November 5, 2024

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SpaceX astronauts will return to Earth early Sunday. Here’s how to watch live online

SpaceX astronauts will return to Earth early Sunday. Here’s how to watch live online

After five eventful days in space, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk, the private astronaut crew of Polaris Dawn returns to Earth.

If all goes according to plan, the SpaceX Dragon Resilience capsule — which has been home to the orbiting crew of four private astronauts for the past five days — will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, on Sept. 11. Sunday, September 15in about 3:36 AM ET (0736 GMT), SpaceX said in an update that the landing will mark the end of the Polaris Dawn mission, a mission aimed at demonstrating the mobility and functionality of SpaceX’s new spacesuit, and completing the first spacewalk in history by a private citizen.