NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Returns to Earth Near Florida Coast

[RadishRose]

After splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 186 days in orbit.

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, returned to Earth at 12:17 a.m. EDT. Teams aboard SpaceX recovery vessels retrieved the spacecraft and its crew. After returning to shore, the crew will fly to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

“After spending six months aboard the International Space Station, logging nearly 79 million miles during their mission, and completing hundreds of scientific experiments for the benefit of all humanity, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 has returned home to planet Earth,”

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Returns to Earth Near Florida Coast

 

[WhatInThe]

They seem to be flying first class compared to the seating on an Apollo capsule. Look at all that room.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

So, a rocket went to the Interantional Space Station and brought back a bunch of space cadets-big deal. It is amazing at how we have come to think of this as so routine.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Glad they got back safely.