Crew-11 seals hatch as Dragon prepares to undock for California splashdown

NASA’s live coverage of the SpaceX Crew-11 undocking is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime and the agency’s YouTube channel. At 3:29 p.m. EST, the crew closed the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return to Earth of NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.

The spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at approximately 5:20 p.m., heading for a targeted splashdown at 3:41 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15 off the coast of California.

Observers can follow station activities on the space station blog, @space_station on X, ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts. NASA also offers weekly updates by subscription.

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Science, Spacex Dragon, International Space Station, California, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke