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Ax-3 Astronauts Close Dragon Hatch Before Undocking [1]

['Johan Pretorius', 'Darlene Mattio', 'Chuck Schlemm']

Date: 2024-02-07

At 7:25 a.m. EST, the hatch closed between the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) with astronauts Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Marcus Wandt, and Alper Gezeravci.

NASA Television will air live coverage resuming at 9 a.m. in advance of the planned departure of Dragon with undocking about 9:20 a.m. and will continue until about 30 minutes after undocking when joint operations with the Axiom and SpaceX mission teams ends.

Today’s undocking will begin the Ax-3 mission’s journey home with splashdown off the coast of Daytona, Florida, targeted for approximately 8:30 a.m. EST Friday, Feb 9.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2024/02/07/ax-3-astronauts-close-dragon-hatch-before-undocking/

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