SpaceX Crew Prepares to Leave Space Station After 6-Month Mission
SpaceX crewmembers on a research mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) prepared to return to Earth after six months on Monday, March 11.
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Russia’s Roscosmos were “preparing to wrap up their nearly six-month science mission, and bring home time-sensitive research to Earth,” NASA said in a press release.
The SpaceX Crew-7 team delivered farewell remarks and hosted a formal change of command ceremony on Sunday, handing over command of the ISS to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko.
NASA and SpaceX predicted splashdown of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the Florida coast as early as 5:35 am on Tuesday. Credit: NASA via Storyful
Video Transcript
- Touched up. [? Your ?] LED is green.
- We got the green.
- And with that little bit of communication, we just heard that the hatch inside Dragon Endurance is now closed. all four returning crew members, you're getting your first view inside the spacecraft this morning. They are now inside.
- Touched up. [? Your ?] LED is green.
- We got the green.
- And with that little bit of communication, we just heard that the hatch inside Dragon Endurance is now closed. All four returning crew members, you're getting your first view inside the spacecraft this morning. They are now inside.
- Touched up. [? Your ?] LED is green.
- We got the green.
- And with that little bit of communication, we just heard that the hatch inside Dragon Endurance is now closed. All four returning crew members, you're getting your first view inside the spacecraft this morning. They are now inside.
