How did the astronauts return to Earth?

After bidding their ISS crewmates farewell, the returning astronauts floated into their Crew Dragon and undocked from the Harmony module’s space-facing port early Tuesday, at 1:05 a.m. EDT. Starting at 5:11 p.m., the flight plan called for an automated seven-and-a-half-minute de-orbit thruster firing to slow the ship down for re-entry. Twenty-seven minutes later, approaching the […]