SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts sit inside the Dragon Freedom crew craft prior to its launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The commercial crew quartet (from left) are Mission Specialist Jessica Watkins, Pilot Robert Hines, Commander Kjell Lindgren and Mission Specialist Samantha Cristorforetti.
Credits: SpaceX
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting Thursday, October 13 at 5:41 PM EDT for the completion of the Crew-4 flight, which concludes a nearly six-month science mission for NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins. as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Its SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, to begin its journey home.
Weather remains a watch as crews monitor the progress of a cold front forecast to move through splash zones on Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Mission teams will continue to monitor splashdown and recovery conditions with another weather check six hours before undocking. Additional decoupling opportunities are also available on Thursday 13 October.
Crew-4 farewell remarks, change of command, hatch closure, decoupling and splashdown coverage will be broadcast live on NASA Television, the NASA app
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