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title: "SpaceX Crew-9 Quartet Enters Dragon and Closes Hatch"
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# SpaceX Crew-9 Quartet Enters Dragon and Closes Hatch

[![The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four SpaceX Crew-9 members is docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port on the International Space Station.](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/spacex-crew-9-quartet-enters-dragon-and-closes-hatch.jpg?resize=696%2C391&ssl=1)](https://i0.wp.com/newspaceeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/spacex-crew-9-quartet-enters-dragon-and-closes-hatch-1.jpg?ssl=1)

*The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four SpaceX Crew-9 members is docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on the International Space Station.NASA+*

At 11:05 p.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) Dragon spacecraft and the [International Space Station](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html) in preparation for the return of [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)’s [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) Crew-9 mission.

[NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/)’s undocking coverage begins at 12:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, on [NASA+](https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/coverage-of-the-undocking-of-the-nasa-spacex-dragon). The spacecraft will autonomously undock from the orbiting laboratory at approximately 1:05 a.m. to begin the return to Earth. Learn [how to watch](https://www.nasa.gov/general/watch-nasa-programming/) [NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/) content through a variety of platforms, including social media.

At the conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA will switch to real-time [audio-only](https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fnasa%2Flive&data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7Ce9d7be7b400148dd449d08dd65cba223%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638778647457194304%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1Qg8rHqqXKHRaeUOelgtP1l6enbd5jYKLP93%2BjcHOrE%3D&reserved=0) until live Crew-9 return coverage resumes at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on [NASA+](https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/coverage-of-the-deorbit-burn-and-splashdown-of-the-nasa-spacex-dragon).

*Learn more about the mission by following the [commercial crew blog](https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/), [@commercial_crew](https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcommercial_crew&data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7Ce9d7be7b400148dd449d08dd65cba223%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638778647457216931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zcRTTbpxJLd92kY0lgjnkYbrNf1aXFQI9XJd7jEyACM%3D&reserved=0) on X, and [commercial crew](https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNASACommercialCrew&data=05%7C02%7Cmark.a.garcia%40nasa.gov%7Ce9d7be7b400148dd449d08dd65cba223%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638778647457230768%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Y0%2Bew1YnWXbhjImX9932lT%2FyD0eo3Pa%2BQmOkWfMozgc%3D&reserved=0) on Facebook.*

*Learn more about station activities by following the [space station blog](https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/), [@space_station](https://x.com/space_station) and [@ISS_Research](https://x.com/ISS_Research) on X, as well as the [ISS Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ISS) and [ISS Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/iss) accounts.*

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