023, 03:01 AM Mar 2023

Watch SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts leave the space station March 11 after delay


By Mike Wall published 2 days ago

Undocking is scheduled for 2:05 a.m. ET on Saturday (March 11).



SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Saturday (March 11), and you can watch the action live.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the Crew-5 quartet — NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and Japan's Koichi Wakata — is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at 2:05 a.m. EST (0705 GMT) on Saturday, wrapping up five months in orbit.

You can watch the Dragon's departure live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency(opens in new tab). Coverage begins at 12 a.m. EST (0500 GMT) on Saturday. NASA delayed the departure from the ISS twice due to weather concerns from previous announced timings on Wednesday (March 7) and Thursday (March 8).

The deorbit burn kicking off splashdown will occur at 8:25 p.m. EST on Saturday (0125 GMT on Sunday, March 12) with splashdown expected to occur around 9:02 p.m. EST on Saturday (0202 GMT on Sunday, March 12.)

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