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‘We are so excited to be back’: SpaceX’s recovery ship brought back four astronauts to Earth after an eight-month mission

The crew had left for space in February to replace four station occupants who were sent home early after one of them fell ill
SpaceX brought the U.S., French and Russian flyers back with a splashdown in the Pacific off the coast of Los Angeles. NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev departed the orbiting lab on Wednesday, eager to reunite with their families after a lengthy…
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