SpaceX’s Crew-6 astronauts return safely to Earth after splashdown off Florida’s coast

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A team of astronauts returned safely to Earth early Monday.

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NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-6 spent around six months at the International Space Station, after launching from Florida’s Space Coast in March.

Crew-6 splashed down in a Crew Dragon spacecraft around 12:17 a.m. off the coast of Jacksonville.

They exited their capsule less than an hour later after crews retrieved them from the Atlantic Ocean.

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NASA officials said their contributions to the ISS will help NASA with future planned missions to the moon and beyond.

Crew-6′s return comes just a little over a week after Crew-7 docked with the ISS.

Crew-7 is planning to return sometime in the first quarter of next year.

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