4 Astronauts Fly SpaceX Back Home, End 5-month Mission

4 Astronauts Fly SpaceX Back Home, End 5-month Mission
The capsule of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft, slowed by parachutes, approaches the surface of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa, Fla., as it returns to Earth on March 11, 2023. Keegan Barber/NASA via AP
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a quick SpaceX flight home.

Their capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa.