Three Americans and one Italian have returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). Images from the US Space Agency (NASA) yesterday showed how the spacecraft “Dragon” from the private company SpaceX landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. On board were NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and astronaut Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Crew 4 replaced Crew 3 on the ISS at the end of April. “Crew-5” arrived at the space station late last week. The Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopjew has now taken over command on board from Cristoforetti – she was the first European ISS commander.