Four Astronauts From Four Countries Return to Earth After Six Months in Orbit

Support team members work around the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, March 12, 2024. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP) From left, Konstantin Borisov (Russia), Andreas Mogensen (European Space Agency) Jasmin Moghbeli (NASA), and Satoshi Furukawa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) are seen aboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN, March 12, 2024. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

Four astronauts from four countries caught a lift back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to end a half-year mission at the International Space Station.