Among the four crew members was French astronaut Sophie Adenot, who established a new record for the longest continuous stay in orbit by a European astronaut. The group concluded a 235 day stay at the space station before the craft entered the atmosphere and touched down off the coast of California.
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SpaceX Dragon Splashes Down with Record Breaking European Astronaut
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The NASA crew from the Crew-12 mission returned to Earth on Oct. 8 after landing in the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles at approximately 8:34 a.m. PT. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft completed the descent following a series of departure burns that began when the capsule undocked from the International Space Station on Oct. 7.
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