The Polaris Dawn crew concluded a record-setting commercial spaceflight, preparing for re-entry and a pre-dawn splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, Florida. The Crew Dragon capsule, carrying Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Anna Menon, and Sarah Gillis, will fire its braking rockets at 2:40 a.m. EDT Sunday, with splashdown expected around 3:36 a.m. A SpaceX recovery ship will assist post-landing. Launched from Kennedy Space Center, the mission set altitude and non-government spacewalk records. The crew tested SpaceX pressure suits and laser communications with the Starlink satellites.
- Ava Harrington
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