The U.S. Dragon spacecraft carries four astronauts away from the space station and sets off back to Earth

📅 2026-10-08

Abstract:

The American Space Exploration Technology Company’s Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts broke away from the International Space Station on the 7th Eastern Time and set off to return to Earth. According to NASA, the Dragon spacecraft broke away from the International Space Station at 8:05 EDT on the 7th (20:05 Beijing time on the 7th) and is expected to splash down in the sea near California at 11:34 EST on the 8th (23:34 Beijing time on the 8th).

△Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, American astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meier, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adeno (from left to right)
△Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev, American astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica... Meier, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adeno (from left to right)

The four astronauts who returned to Earth on the Dragon spacecraft are American astronauts Jessica Meier and Jack Hathaway, Russian astronaut Andrei Fedyaev and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adeno.

The mission team launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on February 13 and arrived at the International Space Station on February 14. The four astronauts stayed on the space station for about eight months and conducted a number of scientific research experiments and technology demonstrations to prepare for future moon and Mars exploration missions.

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