NASA and SpaceX plan to undock the Crew-10 Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station no earlier than 12:05 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Aug. 7, with splashdown targeted for 11:58 a.m. Eastern the following day. If weather cooperates, the capsule will land in the Pacific Ocean off California—marking the Commercial Crew Program’s first West Coast recovery. The returning crew comprises NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. The quartet has spent roughly five months aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting dozens of experiments ranging from plant genetics and protein crystallization to atmospheric lightning observations and solar-corona imaging. Mission managers are monitoring sea states, recovery-team readiness and spacecraft status before committing to the final landing zone and timing. NASA will provide live coverage of hatch closure, undocking, re-entry and post-landing briefings across its streaming platforms.
Dragon and the Crew-10 astronauts are set to depart the @Space_Station on Thursday, August 7. Teams are keeping an eye on weather conditions off the coast of California → https://t.co/F7ISa3lhjo https://t.co/Zz9pxDK5LG
NASA confirms Crew-10 will undock tomorrow (Aug 7) at 12:05 pm ET and splashdown just under 24 hours later on Friday (Aug 8) at 11:58 am ET. https://t.co/UPISKrgf5n
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