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SUMMARY:CREW-8 RETURN\, Oct 23-25\, 2024\, Earth Orbit/Florida coast\, Oct 23 5:05 pm ET undock; Oct 25 3:29 am ET splashdown
DESCRIPTION:Update\, October 24:  The splashdown time has been refined by one minute. It’s scheduled for 3:29 am ET tomorrow (Friday).  NASA+ coverage begins at 2:15 am ET.  The audio-only post-splashdown media teleconference is still at 5:00 am ET. \nUpdate\, October 23:  Crew-8 finally has the go-ahead to undock at 5:05 pm ET today\, with splashdown on Friday\, Oct 25\, at about 3:30 am ET. \nA post-splashdown press conference is scheduled for 5:00 am ET Friday.  The full list of NASA coverage is as follows: \nWednesday\, Oct. 23 \n3 p.m. – Hatch closure coverage begins on NASA+ \n3:20 p.m. – Hatch closing \n4:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage begins on NASA+ \n5:05 p.m. – Undocking \nFollowing the conclusion of undocking\, NASA coverage will switch to audio only. \nPending weather conditions at the splashdown sites\, continuous coverage will resume Friday\, Oct. 25\, on NASA+ prior to the start of deorbit burn. \nFriday\, Oct. 25 \n2:15 a.m. – Return coverage begins on NASA+ \n2:39 a.m. – Deorbit burn (time is approximate) \n3:29 a.m. – Splashdown (time is approximate) \n5 a.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference will stream live on the agency’s YouTube channel\, with the following participants: \n\nRichard Jones\, deputy manager\, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program\nBill Spetch\, operations and integration manager\, NASA’s International Space Station Program\nSpaceX representative\n\n  \nUpdate\, October 22: Another delay. Now targeting October 23 at 5:00 pm ET for undocking. Splashdown would be on Friday if that holds.  Still tentative. \n\nNASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 5pm ET Wednesday\, Oct. 23\, for the agency’s #Crew8 mission return from @Space_Station aboard @SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. An undocking on Oct. 23 would result in a splashdown on Friday\, Oct. 25. \nMore: https://t.co/rlKtX1AreK \n— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 22\, 2024 \n\nUpdate\, October 21: Crew-8’s return has been delayed again. For the moment\, NASA has pushed undocking to Tuesday\, October 22\, at 9:05 pm ET (instead of Monday)\, but the forecast does not sound promising for Tuesday or Wednesday. \n\nWeather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast remain unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station. \nForecasts remain marginal for an undocking on Tuesday\, Oct. 22\, and Wednesday\, Oct. 23. \nIf weather conditions… pic.twitter.com/KdjAEEfchc \n— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 21\, 2024 \n\nUpdate\, October 20:  NASA says there is a marginal improvement in the weather so they will proceed with the plan to undock tomorrow\, Monday\, at 9:05 pm ET\, but will not make a final decision until the next weather briefing at 9:00 am ET tomorrow.  If they do undock Monday evening\, they will splashdown at 12:55 pm ET on Tuesday\, October 22. \nUpdate\, October 19:  The weather is STILL poor. Undocking has been pushed at least to 9:05 pm ET on Monday (from 3:05 am) if the weather improves. \nUpdate\, October 18:  NASA says the weather CONTINUES to be poor and Crew-8 will not undock at least until Monday\, October 21\, at 3:05 am ET. \nUpdate\, October 16:  NASA says the weather continues to be poor and Crew-8 will not undock at least until Sunday\, October 20. \nUpdate\, October 14\, 4:30 pm ET:  NASA says that weather conditions remain poor for the next several days and the earliest they will undock is Friday\, Oct 18\, at 3:05 am ET. \nUpdate\, October 13\, 7:05 am:  NASA just posted on X that the undocking has been delayed due to weather. The next weather briefing is tomorrow\, October 14\, at 11:00 am\, so it won’t before then. \n\nNASA and SpaceX are waving off the opportunity at 7:05am ET\, Sunday\, Oct. 13\, for the undocking of the #Crew8 mission from @Space_Station due to unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown zones off the Florida coast. \nMission managers continue to monitor conditions\, with… \n— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 13\, 2024 \n\nUpdate\, October 11:  The new plan is undocking at 7:05 am ET on Sunday\, October 13\, with splashdown more than 20 hours later on Monday\, October 14\, at 3:38 pm ET.  A post splashdown media telecon is scheduled for 5:15 pm ET. \n\nNASA and SpaceX are targeting NET 7:05am ET Oct. 13 for the agency’s SpaceX #Crew8 mission to undock from @Space_Station. \nPending weather conditions\, the earliest splashdown time is targeted for 3:38pm ET Oct. 14 off the coast of Florida. \nMore: https://t.co/UxYHtFOhaZ pic.twitter.com/8NMhpFdEnd \n— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 11\, 2024 \n \nNASA coverage of these events is as follows: \nFor the planned Oct. 13 undocking\, NASA’s live return operations coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations): \nSunday\, Oct. 13 \n5 a.m. – Hatch closure coverage begins on NASA+ \n5:30 a.m. – Hatch closing \n6:45 a.m. – Undocking coverage begins on NASA+ \n7:05 a.m. – Undocking \nFollowing the conclusion of undocking\, NASA coverage will switch to audio only. \nPending weather conditions at the splashdown sites\, continuous coverage will resume Oct. 14\, on NASA+ prior to the start of deorbit burn. \nMonday\, Oct. 14 \n2:30 p.m. – Return coverage begins on NASA+ \n2:53 p.m. – Deorbit burn (time is approximate) \n3:38 p.m. – Splashdown (time is approximate) \n5:15 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference with the following participants: \n\nRichard Jones\, deputy manager\, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program\nBill Spetch\, operations and integration manager\, NASA’s International Space Station Program\nWilliam Gerstenmaier\, vice president\, Build & Flight Reliability\, SpaceX\n\nUpdate\, October 7\, 7:20 pm ET:  NASA now says undocking will occur no earlier than Sunday\, October 13\, at 3:05 am ET\, because of the anticipated effects of Hurricane Milton\, a category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico expected to reach Florida’s west coast on Wedsenday and impact most of the peninsula and surrounding waters thereafter. \nUpdate\, October 6\, 12:00 pm ET:  NASA has postponed undocking until no earlier than October 10 at 3:05 am ET because of weather. \n\nNASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. ET Thursday\, Oct. 10\, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions\, with the next… \n— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 6\, 2024 \n\nOriginal entry: Crew-8 is getting ready to return to Earth from the International Space Station. \nThe exact timing of their departure from the ISS and splasdown off the Florida coast\, either in the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico\, is weather dependent and hurricanes are a problem right now. \nAs of October 6\, NASA is targeting undocking on Tuesday\, October 8\, at 3:05 am ET. According to the NASA broadcast schedule\, splashdown will be just a few hours later. It doesn’t say when\, but NASA coverage of deorbit burn and splashdown will begin at 8:15 am ET. \n \nThat is tentative\, however. We will post more information here as we get it.
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