The four private space tourists aboard a SpaceX capsule are due to return to Earth on Saturday night, touching down off the coast of Florida after three days of orbiting the planet.
The splash-down is scheduled for 7:06 pm local time in the Atlantic Ocean not too far from Cape Canaveral, from where the four Americans blasted off into space on Wednesday.
The Dragon's heat shield will allow the capsule to withstand the descent, which will be slowed by four huge parachutes once the vessel is low enough in Earth's atmosphere.The Dragon capsule traveled farther than the International Space Station , at an orbit of about 575 kilometers high. Its altitude was reduced to 365 kilometers Friday evening.
Unlike NASA astronauts, the members of the Inspiration4 mission did not go to the ISS but remained in orbit around the Earth.
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