The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA safely departed the orbiting outpost on Friday to begin their flight back to Earth, capping a science mission of nearly six months.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three U.S. NASA astronauts and an Italian crewmate from the European Space Agency undocked from the ISS Harmony module at 12:05 p.m. EDT to embark on a return flight expected to last roughly five hours.
If all goes smoothly, the Crew Dragon, dubbed Freedom, will parachute into the sea off the Atlantic coast of Florida at 4:55 p.m. "Sad to see you go. We wish you Godspeed, safe re-entry and landing and calm seas," a member of the resident ISS crew radioed to the departing astronauts shortly after undocking.
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