Four astronauts are scheduled to leave their orbiting home today (March 11) to return to Earth, and you can watch it live.
SpaceX Crew-7 and its four astronauts will undock from the
International Space Station no earlier than 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT). Coverage is scheduled to start at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT) here at Space.com, via
NASA Television. (These times may change due to operational requirements or other factors.) The international crew includes NASA
astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (ESA), the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 's Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. Related: Meet the SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts launching to the ISS on Aug. 25 Should the return to Earth continue as scheduled, Crew-7 should splash down off the coast of
Florida no earlier than Tuesday (March 12) at 5:35 a.m. EDT (0935 GMT), NASA says. But that will be dependent on splashdown site selection. Coverage is currently scheduled to begin at 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 GMT). Crew-7, riding aboard SpaceX's
Crew Dragon Endurance, launched to the ISS on Aug. 26 for a half-year stay aboard the orbiting complex. They performed hundreds of experiments, packed and unpacked several cargo ships of supplies, and hosted the private Axiom Space Ax-3 crew during their briefer, approximately two-week ISS visit. Moghbeli was part of the fourth-ever all-woman spacewalk on Nov. 1, 2023 alongside her NASA astronaut colleague, Loral O'Hara, who had arrived on ISS separately via a
Russian Soyuz spacecraft. They replaced a faulty electronics box, among other duties. — This International Space Station VR experience lets you explore the ISS… and it’s as amazing as it sounds — Artemis program will land international astronaut on the
moon by end of 2020s, VP Harris says — The ISS just turned 25, and NASA is getting ready for the end (video) Another spacewalk, with less pressing work planned, was at first postponed and then canceled after a leak at the Russian segment of the ISS in October. It would have included Mogensen, on his first-ever spacewalk, and Moghbeli. (NASA at first postponed the spacewalk as a precaution against ammonia due to the leak, but spacewalk availability also depends on factors like cargo ship arrivals or departures, as well as other space station duties.) "NASA will need more time to assess the readiness of the EVA," Mogensen posted on X , formerly known as
Twitter, from the ISS on Oct. 11, 2023, shortly after the postponement was initially announced. "I fully support the safety-first approach we always take when it comes to space, even if it means waiting a bit longer to go on our spacewalk."