Video Captures The Moment NASA Astronauts Splash Down On Earth After 6 Months In Space
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The astronauts splashed down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning.
An international crew of four astronauts safely returned to Earth on Monday after a successful six-month stay on the International Space Station, CNN reported. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Woody Hoburg, Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour in the Atlantic Ocean early Monday morning. Welcome home, #Crew6!After six months of science and discovery aboard the @Space_Station, our Crew-6 team splashed down at 12:17am ET (0417 UTC) and will be picked up shortly by recovery teams. pic.twitter.com/zf635dfUKF Watch Crew-6 exit Dragon after safely splashing down at 12:17 a.m. ET https://t.co/S0YHHBOrTK
The splashdown occurred off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, at 12:17 a.m. EDT after a mission spanning 186 days in space, as per a NASA press release. The crew traveled 78,875,292 miles and completed 2,976 orbits around Earth during their mission, NASA said.
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