While the preferred landing zone is in the Gulf of Mexico, mission managers will choose a primary and backup site after additional weather assessments. Monday, setting up splashdown at 10:33 p.m. (1214 GMT) Monday.īut after an early morning weather assessment, undocking was moved back to 2:05 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) Sunday for a splashdown at 7:14 a.m. Credit: NASA.įaced with high winds in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA managers decided to pass up a Sunday undocking and Monday morning splashdown for four returning space station astronauts, opting instead to aim for a landing Monday night when better weather is expected.Ĭrew-2 commander Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japanese flier Akihiko Hoshide had planned to depart the International Space Station at 12 p.m. Left to right: Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, commander Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Crew-2 astronauts pose with the SpaceX pressure suits they will wear for re-entry and splashdown Monday to close out a 199-day mission.

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