Space Station Astronauts Return to Earth Aboard SpaceX Capsule
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A crew of four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Monday morning, splashing down off the coast of Florida in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule under parachutes.
Their return marks the end of a six-month stay in orbit, part of a mission called Crew-6 for NASA. Crew-6 marks Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s sixth operational crewed mission to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — an initiative to keep the ISS staffed using spacecraft built and operated by companies.