CREW-5 RETURN TO EARTH, Mar 11, 2023, Undock 2:05 am ET, Splashdown 9:02 pm ET

Update, March 10: NASA now says they will splashdown at 9:02 pm ET instead of 9:19 pm ET. Several other times changes also were made. The new schedule is:

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

Original Entry: Crew-5 is now scheduled to return to Earth on March 11 following NASA and SpaceX’s evaluation of weather at the splashdown site off the coast of Florida.

NASA TV coverage is as follows:

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

8:15 p.m. – NASA TV splashdown coverage begins

8:25 p.m. – Deorbit burn

9:19 p.m. – Splashdown off the coast of Florida

11 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