NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti are in the process of boarding the Dragon for departure from the International Space Station.
Crew-4 is targeting a return to Earth at about 4:55 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, with a splashdown off the coast of Florida. The Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 11:35 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, to begin the journey home.
Friday, Oct. 14
11:15 a.m. – Coverage of the undocking of the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Freedom” from the International Space Station with the Crew-4 crew (undocking scheduled at approximately 12:05 p.m. EDT; begins continuous coverage through splashdown)
4:50 p.m. (approximately) – Crew-4 splashdown off the coast of Florida
6:30 p.m. – Return to Earth media teleconference call from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
