Upcoming Return

Ax-1 to depart from the International Space Station

WATCH

SpaceX, Axiom Space, and NASA are targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 24 at 8:55 p.m. ET (00:55 UTC Monday, April 25) for Dragon and the Ax-1 astronauts to depart from the International Space Station. After performing a series of burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison its trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere before landing off the coast of Florida 16 hours later at approximately 1:06 p.m. ET on Monday, April 25.

Live webcast coverage will begin about fifteen minutes prior to undocking and resume about one hour before prior to splashdown.

Michael López-Alegría, Commander Michael López-Alegría, Commander
Larry Connor, Pilot Larry Connor, Pilot
Eytan Stibbe, Mission Specialist Eytan Stibbe, Mission Specialist
Mark Pathy, Mission Specialist Mark Pathy, Mission Specialist
01. DEPARTURE
02. PHASING BURNS
03. TRUNK JETTISON
04. DEORBIT BURN
05. RE ENTRY
06. PARACHUTES DEPLOY
07. SPLASHDOWN

Mission Timeline

Sunday, April 24 – Monday, April 25

All times are approximate and in Eastern Daylight Time

Time Event
6:50 p.m. Dragon hatch closure
9:10 p.m. Dragon autonomously undocks from the International Space Station
9:15 p.m. Departure burn 0 begins
9:20 p.m. Departure burn 1 begins
10:08 p.m. Departure burn 2 begins
10:54 p.m. Departure burn 3 begins
12:10 a.m. Departure phasing burn begins
12:11 p.m. Trunk jettison
12:16 p.m. Deorbit burn begins
12:28 p.m. Nosecone closed
1:06 p.m. Dragon splashdown