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SpaceX Dragon Endeavour undocks from ISS, Crew-8 astronauts heading back to Earth

The capsule is set to splash into the Atlantic Ocean near Florida early Friday morning.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA astronauts on Wednesday undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and began their return home.

Dragon Endeavour is carrying four NASA astronauts — Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, who completed a six-month stay.

The spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station 232 days ago and has spent a total of 236 days in space.

Splashdown is set for Friday at 3:29 a.m. Eastern Time off the coast of Florida.

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