NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with four Crew-9 members aboard departs the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port.
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Mumbai, March 18, 2025: At 1:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, according to https://www.nasa.gov
Their Splashdown is expected to be At 3.27 AM Indian Standard Time (IST), 19 March 2025 Wednesday. Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft or launch vehicle in a body of water.
At 11:05 p.m. EDT on March 17, the crew closed the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, to Earth.
NASA’s return coverage continues with real-time audio only, and full coverage will resume at the start of the splashdown broadcast. The audio feed will remain available, including astronaut conversations with mission control, in addition to a live video feed from the orbiting laboratory.
NASA’s Crew-9 return coverage will resume at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on NASA+ until Dragon splashes down at approximately 5:57 p.m. off the coast of Florida, and crew members are safely recovered. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.
Learn more about the mission by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on X, and commercial crew on Facebook.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
