4 Astronauts Return to Earth in SpaceX Capsule to Wrap up 6-Month Station Mission

A SpaceX capsule, slowed by parachutes, splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast on Sept. 4, 2023, as it returns to Earth with NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi, NASA astronaut Warren (Woody) Hoburg and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. NASA via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast.