SpaceX announces the return of Crew-4 from ISS - international space station
Published by Dialect.tech! Spacex announces the return of CREW-4 from ISS - international space station on the 14th of October 2022. SpaceX and NASA are targeting Friday, October 14 at 12:05 p.m. ET, 16:05 UTC, for Dragon to autonomously undock from the ISS - International Space Station.
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SpaceX and NASA are targeting Friday, October 14 at 12:05 p.m. ET, 16:05 UTC, for Dragon to autonomously undock from the ISS - International Space Station. 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 splashdown off the coast of Florida approximately five hours later at 4:55 p.m. ET, 20:55 UTC.
Aboard the spacecraft will be Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti, who flew to the space station on Dragon when Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, April 27 at 3:52 a.m. ET.
Live webcast coverage of Crew-4’s return to Earth will begin about one hour prior to splashdown.
 NASA Astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren |
 NASA Astronaut Bob Hines |
 NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins |
 ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti |
MISSION TIMELINE
All times are approximate and in Eastern Daylight Time
| OCTOBER 13, 2022 | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 09:50 a.m. | Dragon hatch closure |
| 11:35 a.m. | Dragon autonomously undocks from the International Space Station |
| 11:35 a.m. | Departure burn 0 |
| 11:40 a.m. | Departure burn 1 |
| 12:28 a.m. | Departure burn 2 |
| 01:14 p.m. | Departure burn 3 |
| 03:56 p.m. | Trunk jettison |
| 04:01 p.m. | Deorbit burn |
| 04:21 p.m. | Nosecone closed |
| 04:51 p.m. | Drogue parachutes deploy |
| 04:52 p.m. | Main parachutes deploy |
| 04:55 p.m. | Dragon splashdown |
