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Forecast Improves; Teams Target Monday for Crew-8 Undocking – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission [1]

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Date: 2024-10-20

NASA and SpaceX teams have seen a marginal improvement in forecast weather conditions in potential splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of the Crew-8 mission. The teams are proceeding closer to undock in order to get better resolution on the weather forecast, targeting no earlier than undocking of the spacecraft at 9:05 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 21. Pending weather conditions, the earliest splashdown opportunity for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is about 12:55 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22. The next weather briefing will take place at 9 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-8/2024/10/20/forecast-improves-teams-target-monday-for-crew-8-undocking/

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