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CREW-6 UNDOCKS FROM ISS, Sept 3, 2023, Earth orbit, 7:05 am ET (NASA TV)
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Update, September 2, 11:45 am ET: NASA now is targeting tomorrow (Sunday) for undocking at 7:05 am ET and splashdown about 17 hours later at 12:15 am ET Monday. They continue to monitor the weather so this could change again.
#Crew6 update: @NASA and @SpaceX are proceeding toward undocking at 7:05am ET Sept.3, with a splashdown just after midnight at 12:15am ET Sept.4, off Florida’s coast.
Weather conditions for splashdown are improving and will be evaluated ahead of the crew undocking.
— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) September 2, 2023
NASA TV coverage begins Sunday at 5:00 am ET for hatch closure at 5:20 am ET, and at 6:45 am ET for undocking at 7:05 am ET. Here is the current NASA TV schedule for Crew-6’s return.
Crew-6 is composed of NASA’s Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE’s Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos’s Andrey Fedyaev.
Update, September 1, 8:15 am ET: CBS News space reporter Bill Harwood, who listens to the public communications loop between the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) at JSC’s Mission Control and the ISS, reports that weather is not conducive for this return opportunity and NASA is still assessing when they will be able to return.
Crew-6: Mission managers assessing the weekend weather have ruled out a Crew-6 undocking from the ISS Saturday; in a call to the crew earlier today, mission control told commander Steve Bowen: “Weather is no go for any of the undocking opportunities for tomorrow” (1/2)
— William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) September 1, 2023
Crew-6: CAPCOM (continuing): “That means the next earliest undock would be Sunday at 1100 GMT. However, we’re still watching the weather for those opportunities as well;” actual undocking Sunday, weather permitting, would be 7:05am EDT, with splashdown 9/4, just after midnight…
— William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) September 1, 2023
Update, August 29: The undocking has slipped a day to Saturday, same time, 9:05 am ET. Splashdown would occur on Sunday at 12:58 am ET if this schedule holds, which is probably dependent on Hurricane Idalia.
Original Entry: According to NASA’s posted TV schedule on August 25, Crew-6 will undock from the International Space Station on September 1, 2023 at 9:05 am ET and splashdown near Florida no earlier than September 2 at 9:38 am ET.
NASA TV coverage of undocking begins with hatch closure at 7:20 am ET on September 1 followed by undocking at 9:05 am ET. Audio-only coverage will continue under 8:30 am ET September 2 prior to splashdown.
The full schedule as posted is as follows, but the crew’s return is weather dependent and could change. Stay tuned to NASA and SpacePolicyOnline.com for updates.