CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 4 astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month keep on the Worldwide House Station.
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
Returning have been NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev and the United Arab Emirates’ Sultan al-Neyadi, the primary individual from the Arab world to spend an prolonged time in orbit.
Earlier than departing the house station, they stated they have been craving sizzling showers, steaming cups of espresso and the ocean air since arriving in March. Their homecoming was delayed a day due to poor climate on the splashdown places, however in the long run, offered a spectacular middle-of-the-night present because the capsule streaked by the sky over Cape Canaveral towards a splashdown close to Jacksonville.
The astronauts stated it was unimaginable to be again. “You’ve got a roomful of happy people here,” SpaceX Mission Management radioed.
SpaceX launched their replacements over per week in the past.
One other crew change will happen later this month with the long-awaited homecoming of two Russians and one American who’ve been up there a complete yr. Their keep was doubled after their Soyuz capsule leaked all of its coolant and a brand new craft needed to be launched.
Between crew swaps, the house station is house to seven astronauts.
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