# NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Hatch Close – March 17, 2025 (iss072m260770244)

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov prepared to depart the space station following the closing of the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon Freedom on March 17 ahead of their undocking from the space station a short time later. Crew-9 was completing a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 52 min
- By: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA%E2%80%99s_SpaceX_Crew-9_Hatch_Close_%E2%80%93_March_17,_2025_(iss072m260770244).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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