What time is SpaceX Crew-11's medical evacuation from the ISS on Jan. 14?
Space • • general
Key Points:
- SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is performing the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station, with the crew cutting their six-month mission short by about a month due to an undisclosed medical issue affecting one astronaut.
- The Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour is scheduled to depart the ISS on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 5:05 p.m. EST, with hatch closure planned for 3:30 p.m. EST, pending readiness and weather conditions.
- Endeavour is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off California early Thursday, Jan. 15, at 3:41 a.m. EST, approximately 51 minutes after a deorbit engine burn.
- NASA will provide live coverage of the
