Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:27am on 10 Aug 2025,Sunday Science
Four astronauts — NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA’s Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov — returned to Earth on August 9, 2025, concluding a five-month International Space Station mission. Their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Endurance, splashed down off the coast of San Diego, marking NASA’s first Pacific Ocean splashdown in 50 years . The astronauts conducted crucial scientific experiments aboard the ISS before undocking and enduring a precise 17-hour descent, culminating in a safe recovery by SpaceX teams. (PC: AFP)
