NASA, SpaceX Axiom Mission 1 Undocking Postponed to Sunday, International Space Station Undergoes Reboost
By NASA information center // April 24, 2022
crew targeting to undock at 8:55 p.m. Sunday
(NASA) – At the conclusion of a weather briefing ahead of today’s planned undocking, NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX teams elected to wave off today’s undocking attempt due to a diurnal low wind trough which has been causing marginally high winds at the splashdown sites.
The Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew is now targeting to undock from the International Space Station at 8:55 p.m. EDT Sunday, April 24.
Weather permitting, the Ax-1 crew is targeted to close the hatch at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday, April 24, to begin the journey home in SpaceX Dragon Endeavour with a splashdown off the coast of Florida at approximately 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 25.
NASA Ax-1 return coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):
Sunday, April 24
■ 6:30 p.m. – Coverage begins for hatch closure at approximately 6:45 p.m.
■ 8:30 p.m. – Coverage begins for undocking at about 8:55 p.m.
Axiom Space will resume coverage of Dragon’s re-entry and splashdown beginning at noon Monday, April 25, on the company’s website.
The Russian Progress 79 fired its thrusters for 10 minutes, 23 seconds today at 9:25 a.m. This space station reboost maneuver optimizes phasing for future visiting vehicles arriving at the station.
The reboost increased the orbiting laboratory’s altitude by 9/10 of a mile at apogee and 1.3 miles at perigee and left the station in an orbit of 264.7 x 254.2 statute miles.
Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station, and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
Get weekly video highlights at: http://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/videoupdate/
CLICK HERE FOR BREVARD COUNTY NEWS
