Source, NASA
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The astronauts spent six months at the ISS.
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Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) during the first night landing of NASA, the US Department of Space and Aviation, in the last 53 years.
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Four astronauts, three Americans and one Japanese, spent six months in space.
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The astronauts returned to earth in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilence and landed near Panama City in Florida at 2:56 am local time.
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Astronauts were expected to return from the ISS earlier, but their landing was delayed due to bad weather in Florida.
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In a written statement from NASA, it was stated that the astronauts would undergo a medical examination before being taken to Texas.
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NASA’s last crew, who returned to the world at night, was the crew of Apollo 8, who returned to the world on December 27, 1968, making the first manned journey to the Moon.
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Source, NASA
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The capsule landed in the water in the Gulf of Mexico in the morning.
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This last mission was a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX as part of the Commercial Crew program.
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SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, is NASA’s main commercial flight partner.
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NASA live broadcast the moments when the capsule left the ISS and began its journey to the world.
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There are currently 7 astronauts on the ISS, and four of them were taken by a different Space X vehicle last week.
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Source, NASA
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Space X’s Crew Dragon Resilience vehicle was about to dock with the ISS last November.
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Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi also went to the ISS in a SpaceX vehicle last November.
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In May 2020, two US astronauts went to the ISS on their first test mission and stayed until July.
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