NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Hatch Close

Watch as the four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission—NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—begin the final preparations for their return to Earth, currently targeted for Tuesday, March 18.

After entering their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the spacecraft's hatch will be closed on the Crew-9 explorers. After hatch closure, Crew-9 is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 UTC) on Tuesday, March 18.

See the full schedule for Crew-9's return to Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/4iWeg8N Learn more about Crew-9's scientific mission: https://go.nasa.gov/4bWdt5u Follow the latest Crew-9 mission updates: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/

Credit: NASA ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMWEUswX0tA