Splashdown is scheduled for 7:06 pm at a spot off the Florida coast not far from where the mission lifted off on Thursday.
The crew of the Inspiration 4 mission, the first private space mission with all non-professional astronauts, is set to come to an end Saturday night after a three-day mission that took them further from Earth than their professional counterparts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their trip home will be similar to previous Crew Dragon missions returning from the ISS. Getting back from space is actually pretty simple — slow down and let gravity take over. Splashdown is scheduled for 7:06 pm at a spot off the Florida coast not far from where the mission lifted off on Thursday. A string of seven possible landing sites along Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts were identified. Each was announced by the FAA in temporary flight restrictions warning pilots to stay clear of these areas “from the surface to unlimited”. Days before, a pair of ships were outfitted with a specially designed winch to recover the capsule and bring it on board. Go Navigator is positioned between the four sites in the Gulf after the trip around the tip of Florida. Go Searcher is positioned between the remaining three sites in the Atlantic.
