Four astronauts back on Earth

Four astronauts back on Earth
full screen Four astronauts landed in the Atlantic during the night of Monday. Photo: Nasa Via AP/TT

The four astronauts who have been on the international space station ISS since March this year have returned home to planet Earth.

The Space X capsule fell, as planned, into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the US state of Florida during the night of Monday.

The return home was delayed a day due to bad weather conditions at the landing site.

Two of the astronauts, Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, come from the United States. The other two are named Andrej Fedyae and Sultan al-Neyadi and are from Russia and the United Arab Emirates.

On August 27 this year, a new crew consisting of four other astronauts landed on the space station. They will stay there for six months.

SpaceX, founded by businessman Elon Musk, has sent up a total of eight astronaut crews to the ISS on behalf of Nasa.

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