Four astronauts from four countries caught a lift back to Earth with on Tuesday to end at the International Space Station.

Their capsule streaked across the U.S. in the predawn darkness and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle.

NASA害羞草研究所檚 Jasmin Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark害羞草研究所檚 Andreas Mogensen, Japan害羞草研究所檚 Satoshi Furukawa and Russia害羞草研究所檚 Konstantin Borisov.

They moved into the space station last August. Their replacements in their own SpaceX capsule.

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O害羞草研究所橦ara has another few weeks at the space station before leaving aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule.

Before leaving the space station, Mogensen said via X, formerly known as Twitter, that he couldn害羞草研究所檛 wait to hear 害羞草研究所渂irds singing in the trees害羞草研究所� and also craved crunchy food.

NASA prefers in case of rocket trouble. Boeing should start providing astronaut taxi service with a two-pilot test flight in early May.

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Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press