Watch: Long overdue NASA astronauts back on Earth
The two, along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down in the Atlantic off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 3:57 MDT Tuesday. NASA moved the return flight up a day to bring the crew back ahead of an anticipated weather system headed for the Florida coast.
Splash! NASA Astronauts Suni And Butch Back On Earth
At 1:05 a.m. ET on March 18, the astronauts undocked from the ISS, beginning a 17-hour journey back to Earth. The spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere and used parachutes to slow its descent to a soft splashdown off Florida’s Gulf Coast at 5:57 p.m. ET. Upon returning to Earth, the astronauts were safely retrieved by SpaceX recovery teams.
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