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Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months on the space station
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Thursday after spending eight months aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX brought back French astronaut Sophie Adenot, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev, who are from France, the United States and Russia.
The crew had gone to the station to replace an ailing colleague and that colleague’s crew.
During the mission, Adenot became the first French woman to walk in space.
The return marks the end of the group’s eight-month mission.
The accounts give no details about what the astronauts will do next.
Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after spending eight months in space.
SpaceX brought Sophie Adenot, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth.
The crew had gone to the station eight months earlier to replace an ailing colleague and his crew.
During the mission, Adenot became the first French woman to walk in space.
- Who
- Sophie Adenot, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev.
- What
- They returned to Earth after an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
- When
- Thursday; the articles do not state the calendar date of the return.
- Where
- They returned from the International Space Station to Earth.
- Why
- They had gone to the station to replace an ailing colleague and his crew.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
The four astronauts went to the International Space Station to replace an ailing colleague and his crew.
Sophie Adenot became the first French woman to walk in space.
SpaceX brought the four astronauts back to Earth.
- Crew
- Sophie Adenot, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev
- Mission duration
- Eight months
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Return transport
- SpaceX
- Adenot milestone
- First French woman to walk in space
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