NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Prepares for Undocking

Crew-2 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur inside the Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft just before hatch closure on Nov. 8, 2021.Crew-2 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Pilot Megan McArthur are seen inside Crew Dragon Endeavour as they, along with Mission Specialists Aki Hoshide from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet representing the European Space Agency, prepared to close hatches between the spacecraft and International Space Station in preparation for their return home Monday night, Nov. 8. The Crew-2 astronauts are scheduled to splash down at 10:33 p.m. EST off the coast of Florida near Pensacola.

Crew Dragon Endeavor will undock from the space station at approximately 2:05 p.m. Live coverage of undocking will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website, beginning at 1:45 p.m. and continuing through splashdown.

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