Four astronauts have returned to Earth almost two and a half months after the scheduled time aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule. Last Friday, the spaceship owned by Elon Musk successfully landed on the Florida coast of the United States with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominique, Michael Barratt, Janet Epps and Alexander Grebenkin of Roskomos of Russia.

Matthew Dominick

These four astronauts reached the International Space Station on March 5. They were supposed to return to Earth in mid-August after various researches. But they were forced to stay in space for more than seven months due to a malfunction in another spacecraft Boeing Starliner.

According to NASA, the 'Crew-8' mission to bring back the astronauts has been delayed several times due to Hurricane Milton, which recently hit the United States. The Crew-8 mission is SpaceX's 13th mission to transport astronauts into space. NASA and SpaceX's next mission is Crew-9, which will bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore stranded from the International Space Station back to Earth next February.

Astronauts returning to Earth spent a total of 235 days on the International Space Station. At this time, they did various researches to know the effect of microgravity and ultraviolet radiation on stem cells, plants.