Crew-4's Dragon capsule returned to Earth near Jacksonville, Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT).
The successful return followed two weather-relatedWednesday and Thursday . Undocking was also delayed by 30 minutes on Friday to 12:05 p.m. EDT verify alignment of the hatches between the two spacecraft.
"We wish you godspeed and safe re-entry," a member of Expedition 68 told the departing crew in the moments after undocking. Aside from the tricky weather in past days at the landing site, the Crew Dragon spacecraft clicked through all landing milestones flawlessly and brought its four astronauts safely back to Earth: NASA's Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti.
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