Astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX splashdown after 5-month ISS mission
Summary
Four astronauts returned to Earth after a 5-month mission on the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule carrying them landed in the Pacific Ocean near Southern California. The crew was sent to replace Boeing's Starliner test pilots whose mission was extended due to technical issues.Key Facts
- Four astronauts came back from space after a 5-month stay at the International Space Station (ISS).
- They landed in a SpaceX capsule that parachuted into the Pacific Ocean near Southern California.
- The crew included NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and Russia’s Kirill Peskov.
- They went to the ISS in March to replace NASA astronauts who got stuck because of Boeing's Starliner problems.
- Boeing's capsule failed, so NASA asked it to return without people, and the astronauts switched to SpaceX.
- This splashdown was SpaceX’s third human return to the Pacific Ocean, a rare event for NASA astronauts in the last 50 years.
- SpaceX moved capsule landings to the Pacific to avoid debris falling in populated regions.
- The last Pacific landing by NASA astronauts was in 1975 during the Apollo-Soyuz mission.
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