Space station crew splashes down off Southern California after nearly eight months
Four people who spent nearly eight months on the International Space Station have splashed down off the coast of Southern California, according to CBS News and NPR.
A crew that left the International Space Station has splashed down off the coast of Southern California, CBS News reports. CBS says the mission covered more than 100 million miles.
NPR reports the four people spent nearly eight months at the station. They are two NASA astronauts, one European Space Agency astronaut and one Russian cosmonaut. NPR says they conducted spacewalks, science experiments and research.
NBC News earlier said the crew would land in the Pacific Ocean off California after undocking from the station. NBC and NPR call the mission NASA SpaceX Crew-12.
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- NBC NewsNASA SpaceX Crew-12 return to Earth after undocking from the ISSThu, Oct 8, 7:48 AM EDT
- NPR4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in spaceThu, Oct 8, 11:34 AM EDT
- CBS NewsSpace station crew returns to Earth with perfect splashdownThu, Oct 8, 12:16 PM EDT
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- Thu, Oct 8, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 outlets: NASA's Crew-12 astronauts return to Earth after nearly eight months in space