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Four space station fliers undock and head for Friday splashdown to wrap up extended mission

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Crew 8 undocked from the International Space Station at 5:05 p.m. EDT on Wednesday .

Crew 8 "Endeavour" commander Matthew Dominick and co-pilot Michael Barrett monitor cockpit displays.

If all goes well, the Crew 8 Dragon will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico at 3:29 a.m. , Friday .

The crew originally expected to return to Earth in September , but the flight slipped into early October .

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