Four astronauts are slated to return home late Monday aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, capping off their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
Their journey kicked off Monday just after 2 pm ET when the astronauts strapped into the Crew Dragon capsule, which has remained attached to the ISS since it arrived with the crew in April. They'll spend the rest of the day aboard the capsule as it maneuvers through orbit. The capsule is slated to splash down off the coast of Florida, around 10:30 pm Monday.
's Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan — were prompted to check whether their Crew Dragon capsule had a similar issue. And it did.Read MoreDuring a press conference conducted remotely from the ISS on Friday, McArthur said using undergarments rather than the toilet is"suboptimal.""But we are prepared to manage," she said."Spaceflight is full of lots of little challenges.
and SpaceX are hoping to get another mission off the ground later this week. That next mission, called Crew-3, was slated to take off last weekend but was delayed — first by weather issues and then by a"minor medical issue" with one of the astronauts. said Thursday that it's expecting that medical issue to clear before takeoff later this week, and SpaceX and
officials are now focused on finding a good weather opportunity for launch. Monday's splashdown comes after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lashed out on Twitter, this time making a sexual reference in going after Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Wyden, like many Democratic senators, has advocated for closing legal loopholes that allow billionaires like Musk to avoid paying regular taxes.
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