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SUMMARY:Ax-3 CREW BEGINS RETURN TO EARTH\, Feb 7\, 2024\, Earth orbit\, undocking 9:20 am ET
DESCRIPTION:Update\, February 7\, 7:30 am ET:  The Ax-3 crew is finally departing the ISS this morning. The undocking time now is 9:20 am ET instead of 9:05 am ET. \nIt will be almost 48 hours before they splash down\, however.  That’s on Friday morning\, February 9\, at 8:30 am ET off the coast of Daytona\, FL. \nUpdate\, February 6\, 3:25 pm ET:  The NASA TV schedule shows undocking is currently scheduled for tomorrow\, February 7\, at 9:05 am ET\, with NASA TV coverage of hatch closing starting at 7:00 am ET and of undocking at 8:45 am ET. As of this moment\, neither SpaceX nor Axiom Space have said when the splashdown will take place or whether there will be live coverage. \n \nUpdate\, February 5\, 11:00 pm ET:  Their return has been delayed again due to weather. A new date was not announced. \n\nDue to ongoing unfavorable weather off the coast of Florida\, Dragon is standing down from Tuesday’s undocking from the @Space_Station. The spacecraft and Ax-3 crew remain healthy\, and teams will continue to monitor weather conditions for the next available undocking opportunity \n— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6\, 2024 \n \nUpdate\, February 4\, 4:40 pm ET:  For now\, the undocking is scheduled for 9:05 am ET on Tuesday\, February 6. They are continuing to monitor the weather. \n\n#Ax3 UPDATE https://t.co/hv68f8Hvjx \n— Axiom Space (@Axiom_Space) February 4\, 2024 \n \nUpdate\, February 4 am:  The undocking and return to Earth has been postponed again due to weather. They now are targeting Tuesday\, February 6. \n\n#Ax3 UPDATE https://t.co/5AmPIeYDbt \n— Axiom Space (@Axiom_Space) February 4\, 2024 \n\nUpdate\, February 3:  The Axiom-3 undocking and return to Earth has been postponed to No Earlier Than February 5 because of unfavorable weather in the splashdown zone. \n\nDue to unfavorable recovery conditions off the coast of Florida\, we are now targeting no earlier than Monday\, February 5 for Dragon and the Ax-3 crew to undock from the @space_station. Teams will continue to monitor weather ahead of the next undocking opportunity \n— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 3\, 2024 \n\nUpdate\, February 2\, 2:20 pm ET:   NASA and Axiom will provide coverage of undocking as follows: \n\n4:00 am ET\, coverage begins of hatch closure\, which is scheduled for 4:15 am ET\n5:45 am ET\, coverage resumes for 6:05 am ET undocking\n\nAxiom says it will provide details about splashdown later on its website. \n \nOriginal Entry: The four-person private astronaut crew of Axiom-3 (Ax-3) will undock from the International Space Station on February 3 at 6:05 am Eastern Standard Time (11:05 GMT\, 12:05 CET) according to the European Space Agency. ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt (Sweden) is one of the crew members. Further details are pending as of February 2 at 10:00 am EST. \n\n????Now LIVE: #Ax3 farewell ceremony via @Axiom_Space. ????@astro_marcus and his crew mates connect to #Earth from space for the last time before their return home. \nUndocking from the International @Space_Station is scheduled for tomorrow at 11:05 GMT / 12:05 CET.… pic.twitter.com/nMgh1aJfKF \n— Human Spaceflight (@esaspaceflight) February 2\, 2024
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