NASA How do astronauts come back from ISS? It was considered as a historic event as it served as the first time astronauts were launched from U.S. soil since 2011.It was also an important milestone for SpaceX since it was the first crewed test flight for the Dragon spacecraft.After spending about three months aboard the ISS, Hurley and Behnken are now preparing to return home.
They've grown cotton, repaired a cosmic-ray detector on the station's exterior, and tested remote robotics in space.On the expedition were: European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano; NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Andrew Morgan, and Jessica Meir; and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Oleg Skripochka.
Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station.
Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 …
“You watched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley Launch America, now get ready to welcome them home,” NASA’s Kennedy Space Center tweeted.
Less than 19 hours earlier, the SpaceX capsule launched from the Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. Know the latest in healthcare industry with our Healthcare newsletter.