Crew-8 astronauts return after nearly eight months of living in space – Multimedia

The Crew-8 mission successfully landed in Pensacola, Florida, at 03:29 local time on Friday (08:29 Lisbon), concluding a nearly eight-month science mission. and NASA’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station.

This is how Matthew Dominic’s photo sessions ended – This does not mean that the “space scroll” has already been fully revealed. The astronaut returned with his NASA colleagues Michael Barratt and Janet Epps, in addition to astronaut Alexander Grebenkin.From Roscosmos.

Crew-8 was launched on March 3 Aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the crew spent 232 days aboard the space station.

As usual, Upon return, NASA and SpaceX recovery teams quickly protected the spacecraft and assisted the astronauts as they exited..

Watch the Dragon spacecraft’s main parachute opening video

The crew headed to NASA’s Johnson Space Center In Houston, while The Dragon spacecraft returns to SpaceX’s facility at Cape Canaveral for inspection and readjustment For future missions.

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During the mission, which lasted approximately eight months, The Crew-8 astronauts traveled more than 160 million kilometers and completed 3,760 orbits around the Earth. They conducted new scientific experiments among themselves Stem cell investigations to develop organoid models aiming to study degenerative diseasestests on how The temperature of the fuel affects the flammability of the substance And studies regarding How spaceflight affects astronauts’ immune function.

Experiments aim Improving the health of astronauts during long-duration spaceflights, contributing to critical advances in space medicine but also benefiting life on EarthNASA says.