Carrying 4 astronauts, the US “Dragon” spacecraft returns to Earth
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-09-05 09:26
Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, September 4th. The “Dragon” spacecraft of the American Space Exploration Technology Company carrying 4 astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station and landed on the sea near Florida in the southeastern United States in the early morning of the 4th Eastern Time.
According to NASA, the “Dragon” spacecraft left the International Space Station at 7:05 U.S. Eastern Time on the 3rd (19:05 Beijing Time on the 3rd) and set off to return to Earth. At 0:17 U.S. Eastern Time on the 4th (12:17 Beijing Time on the 4th), the spacecraft landed in the waters near Florida.
The four astronauts who returned to Earth on the “Dragon” spacecraft were American astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoberg, UAE astronaut Sultan Nayadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev. They took the “Dragon” spacecraft to fly from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station on March 2 this year, performing a space mission code-named “Crew-6”. The spacecraft automatically docked with the International Space Station on March 3.
According to reports, during the six-month stay on the International Space Station, the four astronauts carried out hundreds of scientific experiments and technical demonstrations, including research on plant genetics and research on human health in a microgravity environment.
The “Dragon” spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft built by a private company in the United States to transport astronauts to and from the space station. It is also the first new manned spacecraft that has been certified by NASA to routinely transport astronauts to and from the space station since the US Space Shuttle.
Source: Xinhua News Agency Author: Editor: Chen Zhouying
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2023-09-05 01:26:00
