Astronauts returning home from space safely splash down off Florida coast

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Four astronauts boarded a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and returned home from the International Space Station, bringing an end to their nearly six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. 9News

capsule and returned home from the International Space Station on Friday, bringing an end to their nearly six-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft left its docking port at the ISS and made a gradual trek home toward the edge of Earth's thick inner atmosphere.Then, the capsule lit up its thrusters again to orient itself as it began its reentry. This step began to slow the spacecraft from its orbital speed of about 28,164km per hour.

A plume of parachutes then slowed its descent further before it came to a splashdown landing off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. During their stay, the astronauts conducted science experiments, including research on how to grow vegetables in space without soil and the study of spaceflight effects on the human body.

 

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