It’s time to change crews on the International Space Station. On Friday, you can tune in to NASA’s live coverage of the return of Crew-10 on NASA Plus, Amazon Prime and more streaming services. Events begin with the hatch closure and undocking on Friday, and the crew returns on the following day.
The return was delayed a day due to high winds at the splashdown sites off the California coast. Weather conditions will be continually monitored, and the specific splashdown location will be determined closer to the time of the Crew-10 spacecraft undocking.
Crew-10 has been at the International Space Station for five months, and is set to return a week after Saturday’s arrival of the Crew-11 team. The returning crew consists of NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichile Ayers, along with JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut, Kirill Peskov.
Here’s the schedule for live coverage, though it’s subject to change.
Friday
3:45 p.m. – Hatch closure coverage begins on NASA Plus and Amazon Prime.
4:20 p.m. – Hatch closing
5:45 p.m. – Undocking coverage begins on NASA Plus and Amazon Prime.
6:05 p.m. – Undocking
After the day one coverage concludes, audio-only discussions will be available, including conversations from Crew-10 and the space station, as the SpaceX Dragon makes its journey back.
Crew-11 consists of US astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke and Kimiya Yui, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. They arrived at the ISS on Saturday and will stay for about six months.
Saturday
10:15 a.m. – Return coverage begins on NASA Plus and Amazon Prime.
10:39 a.m. – Deorbit burn
11:33 a.m. – Splashdown
1 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference will stream live on the agency’s YouTube channel, with the following participants:
- Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
- Dina Contella, deputy manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
- Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, associate director general, Space Exploration Center/Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, JAXA
