Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late on March 11 after a quick SpaceX flight home. Their capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa. The U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew spent five months at the International Space Station, arriving last October. Besides dodging space junk, the astronauts had to deal with a pair of leaking Russian capsules docked at the orbiting outpost and the urgent delivery of a replacement craft for the station's other crew members. To read the original story by AP, click here.
Four Astronauts Fly SpaceX Back Home, End Five-Month Mission
The International Space Station (file photo)