The SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship will undock from the International Space Station Friday, March 8 at 2:31 a.m. EST. Splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean is scheduled around 8:45 a.m. EST. Undocking and splashdown will air live on NASA TV<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After making 18 orbits of Earth since its launch, the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station<\/a>\u2019s Harmony module forward port via \u201csoft capture\u201d at 5:51 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 3. The Crew Dragon used the station\u2019s new international docking adapter<\/a> for the first time since astronauts installed it August 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The mission, called Demo-1, is the first flight test of a space system designed for humans built and operated by a commercial company through a public-private partnership.<\/p>\r\n","links":[{"url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/","title":"Mission Updates: Space Station Blog","attributes":{"rel":"_blank"},"display_url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/","html":true},{"url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-first-flight-test-of-space-system-designed-for-crew","title":"Launch News Release","attributes":{"rel":"_blank"},"display_url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-spacex-launch-first-flight-test-of-space...","html":true},{"url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nasahqphoto\/albums\/72157676881447277","title":"Latest Images: NASA HQ Photo","attributes":{"rel":"_blank"},"display_url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nasahqphoto\/albums\/72157676881447277","html":true},{"url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gPYgwrnr644&feature=youtu.be","title":"Watch: Vice President Pence Congratulate the Crew","attributes":{"rel":"_blank"},"display_url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gPYgwrnr644&feature=youtu.be","html":true},{"url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/ccp-press-kit\/main.html","title":"Press Kit and About Commercial Crew","attributes":{"rel":"_blank"},"display_url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190308052041\/https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/ccp-press-kit\/main.html","html":true}],"image":{"fid":"591823","uid":"9","filename":"spacex-dm1_190303.jpg","uri":"public:\/\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg","filemime":"image\/jpeg","filesize":"45527","status":"1","timestamp":"1551611646","uuid":"11cefcc7-f50c-437d-9e20-0b00c033bb7a","alt":"The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station before docking on March 3, 2019. ","title":"","width":"1280","height":"720","crop1x1":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1x1_cardfeed\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=OYqDDcek","crop2x1":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/2x1_cardfeed\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=P08o90i-","crop2x2":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/2x2_cardfeed\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=hu774Bsp","crop3x1":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/3x1_cardfeed\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=8Secwy-V","crop1x2":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1x2_cardfeed\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=FeHXh0er","crop4x3ratio":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/image_card_4x3_ratio\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=H7ON7ME7","cropHumongo":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/4x1_cardfeed_humongo\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=_jG8kFy8","cropBanner":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/card_page_banner\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=Aycebvfa","cropUnHoriz":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/ubernode_alt_horiz\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=3veX7wFO","cropUnVert":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/ubernode_alt_vert\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=ao7wK2Vy","fullWidthFeature":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_width_feature\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=g0EgyLU7","lrThumbnail":"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lr_thumbnail\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/spacex-dm1_190303.jpg?itok=k8gQzddn"}},{"type":"ubercard","title":"NASA Captures First Air-to-Air Images of Supersonic Shockwave Interaction in Flight ","position":"2","node":"440966","altTitle":null,"visibleTag":"primary","id":"15862"},{"type":"ubercard","title":"Ultima Thule in 3D","position":"4","node":"441063","altTitle":null,"visibleTag":"primary","id":"15895"},];