
Astronauts splash down in Pacific after completing ISS mission that relieved stranded crew members
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Two astronauts along with a Russian and Japanese crew member returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule Saturday morning following a five-month mission at the International Space Station.
It was the first Pacific splashdown for NASA in 50 years, and the third for SpaceX with people on board.
NASA astronauts last splashed down in the Pacific in 1975, during the Apollo-Soyuz mission, the first crewed international space mission that involved Americans and Soviets.
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