{"id":70854,"date":"2025-08-09T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/70854\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T21:02:07","slug":"nasa-astronauts-return-to-earth-from-iss-after-five-months-dw-08-09-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/70854\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA astronauts return to Earth from ISS after five months \u2013 DW \u2013 08\/09\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four astronauts from NASA’s<\/a> Crew-10 mission have returned back to Earth following an almost 18-hour journey after departing\u00a0the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.<\/p>\n

US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov splashed down off California’s coast in the Pacific Ocean at 3.33 p.m. UTC\/GMT on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"InThe astronauts safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coastImage: NASA\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/p>\n

“From the entire Crew-10, thank you,” radioed\u00a0McClain, the\u00a0Dragon commander, soon after splashdown. “It was truly the ride of a lifetime.”<\/p>\n

The crew’s return wraps up NASA’s 10th commercial crew rotation.<\/p>\n

According to the space agency, the four astronauts conducted more than 200 “important and time-sensitive research” experiments<\/a> over 146 days, including studies on plant growth and cell behavior in microgravity.<\/p>\n

Crew-10 replaced stranded astronauts<\/p>\n

The Crew-10 mission was launched on March 14, replacing Crew-9, whose members included Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams.<\/p>\n

Wilmore and Williams were stranded for nine months<\/a> aboard the ISS after their Boeing Starliner capsule developed propulsion issues.<\/p>\n

Eventually, a SpaceX capsule owned by billionaire Elon Musk<\/a> brought the stranded astronauts home.<\/p>\n

Wilmore retired<\/a> this week after 25 years with NASA, the space agency announced.<\/p>\n

Last week, US astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov boarded the ISS for a six-month mission.<\/p>\n

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