At 11:33 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California. This completes a keep in area of 148 days for the four-person crew.
Groups aboard the restoration ship, together with two quick boats, are securing the SpaceX Dragon and guaranteeing the spacecraft is secure for the restoration effort. Because the quick boat groups full their work, the restoration ship will transfer into place to hoist Dragon onto the principle deck with the astronauts inside. As soon as on the principle deck, the crew will egress the spacecraft and obtain medical checks earlier than being flown by way of helicopter to fulfill up with a NASA plane certain for Houston.
NASA will host a post-splashdown media convention at 1 p.m. on the agency’s YouTube channel.
The next will take part within the information convention:
- Steve Stich, supervisor, NASA’s Industrial Crew Program
- Dina Contella, deputy supervisor, NASA’s Worldwide Area Station Program
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Administration, SpaceX
- Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, affiliate director normal, Area Exploration Heart/Area Exploration Innovation Hub Heart, JAXA
Study extra concerning the mission by following the business crew weblog, @NASASpaceOps and @space_station on X.
