Four astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission have returned from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth by splashing down off the coast of Florida, the agency said. The astronauts and Dragon spent “199 days in orbit, the first US spacecraft to reach that milestone”, SpaceX tweeted. Earlier, their return was delayed due to bad weather at their splashdown site.
And… splashdown! 🌊
The @SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour has splashed down off the coast of Florida at 10:33pm ET (03:33 UTC), returning the Crew-2 astronauts back to Earth after more than six months aboard the @Space_Station: pic.twitter.com/yZkjL27Cd8
— NASA (@NASA) November 9, 2021