NASA will present dwell protection of the Worldwide House Station change of command ceremony beginning at 2:35 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 12. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the company’s YouTube channel. As Crew-11 prepares to depart from the house station, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will hand command of Expedition 74 aboard the orbital complicated to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
Following Crew-11’s departure on Wednesday, Jan. 14, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman and Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will splash down off the coast of California at roughly 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15. NASA and SpaceX are reviewing climate circumstances within the splashdown zones, which presently are favorable for return.
On Jan. 8, NASA announced its resolution to return the company’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth from the house station sooner than initially deliberate as groups monitor a medical concern with a crew member presently dwelling and dealing aboard the orbital laboratory, who’s steady. As a result of medical privateness, it isn’t acceptable for NASA to share extra particulars in regards to the crew member.
NASA will share extra particulars about its protection plans within the coming days.
