24 Oct 2024, 10:15 AM IST Crew 8 enters Dragon; likely to splash down near Florida coast after 34 hour journey After a six-month delay, three astronauts and one cosmonaut finally began their journey back home after the SpaceX Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) in the early hours of Thursday. Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin departed the ISS onboard the Dragon capsule around 2:40 am (IST) on Thursday. Also Read | Sunita Williams to return to Earth with SpaceX ‘next February’: NASA After a journey of around 34 hours, the three astronauts and one cosmonaut of Crew 8 are likely to splash down near the Florida coast on Friday at around 1 pm (IST). The public can catch the live coverage of the undocking process, which will be live-streamed on NASA+ and the agency's website. Hurricane Milton in the way While the astronauts were first scheduled to return on October 7, their undocking was called off because of Hurricane Milton in Florida, which intensified into a Category 3 storm. NASA stated that the return flight was put off several times again because of unfavourable weather conditions near the splashdown sites.