After five months aboard the orbiting lab, NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts have finally waved goodbye to microgravity and touched down on Earth! 🌍
On Saturday morning, the sleek SpaceX capsule carrying NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast.
They launched in March to relieve the test pilots stuck on Boeing’s Starliner demo—and since then, they’ve clocked hundreds of experiments, spacewalk prep and day-to-day station life. A day after departing the ISS, Mission Control crackled with a welcoming cheer: "Welcome home!" 🎉
With this splashdown, Crew-10 wraps up a five-month trip filled with scientific hustle, stunning views of our blue planet, and a major handoff in low Earth orbit. Now, they’re back on solid ground—ready to share their stories and inspire the next generation of space fans. ✨
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NASA's Crew-10 astronauts return home from International Space Station
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