NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down off the coast of California on Thursday, Oct. 8. 

The Crew-12 members were aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule that was returning from the International Space Station after almost eight months in space.

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