SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour streaked across the Florida sky before splashing down off the coast of Jacksonville early Monday, bringing four astronauts safely back to Earth after a six-month mission at the International Space Station.
The crew spent 184 days aboard the International Space Station and completed 2,976 orbits around Earth.
“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,” said Administrator Bill Nelson in a. “This international crew represented three nations, but together they demonstrated humanity’s shared ambition to reach new cosmic shores.
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