The SpaceX Crew-7 mission, consisting of astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, Andreas Mogensen of ESA, Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, successfully concluded with a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 5:47am ET (0947 UTC) on March 12. The crew returned after spending nearly six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), completing a mission that spanned 199 days, covered 3,184 orbits, and traveled 84.4 million miles. The return journey was meticulously executed, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft undergoing a deorbit burn that started around 4:56am EDT, reducing its speed by about 212 mph (95 meters per second), allowing for re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft's descent was stabilized by the deployment of drogue parachutes at an altitude of about 18,000 feet, followed by the main parachutes, ensuring a safe splashdown. The recovery ship Megan was on site to secure the Dragon capsule and welcome the crew back to Earth, led by Marine helicopter pilot Jasmin Moghbeli. This mission marks another successful collaboration between NASA and SpaceX, showcasing the capabilities of international space cooperation.
#NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark's Andreas Mogensen, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and Russia's Konstantin Borisov. https://t.co/KB9d2jeK2W
Dragon has been secured on recovery ship Megan https://t.co/4y8qgaxcpk
Crew 7: The Crew Dragon has been lifted out of the water and pulled onto the recovery ship Megan https://t.co/m8i4co8Ilg
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov splashed down off the coast of Florida. Together with him, after a 199-day expedition in orbit, astronauts Jasmine Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen and Satoshi Furukawa returned to Earth https://t.co/m7iZCEPraJ
Welcome home, #Crew7! ๐ช After spending six months aboard the space station, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of @NASA, Andreas Mogensen of @ESA, Satoshi Furukawa of @JAXA_en, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:47am ET today. https://t.co/IM7Cj3f0DK
Splashdown of Dragon confirmed โ welcome back to Earth, @AstroJaws, @Astro_Andreas, @Astro_Satoshi, and Kostya! https://t.co/iugZ6Awwvn
SPLASHDOWN! Welcome home Crew 7! https://t.co/pUscvSn6IZ
Crew 7: Splashdown confirmed; at 5:47am EDT (1047 UTC), within sight of SpaceX recovery crews
Dragon readying for splashdown https://t.co/A1cqdiKEFc
Dragonโs four main parachutes have deployed https://t.co/CACzHRxWBv
Crew 7: The Crew Dragon's four main parachutes unfurled at an altitude of about 6,500 feet while the capsule was descending at about 119 mph; the spacecraft should hit the water in about 3 minutes at a velocity of ~16 mph https://t.co/QzzRWI88hF
Crew 7: Drogue parachutes deployed as planned at an altitude of about 18,000 feet and a velocity of roughly 350 mph; the drogues provide additional braking and stabilization
Crew 7: Communications have now been restored between the Crew Dragon and SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, as re-entry heating dissipates
Crew 7: Long-range tracking cameras have picked up the Crew 7 as it blazes through there pre-dawn sky https://t.co/daX29Y6Jx7
Crew Dragon return seen from the recovery ship! https://t.co/F6RMjqXRKe
Crew 7: The Crew Dragon has fallen back into the discernible atmosphere, on a NW-to-SE trajectory that will carry it across the central US toward splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola, Florida; now about 12 minutes to splashdown
๐ฐ๏ธ Watch live as NASAโs SpaceX Crew-7 deorbit and splashdown from the International Space Station โฌ๏ธ ๐ https://t.co/MoykWvMj5S https://t.co/DPsvsidKlB
Dragonโs deorbit burn is complete and its nosecone is closed. Splashdown in ~34 minutes
Crew 7: The deorbit burn is complete; SpaceX reports good performance; the Crew Dragon nose cone is closing for re-entry
Crew-7 on orbit https://t.co/dub68ZEWaD
Crew-7 on-orbit https://t.co/D2enD1yiRG
Crew 7: The deorbit burn is underway; this is a planned 13.5-minute burn by the Crew Dragon's forward Draco thrusters that will change the spacecraft's velocity by about 95 meters per second, or ~212 mph
Dragonโs trunk has been jettisoned and the deorbit burn will begin soon
Crew 7: Crew Dragon trunk separation confirmed; deorbit burn starts in less than 4 minutes
After Dragon reenters Earth's atmosphere, the spacecraft will fly over the United States ahead of splashing down near Pensacola, FL at ~5:47 a.m. ET https://t.co/tM0XR90R89
NASA is live with coverage of #Crew7โs return to Earth. After spending nearly six months aboard the space station, the quartet will splash down off the coast of Florida around 5:47am ET. https://t.co/Rot3okanot
Watch Dragon and Crew-7 return to Earth https://t.co/mfJoeY3hOP
LIVE: Tune in for a splashdown. #Crew7 is heading home after six months of science and discovery on the @Space_Station. Watch with us from reentry to recovery. https://t.co/2I5jf6rKLl
Crew 7: SpaceX mission control tells Moghbeli and her crewmates they are "go" for deorbit, entry and splashdown
Crew 7: With good weather in the Gulf, splashdown is expected at 5:47am (0947 UTC), closing out a 199-day 2-hour mission spanning 3,184 orbits and 84.4 million miles
Crew 7: The burn is expected to begin around 4:56am EDT (0856 UTC), slowing the ship by about 212 mph, just enough to drop the far side of the orbit into the discernible atmosphere for a NW-to-SE descent across the heartland of America
Crew 7: Good morning; Crew 7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA flier Satoshi Furukawa and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov are now 1 hour from the deorbit burn designed to put the ship on a trajectory toward splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Starship IFT3 is less than 2 days away! https://t.co/mxbZ0oWhRF
Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa Begins Return Trip Back to Earth; Scheduled to Land off Coast of Florida Tonight, Japan Time https://t.co/QnaOn7GCaR
Starship tonight ahead of Flight 3 as soon as Thursday https://t.co/7WkLDL9xZV
Megan has now arrived at the Crew-7 splashdown site near Pensacola. Splashdown is set for 5:50am ET on Tuesday morning https://t.co/xc132iQrJT
Watch SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut mission for NASA return to Earth March 12 in this free livestream https://t.co/x5A9boVB19 https://t.co/nVpD0oDAoe
A SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship carrying four long-duration crew members undocked from the International Space Station on Monday, setting the stage for re-entry and splashdown early Tuesday to wrap up a 199-day mission. https://t.co/d9hDq1L8Om
NEW: Space station crew bound for Earth https://t.co/lzD0f1JALs
Four #NASA astronauts have left the International Space Station (#ISS) and are bound for Earth following a more than six-month mission. https://t.co/uV2m7bt4pH
Watch live: Crew-7 astronauts depart ISS after nearly 200 days in space https://t.co/BupI8gpTu4 https://t.co/uG1Ds3w6u4
Dragon's undock sequence has begun
Crew-7 is undocking six days after Dragon and Crew-8 arrived at the station https://t.co/fG4plDg4iq
๐ดLive on #ESAwebTV, #Crew7 undocking coverage๐ https://t.co/urKTg0Vak0
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Crew 7: Splashdown off the coast of Florida is expected at 5:50am EST (1050 UTC) Tuesday, 18 hours and 30 minutes after undocking
SpaceX knocks out Canaveral launch during busy week with Crew-7 return, possible Starship launch https://t.co/sU5bp4z5JZ
Back to back launches today ๐๐ https://t.co/LNoK3brB5J https://t.co/8y3WsnlVvo
SpaceX teams complete back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida and California, delivering 46 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/TuEEjNkYtz
Deployment of @Starlink satellites confirmed
Two Falcon 9 launches today, carrying 4 Terabits/second of capacity to orbit https://t.co/zBsANLCjat
Tonight's @Starlink #rocket launch over Los Angeles, looking due west and also flying below the star Betelgeuse. #Falcon9 https://t.co/RTXwZ3FX00
We going up again, launching 23 Starlinks to orbit ๐๐๐ https://t.co/zqr04AZf8l
No rest for #SpaceX. Missions within just hours of each other yet again. ๐๐Just under 5 hours from the last, and here goes another Starlink V2 mini mission. https://t.co/HOfCazvx3w https://t.co/9bUBwIHfJP
Propellant load is underway for tonightโs second launch of @Starlink satellites, this time from California โ https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
Space's #Crew7 is getting ready to return home after more than six months aboard the ISS, and the key moments of the return journey will be live streamed. https://t.co/B3ZyOqwogx
๐ ROCKET LAUNCH ALERT! ๐ @SpaceX #Falcon9 @Starlink 7-17 mission Vandenberg SLC-4E Sunday, March 10, 2024 9:09 p.m. PDT LOOK WEST! https://t.co/Tp4XLIjuS1
Watch live: SpaceX targets Sunday night launch during busy week with Crew-7 return, possible Starship launch https://t.co/5waxvZ8pe0 https://t.co/3DYQjBioaT
Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit https://t.co/aGVSaUjchD
All systems are looking good and weather is 95% favorable for todayโs first Falcon 9 launch of @Starlink satellites from Florida โ https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK
SpaceX targets Sunday night launch during busy week with Crew-7 return, possible Starship launch https://t.co/GNkenEh16M https://t.co/kH2ya7DLZH
It's looking good for this evening's Falcon 9 launch. Launch window opens at 7:05 pm. https://t.co/vmvTSUFki6
SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from California tonight in 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader https://t.co/KtfL7VH1D4 https://t.co/9mxZ8Da5az
SpaceX's Dragon Recovery ship Megan is well underway in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for Crew-7 splashdown https://t.co/F1UxHaGb4A
Almost a week after Crew-8 arrived at the @Space_Station, Dragon and the Crew-7 astronauts are set to depart on Monday, March 11 โ https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK https://t.co/OfJnK1QOJy
Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli of @NASA, Andreas Mogensen of @esa, Satoshi Furukawa of @jaxa_en, and cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov share farewell remarks ahead of their departure from the space station. #Crew7 https://t.co/o1DIjiGpE3
Tune in to @NASA TV at 11:55am ET today as #Crew7 shares farewell remarks ahead of their departure from the orbital laboratory, targeted for 11:05am Monday, March 11. https://t.co/cBNqC5Ke07 https://t.co/YnS5EEpgJT