The "Dragon" spacecraft of the American space exploration technology company, carrying four astronauts from the United States and Europe, returned to Earth on the 14th and landed in the sea near Florida in the southeastern United States.
After staying at the International Space Station for nearly 6 months, the "Dragon" spacecraft left the International Space Station at 12:05 US Eastern Time on the 14th (0:05 Beijing Time on the 15th) and set off to return to Earth. At 16:55 US Eastern Time on the 14th (4:55 Beijing Time on the 15th), the spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville, Florida.
The four astronauts participating in the "Crew-4" space mission are NASA astronauts Shel Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and the European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. The astronauts named their Dragon spacecraft Liberty.
The "Freedom" was launched by a "Falcon 9" rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early morning of April 27, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station. The mission includes scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and space station maintenance.
The "Dragon" spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft built by a private company in the United States to transport astronauts to and from the space station, and it is also the first new type of manned spacecraft certified by NASA to routinely transport astronauts to and from the space station after the space shuttle.
