Another day, another SpaceX Dragon crew safely returned to Earth. Four astronauts were aboard including NASA’s Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin.
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00:00Another day, another SpaceX Dragon crew safely returned to Earth.
00:08The four astronauts, including NASA's Matt Dominick, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps, and
00:12Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, undocked from the International Space Station at 5.05
00:18p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday.
00:20They then spent around 34 hours in transit around the planet in their Dragon capsule,
00:24eventually splashing down just off the coast of Florida at 3.29 a.m. Eastern Time Friday
00:29morning.
00:30No doubt a relief to the astronauts, who had been delayed aboard the ISS for two weeks
00:34after bad weather caused by Hurricane Milton.
00:36But they aren't the only ones who were delayed.
00:38Back in June, two Boeing test pilots were stranded aboard the aged space station after
00:42their spacecraft malfunctioned.
00:43They will remain there until NASA can get them back, meaning their planned eight-day
00:47mission will end up lasting around eight months instead.
00:51NASA says their most recent astronaut returnees have been conducting experiments aimed at
00:55advancing human space exploration beyond the International Space Station's low-Earth
00:59orbit.