SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts heading home to pre-dawn Sunday splashdown

Four astronauts wrapping up a 167-day stay aboard the International Space Station plan a pre-dawn return to Earth Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico south of Panama City, Florida. Their return was delayed several days due to windy weather.

It will be the second water landing for a piloted Crew Dragon spacecraft and only the third nighttime splashdown in space history, the first in nearly 45 years. Bidding their seven station crewmates farewell, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi plan to undock from the Harmony module's upper port at 8:35 p.m. EDT Saturday, kicking off a six-and-a-half hour re-entry sequence.