(NPR) 4 Astronauts Splash Down In SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 6 Months In Orbit

4 Astronauts Splash Down In SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 6 Months In Orbit

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NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021.



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4 Astronauts Splash Down In SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 6 Months In Orbit

The astronauts returned from the International Space Station after their spacecraft, Resilience, set a new record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. space capsule that carried a crew.