Last Updated: March 12, 2023, 10:27 IST
Four area station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a fast SpaceX flight house. Their capsule splashed down within the Gulf of Mexico simply off the Florida coast close to Tampa.
The U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew spent 5 months on the International Space Station, arriving final October. Besides dodging area junk, the astronauts needed to cope with a pair of leaking Russian capsules docked to the orbiting outpost and the pressing supply of a alternative craft for the station’s different crew members.
Led by NASA’s Nicole Mann, the primary Native American girl to fly in area, the astronauts checked out of the station early Saturday morning. Less than 19 hours later, their Dragon capsule was bobbing within the sea as they awaited pickup.
Earlier within the week, excessive wind and waves within the splashdown zones stored them on the station just a few additional days. Their replacements arrived greater than every week in the past.
“That was one heck of a ride,” Mann radioed moments after splashdown. “We’re happy to be home.”
Mann, a member of Northern California’s Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, stated she couldn’t wait to really feel the wind on her face, scent recent grass and luxuriate in some scrumptious Earth meals.
Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata craved sushi, whereas Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina yearned to drink sizzling tea “from real cup, not from plastic bag.”
NASA astronaut Josh Cassada’s to-do listing included getting a rescue canine for his household. “Please don’t tell our two cats,” he joked earlier than departing the area station.
Remaining behind on the area station are three Americans, three Russians and one from the United Arab Emirates.
Wakata, Japan’s spaceflight champion, now has logged greater than 500 days in area over 5 missions courting again to NASA’s shuttle period.
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