Crew-9 Return To Earth: Undocking Begins For The Historic Journey Home

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A glimpse of undocking preparation begins for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to Earth.

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NASA astronauts are seen suited and seated ahead of the hatch closure.

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Control room in California's Hawthorne reporting back to NASA as undocking preparations are underway.

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NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, close the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and International Space Station (ISS).

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The hatch is now closed, and according to NASA, the Crew-9 mission is targeting a splashdown at approximately 5:57 pm EST on March 18 off the coast of Florida.

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The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-9 mission agency astronauts seen undocking from the International Space Station (ISS).

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