Overview

• Dragon Endurance will undock from the ISS at 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday, concluding Crew-10’s four-and-a-half-month research mission.
• Splashdown is set for 11:33 a.m. EDT Saturday off Southern California, marking NASA’s inaugural crewed recovery on the U.S. west coast.
• Endurance is flying its fourth mission, highlighting SpaceX’s growing reliance on reusable spacecraft under the Commercial Crew Program.
• After splashdown, the four astronauts will be flown to Houston and the station’s crew complement will decrease from 11 to seven.
• NASA now prefers Pacific landing zones to ensure Dragon trunks are jettisoned safely over open water, reducing debris risks.