{"id":19663,"date":"2022-05-06T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/four-astronauts-splash-down-off-florida-after-six-months-in-space"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:54:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:54:44","slug":"four-astronauts-splash-down-off-florida-after-six-months-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/four-astronauts-splash-down-off-florida-after-six-months-in-space","title":{"rendered":"Four astronauts splash down off Florida after six months in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida in the early hours of Friday, ending a six-month mission at the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with German astronaut Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency, arrived back on Earth about 24 hours after undocking from the station.<\/p>\n<p>The Crew Dragon capsule could be seen streaking across the night sky before four parachutes were deployed to slow down the spacecraft&#8217;s re-entry. &#8220;Splashdown of Dragon confirmed \u2013 welcome back to Earth,&#8221; SpaceX tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX began flying crews to and from the space station in 2020. 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