Historic NASA-SpaceX mission begins journey home from International Space Station

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Resilience, undocked from the International Space Station at 8:35 p.m. ET Saturday.

After six months in space, four astronauts on a historic NASA-SpaceX mission have started their journey back to Earth. SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Resilience, undocked from the International Space Station at 8:35 p.m. ET Saturday. It's scheduled to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at about 2:57 a.m. ET Sunday. The return will air live on NASA Television, the NASA App and the agency's website. The undocking was moved from Friday due to unfavorable wind speeds forecast at the time of the anticipated splashdown. More ideal conditions are in the forecast for Sunday's splashdown and recovery, NASA said. The U.S. Coast Guard has established a 10-nautical-mile safety zone around the expected splashdown location. This will be the first nighttime splashdown of a U.S.-crewed spacecraft since Apollo 8's return on Dec. 27, 1968, in the Pacific Ocean.