SpaceX Ferries Astronauts Back to Earth After Half-Year Away

SpaceX Ferries Astronauts Back to Earth After Half-Year Away
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida in a return trip from the International Space Station on Oct. 14, 2022. Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP
The Associated Press
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Friday, ending their nearly six-month space station mission with a splashdown in the Atlantic off Florida.

Wet and windy weather across Florida delayed their homecoming. SpaceX and NASA finally gave the all-clear on Friday, and the three Americans and one Italian departed the International Space Station, their residence since April.