The Crew Dragon spacecraft, with two Nasa astronauts, a Japanese crewmember, and a Russian cosmonaut aboard, undocked from the station at around 3:30 am IST. It is now heading for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California's coast at 2:11 pm.

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life.