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Added on the 25/04/2022 16:23:12 - Copyright : AFP EN
The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station has splashed down off the coast of Florida after more than two weeks in space. The SpaceX capsule hit the water at 1:06 pm (1706 GMT) in the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville. IMAGES
The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft carrying a Russian actress and director returns to Earth after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. IMAGES
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrives at the International Space Station on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. The team is welcomed with hugs by the seven crew members already aboard the ISS. IMAGES
A space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, lands on the Earth's surface in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts reach earth, with tensions between Moscow and the West soaring over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said. NASA's Mark Vande Hei is returning after setting a new record for the single longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, clocking 355 days aboard the International Space Station. IMAGES
A three-man crew enters the international Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. IMAGES