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CREW-1 RETURN TO EARTH PRESS CONF, May 2, 2021, JSC, 5:00 am ET
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Update, April 30, 3:00 pm ET: The new schedule is for the crew to undock tomorrow night and splashdown at 2:57 am ET Sunday morning. This press conference then will take place at 5:00 am ET. The participants are unchanged.
Update, April 30: Weather (high winds) continues to be a problem. Undocking will not occur today or splashdown and this press conference tomorrow. NASA and SpaceX will meet later today to assess their options and set a new date.
Update April 26: Due to poor weather on Wednesday, Crew-1’s return has been postponed. Undocking now is on Friday, April 30, and splashdown on Saturday, May 1. This post-splashdown press conference is now on May 1 at 1:30 pm ET.
Participants are:
- Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center
- Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson
- Holly Ridings, chief flight director, Johnson
- Hans Koenigsmann, senior advisor, Flight Reliability, SpaceX
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate
Original Entry: NASA and SpaceX will hold a press conference on April 28, 2021 at 2:30 pm ET from Johnson Space Center, TX following the splashdown of the Crew-1 Resilience spacecraft at 12:40 pm ET.
Participants in the press conference are:
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HeadquartersSteve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space CenterKenny Todd, deputy manager, International Space Station, JohnsonHans Koenigsmann, Senior Advisor, Flight Reliability, SpaceXHiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate
The return to Earth – and activities leading up to the return – will air live on NASA Television, the NASA App, and the agency’s website.