SpaceX Crew-11 crew member aboard the orbital laboratory has unidentified illness
WATCH LIVE: NASA, SpaceX Crew-11 Undock from ISS, Return with Splashdown
NASA’s live coverage of the return and related activities will stream on NASA+, Amazon Prime Video, and the agency’s YouTube channel.
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions.
On Jan. 8, NASA announced its decision to return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth from the space station earlier than originally planned as teams monitor a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital laboratory, who is stable.
Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are targeted to splash down off the coast of California at 3:41 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15.
Mission managers continue to monitor conditions in the recovery area, as undocking of the SpaceX Dragon depends on spacecraft and recovery team readiness, weather, sea state, and other factors. NASA and SpaceX will select a specific splashdown time and location closer to the Crew-11 spacecraft undocking.
NASA’s live coverage of the return and related activities will stream on NASA+, Amazon Prime Video, and the agency’s YouTube channel.
NASA’s coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):
Wednesday, Jan. 14
■ 3 p.m. – Hatch closure
■ 3:30 p.m. – Hatch closing
■ 4:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage begins
■ 5:05 p.m. – Undocking
Following the conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA will distribute audio-only communications between Crew-11, the space station, and flight controllers during Dragon’s transit away from the orbital complex.
Thursday, Jan. 15
■ 2:15 a.m. – Return coverage begins
■ 2:51 a.m. – Deorbit burn
■ 3:41 a.m. – Splashdown
■ 5:45 a.m. – NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will lead a Return to Earth news conference streaming live on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel.
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