CCTV News reported on October 8 that the American Space Exploration Technology Company’s Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts returned to Earth on the 8th and splashed down in the sea near Los Angeles, California.
The “Dragon” spacecraft detached from the International Space Station at 8:50 on the 7th Eastern Time (20:50 on the 7th, Beijing time) and set off to return to Earth. After more than 27 hours of flight, the spacecraft splashed down in the sea near Los Angeles at 11:34 US Eastern Time on the 8th (23:34 Beijing time on the 8th).
The four astronauts who returned to Earth on the Dragon spacecraft are Jessica Meier and Jack Hathaway from NASA, Sophie Adeno from the European Space Agency, and Andrei Fedyaev from Roscosmos.
The mission team launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on February 13 and arrived at the International Space Station on February 14. The four astronauts stayed on the space station for nearly eight months and conducted a number of scientific research experiments and technology demonstrations to prepare for future exploration missions to the moon and Mars.
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