1.03.2023
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 will answer media questions at 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 1, about their time aboard the International Space Station. The event takes place prior to their return to Earth later this month.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada as well as JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina will participate in the news conference from orbit. The event will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at:
Interested media must contact the newsroom at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston no later than 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, by calling 281-483-5111 or emailing jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. To ask questions, reporters must dial into the news conference no later than 12:15 p.m. Questions may also be submitted on social media using #AskNASA.
The Crew-5 astronauts have been living and working aboard the station since their docking Oct. 6, 2022. During their mission, the crew contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations, including cardiovascular health, bioprinting, and fluid behavior in microgravity to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and to benefit life on Earth.
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft will undock from the space station in early March, splashing down off the coast of Florida to conclude their mission.
Crew-5 is the fifth crew rotation mission with SpaceX for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Regular commercial crew rotation missions enable NASA to continue the important research and technology investigations taking place aboard the station. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.
Quelle: NASA
----
Update: 11.03.2023
.
Coverage Set as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Prepares to Splashdown
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 10, 2023 with new undocking and splashdown times, and new start times of NASA Television coverage for these activities and the return to Earth media teleconference.
NASA will provide coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with undocking coverage live at 12 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 11. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 2:05 a.m., to begin the journey home.
The return and related activities will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at:
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:02 p.m. Saturday for a splashdown that will wrap up a nearly six-month science mission for NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.
Following conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA coverage of Crew-5’s return will continue with audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. Real-time audio between Crew-5 and flight controllers at NASA’s Mission Audio stream will remain available and includes conversations with astronauts aboard the space station and a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.
The Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance by the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts on its maiden voyage, will autonomously undock, depart the space station, and splash down Saturday at one of seven targeted landing zones in the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The spacecraft also will return time-sensitive research to Earth.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 return coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):
Saturday, March 11
12 a.m. – NASA TV hatch closure coverage begins for ingress and 12:15 a.m. hatch closing
1:45 a.m. – NASA TV coverage resumes for 2:05 a.m. undocking
8 p.m. – NASA TV splashdown coverage begins
8:11 p.m. – Deorbit burn
9:02 p.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida
10:30 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston with:
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, NASA Johnson
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president, JAXA
Quelle: NASA