Fantastic FOOOOOOOOOOUR! Phase Six kicks off, although it’s tough to say what a phase means nowadays.
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
- Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer
I don’t remember if we ever see the ship approaching Earth. We hear it’s getting closer and closer. (In fact it seems to move really slow, I seem to recall it being near Jupiter at one point while they’re still mid teleport pad construction.) Which is to say that maybe when it got close enough (still within the solar system) Galactus just hopped down.
But in either case you’re right that the ship should be nearby. Maybe Silver Surfer sent it away or maybe Galactus can remote drive/return it to him.
There was a shot of it in the atmosphere over the city just before Galactus landed.