Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit
By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Author)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 4 astronauts from 4 nations caught a elevate again to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to finish a half-year mission on the Worldwide Area Station.
Their capsule streaked throughout the U.S. within the predawn darkness and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico close to the Florida Panhandle.
NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark’s Andreas Mogensen, Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa and Russia’s Konstantin Borisov.
They moved into the house station final August. Their replacements arrived final week in their very own SpaceX capsule.
“We left you some peanut butter and tortillas,” Moghbeli radioed after departing the orbiting advanced on Monday. Replied NASA’s Loral O’Hara: “I miss you guys already and thanks for that very beneficiant present.”
O’Hara has one other few weeks on the house station earlier than leaving aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.
Earlier than leaving the house station, Mogensen mentioned through X, previously referred to as Twitter, that he couldn’t wait to listen to “birds singing within the bushes” and likewise craved crunchy meals.
NASA prefers a number of journey choices in case of rocket hassle. Boeing ought to begin offering astronaut taxi service with a two-pilot check flight in early Might.
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