the private astronaut crew of the Polaris Dawn mission after a historic and eventful 5 days in space is set to return to Earth early Sunday September 15th with a planned splash down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Dry Tortugas Florida the SpaceX Dragon capsule resilience their home in orbit is expected to land at around 3:36 a.m. eastern Daylight Time 7:36 GMT this marks the end of a mission that included the first ever commercial space walk and a series of groundbreaking activities led by billionaire Jared Isaac man who also commanded spacex's inspiration 4 in 2021 the crew included pilot Scott potit and SpaceX Engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menan as Mission Specialists the mission aimed to test spacex's new extra vehicular activity Eva space suit the team also conducted EXP