SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is heading toward Earth with loads of cargo. The spacecraft left the station's Harmony module at 9:35 pm IST on December 16 and will splashdown off the coast of Florida today.

Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut, has shared a video of the Dragon's undocking and its separation from the ISS. "Dragon cargo number 31 undocked yesterday and returned to planet Earth carrying the spoils from our research," Pettit captioned his video.

Pettit flew to space on September 11 on Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner and has been actively photographing the planet from space. He recently shared stunning pictures of the Dragon spacecraft at the station with the milky way galaxy in the background.

A few days ago, he posted pictures when the station entered the station entered the 'Twilight Zone,' where it is neither completely night nor day. Pettit said it is the best time to photograph clouds in low angle lighting.

Meanwhile, the spacecraft on its way to Earth is carrying more than 2,700 kg of crew supplies, science investigations, and equipment that astronauts packed on the station.

The splashdown of the spacecraft will not be livestreamed, NASA said, but it will share updates on its blog. The returning Dragon capsule was launched on November 4 and arrived at the station a day later as part of SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply services mission.

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