Archyde
May 2, 2021 by archyde
Four astronauts, three Americans and one Japanese, left on Saturday the International space station aboard a SpaceX company ship, after more than 160 days in thespace which must end in a water landing off Florida in the middle of the night.
The Crew Dragon capsule detached from the ISS on schedule (8:35 p.m. Saturday on the US East Coast, 12:35 a.m. GMT Sunday). The flight back to Earth is expected to take approximately 6.5 hours.
Separation confirmed. Dragon will perform four departure burns to move away from the @space_stationpic.twitter.com/43GwSBrWJc
The four astronauts are scheduled to land on Sunday at 2:57 a.m. local time in the Gulf of Mexico (6:57 a.m. GMT). The planned landing site is located off Panama City, Florida, but other alternative sites have been designated as needed.