ISS astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX craft

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The Bangkok Post

WASHINGTON: A SpaceX capsule carrying four diaper-wearing astronauts back to Earth after six months on the International Space Station landed on Monday off the coast of Florida, a Nasa live broadcast showed. The Dragon capsule’s toilet had developed a leak. Hanging from four huge parachutes, the capsule landed in the Gulf of Mexico at 10.33 pm (10.33am Tuesday Thailand), marking the end of the “Crew-2” mission. A boat was retrieving the capsule and the astronauts were being taken back to land via helicopter. Since arriving on April 24, the crew of two Americans, a Frenchman and one Japanese as…

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