Crew-4's Dragon capsule undocked from the orbiting lab around 12:05 p.m. EDT.
, ending a 5.5-month orbital stay and overcoming two weather-relatedWednesday and Thursday . Undocking was also delayed by 30 minutes on Friday to verify alignment of the hatches between the two spacecraft.
"We wish you godspeed and safe re-entry," a member of Expedition 68 told the departing crew in the moments after undocking. Freedom is now on its way back to Earth, and it should get here soon: Splashdown off the coast of Florida is expected at around 4:55 p.m. EDT on Friday, NASA officials said. Splashdown will take place near Jacksonville, Florida, with Tallahassee as a potential backup location on Saturday , NASA officials said.directly via the space agency
. NASA and SpaceX also have said they plan to hold a post-splashdown call with reporters, which you can tune into as well. The timing for that call has not yet been released.
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