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03/11/2023 | News release | Distributed by Public on 03/11/2023 01:49

Dragon Endurance Undocks from the Space Station

[Link]The SpaceX Dragon Endurance undocked from the space station at 2:20 a.m. EST, beginning Crew-5's journey back to Earth. Credits: NASA TV.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikinainside undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 2:20 a.m. ESTto complete a nearly  six-month science mission.  

NASA coverage of Crew-5's return will continue with audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. Real-time audio between Crew-5 and flight controllers at NASA's Mission Audio streamwill remain available and includes conversations with astronauts aboard the space station and a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.

NASA TV coverage will resume at 8 p.m. Saturday until Endurancesplashes down at approximately 9:02 p.m. EST near Tampa off the coast of Florida and Crew-5 members are recovered. 

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission launched Oct. 5, 2022, on a Falcon 9 rocket from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the space station the next day.

Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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