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NASA’s Jasmine Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark’s Andreas Mogensen, Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa and Russia’s Konstantin Borisov. They moved into the space station last August.
Four astronauts from four countries returned to Earth after being in orbit for six months Cape Canaveral (US), March 12 (AP) Four astronauts from four countries returned to Earth on Tuesday, SpaceX said, marking the beginning of a new mission in international space. The half year mission ended. Returned to Earth with. station.
Their capsule sped across the United States in the predawn darkness and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle.
NASA’s Jasmine Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark’s Andreas Mogensen, Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa and Russia’s Konstantin Borisov.
They moved into the space station last August. Their replacements arrived last week in their own SpaceX capsule.
“We left some peanut butter and tortillas for you,” Moghbeli said over the radio after leaving the Parikrama compound on Monday. NASA’s Loral O’Hara replied: “I miss you guys already and thank you for that generous gift.” O’Hara has a few more weeks on the space station before boarding a Russian Soyuz capsule.
Andy Mogensen first discovered the existence of the Crew-7 Dragon capsule (Image credit: NASA)
Before leaving the space station, Mogensen said:
In the event of a rocket malfunction, NASA gives greater priority to alternatives such as multiple trips. Boeing should begin providing astronaut taxi service with a two-pilot test flight in early May.
