After a couple of delays, SpaceX and NASA are set to bring back Dragon and its Crew-2 astronauts from the International Space Station.
Dragon just recently autonomously undocked from the ISS and is set to come back to Earth 8 hours later and splashdown off the coast of Florida.
Separation confirmed. Dragon will now perform a fly around maneuver to allow the Crew-2 astronauts to take photos of the exterior of the @space_station
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 8, 2021
Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide, Thomas Pesquet, have been at the space station since late April 2021, after launching from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for a soft-water landing at approximately 10:33 p.m. EST on Monday, November 8,” explains SpaceX.
Watch the live Crew-2 Mission Departure below:
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Wednesday, November 10 at 9:03 p.m. EST, or 1:03 UTC on November 11, for Falcon 9’s launch of the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station.
