6:30 pm EDT (22:30 UTC) Hatch closing coverage begins.
6:50 pm EDT (22:50 UTC) Hatch closing scheduled.
8:30 pm EDT (00:30 UTC) Undocking coverage begins.
8:55 pm EDT (00:55 UTC) Undocking scheduled.
The crew of Axiom Mission 1 will depart the ISS after their 15-day stay, and return to Earth in the Crew Dragon "Endeavor" spacecraft. They were only planned to stay for 10 days, but their departure was delayed by unfavorable weather in the landing zone. They will splash down in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida. Crew: Michael López-Alegría, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe. Undocking delayed from Apr 19, 23.
CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT:
Crew Capacity: Up to 7 (4 in NASA configuration)
Diameter: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 8.1 m (27 ft) (with trunk)
Pressurized volume: 9.3 m³ (330 cu ft)
Dry mass: 9,525 kg (20,999 lb)
Design life: 10 days (free flight), 210 days (docked to ISS)
Launch Escape System: 4 pairs of 2 SuperDraco engines (8 total)
SuperDraco thrust, ea. (sea level): 71,000 newtons (16,000 lbf)
SuperDraco specific impulse (sea level): 235 s (2.30 km/s)
SuperDraco burn time: 25 seconds
SuperDraco fuel: Nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) / monomethylhydrazine (MMH) [hypergolic liquids]
Reaction Control System (RCS): 4 sets of 4 Draco engines (16 total)
Draco thrust, ea. (vacuum): 400 N (90 lbf)
Dracon specific impulse (vacuum): 300 s (2.9 km/s)
Draco fuel: (same as SuperDraco)
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