home sweet home. After spending nearly six months in space, three American and German astronauts returned to Earth Friday aboard a SpaceX capsule, which landed off the coast of Florida. The Dragon capsule, which carried Americans Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, as well as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer, separated from the International Space Station (ISS), and touched the sea at 2:43 a.m. after a French flight. for more than 23 hours. “On behalf of the entire SpaceX team, welcome home,” an official from the US company said.
This crew, called Crew-3, spent its last days aboard the International Space Station carrying out the delivery with Crew-4, also made up of four astronauts (three Americans and one Italian). The latter had taken off from Florida about a week ago, also with SpaceX. There are currently three Russians aboard the International Space Station, who have arrived for their departure with a Russian Soyuz rocket. This was the sixth landing of SpaceX’s manned Dragon capsule, which now regularly transports astronauts to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA.
New discoveries in space
Matthias Maurer is the 12th German to fly into orbit. German Chancellor Olaf Schulz on Twitter wished him a “safe trip home,” highlighting his work “and all the new discoveries made in space.”
video. Jessica Watkins, the first black woman to join the International Space Station
Crew-3 members have conducted multiple science experiments. For example, they studied how cement hardens in weightlessness – which may be of interest for future constructions, for example on the moon. The second harvest of peppers was carried out on the back of the station. During their stay, they also received a visit from a special mission, including three businessmen, who each paid tens of millions of dollars to spend two weeks aboard the International Space Station – still flown by SpaceX.
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