NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Returns From ISS

The crew's successful splashdown Tuesday marks NASA's seventh commercial crew rotation.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 02:24 PM ET

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (from left), European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship Megan shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday, March 12. [Courtesy: NASA]

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission successfully returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, after spending over six months (197 days) aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The international crew comprised astronauts from the U.S., European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos, demonstrating global cooperation in space.
During their mission, the crew traveled over 84 million miles, completed 3,184 orbits, and conducted numerous science experiments crucial for future deep-space missions.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7—the space agency’s seventh crewed mission ferried by a private company to the International Space Station (ISS)—has returned to Earth after more than six months aboard the outpost.

Shortly before 6 a.m. EDT Tuesday, the crew splashed down in a SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, nearly 19 hours after it autonomously undocked from the ISS. The astronauts were retrieved by the company’s recovery vessels, NASA said.