SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance undocked from the International Space Station at 6:15 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, carrying four Crew-10 astronauts—NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov—back to Earth after nearly five months in orbit. The spacecraft will spend roughly 17½ hours in free flight before conducting a de-orbit burn and descending under parachutes for a targeted 11:33 a.m. ET (8:33 a.m. PT) splashdown on Saturday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The landing will mark NASA’s first Commercial Crew return in the Pacific; previous government-sponsored Crew Dragon missions touched down off Florida. During their 148-day stay, the multinational crew completed more than 200 experiments ranging from cardiovascular studies to trials of navigation techniques for future lunar missions. Their departure follows the arrival of Crew-11 last weekend, ensuring the station’s staffing remains at seven. NASA and SpaceX shifted Dragon’s recovery zone to the West Coast this year to reduce the risk of debris from the capsule’s discarded trunk reaching populated areas and to take advantage of more stable sea conditions. Recovery ship Shannon is already en route to retrieve Endurance and its scientific cargo once the capsule is hoisted aboard.